#BEEFE3

sRGB: 190 / 239 / 227

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Immortal legends transform the fabric of existence
Infinite wonders linger beyond yesterday

#BEEFE3 belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 239 green and 227 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 165.3° lands in the cyan region. Its 60.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (16.65:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 239, 227
HSL: 165.31°, 60.49%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 165.31°, 20.50%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 20.50%, 0.00%, 5.02%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 65.964, 78.225, 84.299
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.882, -18.016, 0.646
WCAG relative luminance: 0.78226
24-bit decimal: 12513251

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 #BEEFE3 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: 16.65:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.26:1

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

#EFBECA sits half a turn (180°) from #BEEFE3 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.

#BEEFE3 #EFBECA

Analogous

#BEEFCA and #BEE3EF sit 30° to either side of #BEEFE3. 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.

#BEEFCA #BEEFE3 #BEE3EF

Triadic

#BEEFE3, #E3BEEF and #EFE3BE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BEEFE3 #E3BEEF #EFE3BE

Split complementary

Start at #BEEFE3 and look across the wheel. #EFBEE3 and #EFCABE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BEEFE3 #EFBEE3 #EFCABE

Square

Starting with #BEEFE3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CABEEF, #EFBECA, then #E3EFBE. Across the square, #BEEFE3 pairs with #EFBECA, and #CABEEF with #E3EFBE.

#BEEFE3 #CABEEF #EFBECA #E3EFBE

Tetradic

#BEEFE3 and #EFBECA are opposites, as are #BECAEF and #EFE3BE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BEEFE3 #BECAEF #EFBECA #EFE3BE

Tints

Mixing #BEEFE3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBF2E9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FCF9, the mixture is 80% white.

#BEEFE3 #CBF2E9 #D8F5EE #E5F9F4 #F2FCF9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BEEFE3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98BFB6, keeps 80% of the original. By #26302D, the mixture is 80% black.

#BEEFE3 #98BFB6 #728F88 #4C605B #26302D #000000

Tones

Mixing #BEEFE3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2D9CF, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9694, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BEEFE3 #B2D9CF #A5C3BB #99ACA8 #8C9694 #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

#BEEFE3

RGB

rgb(190 239 227)

HSL

hsl(165.306 60.494% 84.118%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BEEFE3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BEEFE3 uses 190 red, 239 green and 227 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 93.7%

Blue 89.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BEEFE3 is 20.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 5.0% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 20.5%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 5.0%

Black 6.3%

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 #BEEFE3 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

#BEEFE3 #C6E7DF #CEDFDB #D7D7D7 #DFCED2 #E7C6CE #EFBECA

Color vision previews

Compare how #BEEFE3 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.

#EBE9E3

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.

#E2E2E4

Tritanopia

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

#B2F1EB

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.

#DCEAE3

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.

#D8E7E4

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BEEFE6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E5E5E5

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.

#D3EAE4

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 0.86316 B 0.76815

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 0.78381 G 0.93170 B 0.89150

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.57674 G 0.85160 B 0.77070

CIE xyY

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

x 0.289 y 0.342 Y 78.225

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 6.275 Y % 10.980

Binary RGB

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

10111110 11101111 11100011