#BEADBB

sRGB: 190 / 173 / 187

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Sacred blossoms illuminate forgotten empires
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#BEADBB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 173 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 310.6° lands in the magenta region. Its 11.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 71.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.88:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 173, 187
HSL: 310.59°, 11.56%, 71.18%
HSV / HSB: 310.59°, 8.95%, 74.51%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.95%, 1.58%, 25.49%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 45.146, 44.422, 53.211
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 72.510, 8.613, -4.921
WCAG relative luminance: 0.44422
24-bit decimal: 12496315

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BEADBB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 9.88:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.12:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#ADBEB0 sits half a turn (180°) from #BEADBB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BEADBB #ADBEB0

Analogous

#B9ADBE and #BEADB3 sit 30° to either side of #BEADBB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#B9ADBE #BEADBB #BEADB3

Triadic

#BEADBB, #BBBEAD and #ADBBBE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BEADBB #BBBEAD #ADBBBE

Split complementary

Start at #BEADBB and look across the wheel. #B3BEAD and #ADBEB9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BEADBB #B3BEAD #ADBEB9

Square

Starting with #BEADBB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEB9AD, #ADBEB0, then #ADB3BE. Across the square, #BEADBB pairs with #ADBEB0, and #BEB9AD with #ADB3BE.

#BEADBB #BEB9AD #ADBEB0 #ADB3BE

Tetradic

#BEADBB and #ADBEB0 are opposites, as are #BEB0AD and #ADBBBE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BEADBB #BEB0AD #ADBEB0 #ADBBBE

Tints

Mixing #BEADBB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBBDC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2EFF1, the mixture is 80% white.

#BEADBB #CBBDC9 #D8CED6 #E5DEE4 #F2EFF1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BEADBB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #988A96, keeps 80% of the original. By #262325, the mixture is 80% black.

#BEADBB #988A96 #726870 #4C454B #262325 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BEADBB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A4AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C898C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BEADBB #B2A4AF #A59BA3 #999298 #8C898C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BEADBB

RGB

rgb(190 173 187)

HSL

hsl(310.588 11.565% 71.176%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BEADBB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BEADBB uses 190 red, 173 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 67.8%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BEADBB is 0.0% cyan, 8.9% magenta, 1.6% yellow and 25.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 8.9%

Yellow 1.6%

Black 25.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBAABB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BAB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BEADBB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBAABB Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#BEADBB #BBB0B9 #B8B3B7 #B6B6B6 #B3B8B4 #B0BBB2 #ADBEB0

Color vision previews

Compare how #BEADBB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#ADB0BC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#B0B3BA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C0AEB1

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B3B0BB

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B4B1BB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BEAEB8

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B2B2B2

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B8AFB6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.51492 G 0.41789 B 0.49693

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.73383 G 0.68078 B 0.72974

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.49769 G 0.42111 B 0.49152

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.316 y 0.311 Y 44.422

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.490 M % 32.157 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111110 10101101 10111011