#BED0FC

sRGB: 190 / 208 / 252

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions fade beyond remembrance
Celestial symphonies awaken sleeping galaxies

#BED0FC belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 208 green and 252 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 222.6° lands in the azure region. Its 91.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.7% 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 (13.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 208, 252
HSL: 222.58°, 91.18%, 86.67%
HSV / HSB: 222.58°, 24.60%, 98.82%
CMYK (approx.): 24.60%, 17.46%, 0.00%, 1.18%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.358, 63.086, 101.043
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.488, 3.306, -23.535
WCAG relative luminance: 0.63087
24-bit decimal: 12505340

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 #BED0FC 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: 13.62:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.54:1

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

#FCEABE sits half a turn (180°) from #BED0FC 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.

#BED0FC #FCEABE

Analogous

#BEEFFC and #CBBEFC sit 30° to either side of #BED0FC. 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.

#BEEFFC #BED0FC #CBBEFC

Triadic

#BED0FC, #FCBED0 and #D0FCBE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BED0FC #FCBED0 #D0FCBE

Split complementary

Start at #BED0FC and look across the wheel. #FCCBBE and #EFFCBE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BED0FC #FCCBBE #EFFCBE

Square

Starting with #BED0FC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FCBEEF, #FCEABE, then #BEFCCB. Across the square, #BED0FC pairs with #FCEABE, and #FCBEEF with #BEFCCB.

#BED0FC #FCBEEF #FCEABE #BEFCCB

Tetradic

#BED0FC and #FCEABE are opposites, as are #EABEFC and #D0FCBE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BED0FC #EABEFC #FCEABE #D0FCBE

Tints

Mixing #BED0FC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBD9FD, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F6FE, the mixture is 80% white.

#BED0FC #CBD9FD #D8E3FD #E5ECFE #F2F6FE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BED0FC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98A6CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #262A32, the mixture is 80% black.

#BED0FC #98A6CA #727D97 #4C5365 #262A32 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BED0FC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2C0E3, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9099, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BED0FC #B2C0E3 #A5B0CA #99A0B2 #8C9099 #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

#BED0FC

RGB

rgb(190 208 252)

HSL

hsl(222.581 91.176% 86.667%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BED0FC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BED0FC uses 190 red, 208 green and 252 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 81.6%

Blue 98.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BED0FC is 24.6% cyan, 17.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 1.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 24.6%

Magenta 17.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 1.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBCCFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BCF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BED0FC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBCCFF Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#BED0FC #C8D4F2 #D3D9E7 #DDDDDD #E7E1D3 #F2E6C8 #FCEABE

Color vision previews

Compare how #BED0FC 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.

#C3D3FE

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.

#BDCEFB

Tritanopia

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

#AED9DF

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.

#C1D1FD

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.

#BECFFB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BBD2F2

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D0D0D0

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.

#C7D0E7

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 0.63076 B 0.97345

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 0.75826 G 0.81347 B 0.97351

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53548 G 0.62691 B 0.94080

CIE xyY

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

x 0.272 y 0.280 Y 63.086

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 18.431 Y % 1.176

Binary RGB

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

10111110 11010000 11111100