#BEEBE4

sRGB: 190 / 235 / 228

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Infinite wonders drift toward tomorrow

#BEEBE4 belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 235 green and 228 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 170.7° lands in the cyan region. Its 52.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.3% 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 (16.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 235, 228
HSL: 170.67°, 52.94%, 83.33%
HSV / HSB: 170.67°, 19.15%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 19.15%, 0.00%, 2.98%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.944, 75.964, 84.642
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.843, -15.827, -1.396
WCAG relative luminance: 0.75965
24-bit decimal: 12512228

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 #BEEBE4 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: 16.19:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.30:1

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

#EBBEC5 sits half a turn (180°) from #BEEBE4 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.

#BEEBE4 #EBBEC5

Analogous

#BEEBCE and #BEDBEB sit 30° to either side of #BEEBE4. 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.

#BEEBCE #BEEBE4 #BEDBEB

Triadic

#BEEBE4, #E4BEEB and #EBE4BE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BEEBE4 #E4BEEB #EBE4BE

Split complementary

Start at #BEEBE4 and look across the wheel. #EBBEDB and #EBCEBE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BEEBE4 #EBBEDB #EBCEBE

Square

Starting with #BEEBE4, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CEBEEB, #EBBEC5, then #DBEBBE. Across the square, #BEEBE4 pairs with #EBBEC5, and #CEBEEB with #DBEBBE.

#BEEBE4 #CEBEEB #EBBEC5 #DBEBBE

Tetradic

#BEEBE4 and #EBBEC5 are opposites, as are #BEC5EB and #EBE4BE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BEEBE4 #BEC5EB #EBBEC5 #EBE4BE

Tints

Mixing #BEEBE4 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBEFE9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FBFA, the mixture is 80% white.

#BEEBE4 #CBEFE9 #D8F3EF #E5F7F4 #F2FBFA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BEEBE4 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98BCB6, keeps 80% of the original. By #262F2E, the mixture is 80% black.

#BEEBE4 #98BCB6 #728D89 #4C5E5B #262F2E #000000

Tones

Mixing #BEEBE4 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2D6D0, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9594, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BEEBE4 #B2D6D0 #A5C0BC #99ABA8 #8C9594 #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

#BEEBE4

RGB

rgb(190 235 228)

HSL

hsl(170.667 52.941% 83.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BEEBE4;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BEEBE4 uses 190 red, 235 green and 228 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 92.2%

Blue 89.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BEEBE4 is 19.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 3.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 19.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 3.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBEEDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BED in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BEEBE4 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBEEDD Nearest web-safe: #CCFFCC

Gradient to complement

#BEEBE4 #C6E4DF #CDDCDA #D5D5D5 #DCCDCF #E4C6CA #EBBEC5

Color vision previews

Compare how #BEEBE4 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.

#E6E6E4

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.

#DEDFE5

Tritanopia

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

#B2EDE9

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.

#D9E7E4

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.

#D5E3E5

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BEEBE6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E2E2E2

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.

#D1E7E3

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 0.83077 B 0.77582

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 0.78031 G 0.91641 B 0.89387

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.57099 G 0.82029 B 0.77534

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 0.337 Y 75.964

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 7.843 Y % 10.588

Binary RGB

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

10111110 11101011 11100100