#BECDC3

sRGB: 190 / 205 / 195

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Majestic waterfalls illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits linger beyond yesterday

#BECDC3 belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 205 green and 195 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 140.0° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 13.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.5% 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 (12.71:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 205, 195
HSL: 140.00°, 13.04%, 77.45%
HSV / HSB: 140.00°, 7.32%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 7.32%, 0.00%, 4.88%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.914, 58.550, 60.145
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.043, -6.967, 3.227
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58550
24-bit decimal: 12504515

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 #BECDC3 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: 12.71:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.65:1

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

#CDBEC8 sits half a turn (180°) from #BECDC3 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.

#BECDC3 #CDBEC8

Analogous

#C1CDBE and #BECDCB sit 30° to either side of #BECDC3. 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.

#C1CDBE #BECDC3 #BECDCB

Triadic

#BECDC3, #C3BECD and #CDC3BE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BECDC3 #C3BECD #CDC3BE

Split complementary

Start at #BECDC3 and look across the wheel. #CBBECD and #CDBEC1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BECDC3 #CBBECD #CDBEC1

Square

Starting with #BECDC3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEC1CD, #CDBEC8, then #CDCBBE. Across the square, #BECDC3 pairs with #CDBEC8, and #BEC1CD with #CDCBBE.

#BECDC3 #BEC1CD #CDBEC8 #CDCBBE

Tetradic

#BECDC3 and #CDBEC8 are opposites, as are #BEC8CD and #CDC3BE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BECDC3 #BEC8CD #CDBEC8 #CDC3BE

Tints

Mixing #BECDC3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBD7CF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F5F3, the mixture is 80% white.

#BECDC3 #CBD7CF #D8E1DB #E5EBE7 #F2F5F3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BECDC3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98A49C, keeps 80% of the original. By #262927, the mixture is 80% black.

#BECDC3 #98A49C #727B75 #4C524E #262927 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BECDC3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2BEB6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8F8D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BECDC3 #B2BEB6 #A5AEA8 #999F9B #8C8F8D #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

#BECDC3

RGB

rgb(190 205 195)

HSL

hsl(140.000 13.043% 77.451%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BECDC3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BECDC3 uses 190 red, 205 green and 195 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 80.4%

Blue 76.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BECDC3 is 7.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 4.9% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 4.9%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBCCBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BCB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BECDC3 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBCCBB Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BECDC3 #C1CBC4 #C3C8C5 #C6C6C6 #C8C3C6 #CBC1C7 #CDBEC8

Color vision previews

Compare how #BECDC3 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.

#CDCAC3

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.

#CAC8C4

Tritanopia

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

#BCCDCA

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.

#C8CBC3

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.

#C7CAC3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BECDC6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C9C9C9

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.

#C4CBC6

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 0.61050 B 0.54572

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 0.75598 G 0.80206 B 0.76731

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53189 G 0.60732 B 0.54989

CIE xyY

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

x 0.308 y 0.341 Y 58.550

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 19.608 Y % 23.529

Binary RGB

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

10111110 11001101 11000011