#BEAFA2

sRGB: 190 / 175 / 162

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Sacred blossoms transform the fabric of existence
Brilliant stars disappear into mist

#BEAFA2 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 175 green and 162 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 27.9° lands in the orange region. Its 17.7% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.0% 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 (9.84:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 175, 162
HSL: 27.86°, 17.72%, 69.02%
HSV / HSB: 27.86°, 14.74%, 74.51%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.89%, 14.74%, 25.49%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 43.085, 44.216, 40.449
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 72.373, 3.174, 8.604
WCAG relative luminance: 0.44216
24-bit decimal: 12496802

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 #BEAFA2 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: 9.84:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.13:1

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

#A2B1BE sits half a turn (180°) from #BEAFA2 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.

#BEAFA2 #A2B1BE

Analogous

#BEA2A3 and #BEBDA2 sit 30° to either side of #BEAFA2. 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.

#BEA2A3 #BEAFA2 #BEBDA2

Triadic

#BEAFA2, #A2BEAF and #AFA2BE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BEAFA2 #A2BEAF #AFA2BE

Split complementary

Start at #BEAFA2 and look across the wheel. #A2BEBD and #A2A3BE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BEAFA2 #A2BEBD #A2A3BE

Square

Starting with #BEAFA2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A3BEA2, #A2B1BE, then #BDA2BE. Across the square, #BEAFA2 pairs with #A2B1BE, and #A3BEA2 with #BDA2BE.

#BEAFA2 #A3BEA2 #A2B1BE #BDA2BE

Tetradic

#BEAFA2 and #A2B1BE are opposites, as are #B1BEA2 and #AFA2BE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BEAFA2 #B1BEA2 #A2B1BE #AFA2BE

Tints

Mixing #BEAFA2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBBFB5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2EFEC, the mixture is 80% white.

#BEAFA2 #CBBFB5 #D8CFC7 #E5DFDA #F2EFEC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BEAFA2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #988C82, keeps 80% of the original. By #262320, the mixture is 80% black.

#BEAFA2 #988C82 #726961 #4C4641 #262320 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BEAFA2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A69B, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8987, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BEAFA2 #B2A69B #A59C94 #99938E #8C8987 #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

#BEAFA2

RGB

rgb(190 175 162)

HSL

hsl(27.857 17.722% 69.020%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BEAFA2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BEAFA2 uses 190 red, 175 green and 162 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 68.6%

Blue 63.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BEAFA2 is 0.0% cyan, 7.9% magenta, 14.7% yellow and 25.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.9%

Yellow 14.7%

Black 25.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBAAAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BAA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BEAFA2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBAAAA Nearest web-safe: #CC9999

Gradient to complement

#BEAFA2 #B9AFA7 #B5B0AB #B0B0B0 #ABB0B5 #A7B1B9 #A2B1BE

Color vision previews

Compare how #BEAFA2 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.

#B4B0A1

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.

#B7B3A2

Tritanopia

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

#C4ACAB

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.

#B8B0A2

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.

#B9B1A2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BFAEA6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B1B1B1

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.

#B8B0AA

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 0.42869 B 0.36131

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 0.73510 G 0.68833 B 0.64123

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.49961 G 0.43155 B 0.36881

CIE xyY

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

x 0.337 y 0.346 Y 44.216

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 31.373 Y % 36.471

Binary RGB

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

10111110 10101111 10100010