#BEDCB2

sRGB: 190 / 220 / 178

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames disappear into mist

#BEDCB2 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 220 green and 178 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 102.9° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 37.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.0% 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 (14.07:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 220, 178
HSL: 102.86°, 37.50%, 78.04%
HSV / HSB: 102.86°, 19.09%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 13.64%, 0.00%, 19.09%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.862, 65.347, 51.844
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.662, -17.580, 17.393
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65348
24-bit decimal: 12508338

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 #BEDCB2 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: 14.07:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.49:1

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

#D0B2DC sits half a turn (180°) from #BEDCB2 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.

#BEDCB2 #D0B2DC

Analogous

#D3DCB2 and #B2DCBB sit 30° to either side of #BEDCB2. 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.

#D3DCB2 #BEDCB2 #B2DCBB

Triadic

#BEDCB2, #B2BEDC and #DCB2BE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BEDCB2 #B2BEDC #DCB2BE

Split complementary

Start at #BEDCB2 and look across the wheel. #BBB2DC and #DCB2D3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BEDCB2 #BBB2DC #DCB2D3

Square

Starting with #BEDCB2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B2D3DC, #D0B2DC, then #DCBBB2. Across the square, #BEDCB2 pairs with #D0B2DC, and #B2D3DC with #DCBBB2.

#BEDCB2 #B2D3DC #D0B2DC #DCBBB2

Tetradic

#BEDCB2 and #D0B2DC are opposites, as are #B2DCD0 and #DCB2BE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BEDCB2 #B2DCD0 #D0B2DC #DCB2BE

Tints

Mixing #BEDCB2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBE3C1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F8F0, the mixture is 80% white.

#BEDCB2 #CBE3C1 #D8EAD1 #E5F1E0 #F2F8F0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BEDCB2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98B08E, keeps 80% of the original. By #262C24, the mixture is 80% black.

#BEDCB2 #98B08E #72846B #4C5847 #262C24 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BEDCB2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2CAA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C928A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BEDCB2 #B2CAA8 #A5B79E #99A594 #8C928A #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

#BEDCB2

RGB

rgb(190 220 178)

HSL

hsl(102.857 37.500% 78.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BEDCB2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BEDCB2 uses 190 red, 220 green and 178 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 86.3%

Blue 69.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BEDCB2 is 13.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 19.1% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 13.6%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 19.1%

Black 13.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBDDAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BDA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BEDCB2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBDDAA Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#BEDCB2 #C1D5B9 #C4CEC0 #C7C7C7 #CAC0CE #CDB9D5 #D0B2DC

Color vision previews

Compare how #BEDCB2 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.

#DFD5B0

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.

#DAD2B4

Tritanopia

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

#BED9D0

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.

#D4D7B1

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.

#D2D6B3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BFDABE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D3D3D3

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.

#C9D8C4

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 0.71569 B 0.44520

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 0.76773 G 0.85917 B 0.71249

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.55056 G 0.70903 B 0.46598

CIE xyY

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

x 0.319 y 0.380 Y 65.347

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 13.725 Y % 30.196

Binary RGB

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

10111110 11011100 10110010