#BEDFCC

sRGB: 190 / 223 / 204

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#BEDFCC belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 223 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 145.5° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 34.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.0% 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 (14.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 223, 204
HSL: 145.45°, 34.02%, 80.98%
HSV / HSB: 145.45°, 14.80%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 14.80%, 0.00%, 8.52%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.519, 68.081, 67.187
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.047, -14.496, 5.685
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68082
24-bit decimal: 12509132

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 #BEDFCC 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: 14.62:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.44:1

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

#DFBED1 sits half a turn (180°) from #BEDFCC 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.

#BEDFCC #DFBED1

Analogous

#C0DFBE and #BEDFDD sit 30° to either side of #BEDFCC. 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.

#C0DFBE #BEDFCC #BEDFDD

Triadic

#BEDFCC, #CCBEDF and #DFCCBE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BEDFCC #CCBEDF #DFCCBE

Split complementary

Start at #BEDFCC and look across the wheel. #DDBEDF and #DFBEC1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BEDFCC #DDBEDF #DFBEC1

Square

Starting with #BEDFCC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEC1DF, #DFBED1, then #DFDDBE. Across the square, #BEDFCC pairs with #DFBED1, and #BEC1DF with #DFDDBE.

#BEDFCC #BEC1DF #DFBED1 #DFDDBE

Tetradic

#BEDFCC and #DFBED1 are opposites, as are #BED1DF and #DFCCBE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BEDFCC #BED1DF #DFBED1 #DFCCBE

Tints

Mixing #BEDFCC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBE5D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F9F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BEDFCC #CBE5D6 #D8ECE0 #E5F2EB #F2F9F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BEDFCC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98B2A3, keeps 80% of the original. By #262D29, the mixture is 80% black.

#BEDFCC #98B2A3 #72867A #4C5952 #262D29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BEDFCC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2CCBD, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C938F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BEDFCC #B2CCBD #A5B9AE #99A69E #8C938F #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

#BEDFCC

RGB

rgb(190 223 204)

HSL

hsl(145.455 34.021% 80.980%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BEDFCC uses 190 red, 223 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 87.5%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BEDFCC is 14.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 8.5% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 14.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 8.5%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#BEDFCC #C4DACD #C9D4CE #CFCFCF #D4C9CF #DAC4D0 #DFBED1

Color vision previews

Compare how #BEDFCC 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.

#DEDACB

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.

#D8D6CD

Tritanopia

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

#B8DFD9

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.

#D3DBCC

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.

#D1D9CD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BEDED1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D7D7D7

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.

#CBDBD2

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 0.73791 B 0.60383

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 0.77018 G 0.87061 B 0.80481

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.55451 G 0.73051 B 0.61202

CIE xyY

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

x 0.302 y 0.351 Y 68.081

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 12.549 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

10111110 11011111 11001100