#BED2DC

sRGB: 190 / 210 / 220

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions tremble in empty gardens
Fierce revelations awaken sleeping galaxies

#BED2DC belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 210 green and 220 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 200.0° lands in the azure region. Its 30.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.4% 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 (13.44:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 210, 220
HSL: 200.00°, 30.00%, 80.39%
HSV / HSB: 200.00°, 13.64%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 13.64%, 4.55%, 0.00%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.197, 62.207, 76.706
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.023, -4.690, -7.217
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62208
24-bit decimal: 12505820

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 #BED2DC 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: 13.44:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.56:1

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

#DCC8BE sits half a turn (180°) from #BED2DC 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.

#BED2DC #DCC8BE

Analogous

#BEDCD7 and #BEC3DC sit 30° to either side of #BED2DC. 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.

#BEDCD7 #BED2DC #BEC3DC

Triadic

#BED2DC, #DCBED2 and #D2DCBE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BED2DC #DCBED2 #D2DCBE

Split complementary

Start at #BED2DC and look across the wheel. #DCBEC3 and #DCD7BE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BED2DC #DCBEC3 #DCD7BE

Square

Starting with #BED2DC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D7BEDC, #DCC8BE, then #C3DCBE. Across the square, #BED2DC pairs with #DCC8BE, and #D7BEDC with #C3DCBE.

#BED2DC #D7BEDC #DCC8BE #C3DCBE

Tetradic

#BED2DC and #DCC8BE are opposites, as are #C8BEDC and #D2DCBE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BED2DC #C8BEDC #DCC8BE #D2DCBE

Tints

Mixing #BED2DC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBDBE3, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F6F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#BED2DC #CBDBE3 #D8E4EA #E5EDF1 #F2F6F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BED2DC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98A8B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #262A2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#BED2DC #98A8B0 #727E84 #4C5458 #262A2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #BED2DC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2C2CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9092, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BED2DC #B2C2CA #A5B1B7 #99A1A5 #8C9092 #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

#BED2DC

RGB

rgb(190 210 220)

HSL

hsl(200.000 30.000% 80.392%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BED2DC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BED2DC uses 190 red, 210 green and 220 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 82.4%

Blue 86.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BED2DC is 13.6% cyan, 4.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 13.6%

Magenta 4.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 13.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBCCDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BCD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BED2DC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#BED2DC #C3D0D7 #C8CFD2 #CDCDCD #D2CBC8 #D7CAC3 #DCC8BE

Color vision previews

Compare how #BED2DC 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.

#CDD1DD

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.

#C8CDDC

Tritanopia

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

#B6D5D5

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.

#C8D1DC

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.

#C6CFDC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BDD3D9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CFCFCF

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.

#C7D0D5

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 0.64448 B 0.71569

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 0.75980 G 0.82108 B 0.85814

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53792 G 0.64018 B 0.70711

CIE xyY

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

x 0.292 y 0.317 Y 62.207

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 17.647 Y % 13.725

Binary RGB

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

10111110 11010010 11011100