#BEDAE2

sRGB: 190 / 218 / 226

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions awaken beneath celestial skies
Infinite wonders disappear into mist

#BEDAE2 belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 218 green and 226 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 193.3° lands in the cyan region. Its 38.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.6% 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 (14.32:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 218, 226
HSL: 193.33°, 38.30%, 81.57%
HSV / HSB: 193.33°, 15.93%, 88.63%
CMYK (approx.): 15.93%, 3.54%, 0.00%, 11.37%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.031, 66.580, 81.642
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.291, -7.607, -7.044
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66581
24-bit decimal: 12507874

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 #BEDAE2 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: 14.32:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.47:1

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

#E2C6BE sits half a turn (180°) from #BEDAE2 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.

#BEDAE2 #E2C6BE

Analogous

#BEE2D8 and #BEC8E2 sit 30° to either side of #BEDAE2. 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.

#BEE2D8 #BEDAE2 #BEC8E2

Triadic

#BEDAE2, #E2BEDA and #DAE2BE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BEDAE2 #E2BEDA #DAE2BE

Split complementary

Start at #BEDAE2 and look across the wheel. #E2BEC8 and #E2D8BE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BEDAE2 #E2BEC8 #E2D8BE

Square

Starting with #BEDAE2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D8BEE2, #E2C6BE, then #C8E2BE. Across the square, #BEDAE2 pairs with #E2C6BE, and #D8BEE2 with #C8E2BE.

#BEDAE2 #D8BEE2 #E2C6BE #C8E2BE

Tetradic

#BEDAE2 and #E2C6BE are opposites, as are #C6BEE2 and #DAE2BE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BEDAE2 #C6BEE2 #E2C6BE #DAE2BE

Tints

Mixing #BEDAE2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBE1E8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F8F9, the mixture is 80% white.

#BEDAE2 #CBE1E8 #D8E9EE #E5F0F3 #F2F8F9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BEDAE2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98AEB5, keeps 80% of the original. By #262C2D, the mixture is 80% black.

#BEDAE2 #98AEB5 #728388 #4C575A #262C2D #000000

Tones

Mixing #BEDAE2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2C8CE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9294, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BEDAE2 #B2C8CE #A5B6BB #99A4A7 #8C9294 #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

#BEDAE2

RGB

rgb(190 218 226)

HSL

hsl(193.333 38.298% 81.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BEDAE2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BEDAE2 uses 190 red, 218 green and 226 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 85.5%

Blue 88.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BEDAE2 is 15.9% cyan, 3.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 11.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 15.9%

Magenta 3.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 11.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBDDDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BDD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BEDAE2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#BEDAE2 #C4D7DC #CAD3D6 #D0D0D0 #D6CDCA #DCC9C4 #E2C6BE

Color vision previews

Compare how #BEDAE2 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.

#D4D8E3

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.

#CED3E2

Tritanopia

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

#B4DDDC

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.

#CDD8E2

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.

#CAD6E2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BDDBE0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#CAD8DC

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 0.70110 B 0.76052

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 0.76611 G 0.85155 B 0.88188

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.54797 G 0.69492 B 0.75203

CIE xyY

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

x 0.288 y 0.320 Y 66.580

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 14.510 Y % 11.373

Binary RGB

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

10111110 11011010 11100010