#BEFFD2

sRGB: 190 / 255 / 210

Ancient mountains fracture ancient heavens
Unbridled forces transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations disappear into mist

#BEFFD2 belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 190 red, 255 green and 210 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 138.5° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.3% 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 (18.42:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 190, 255, 210
HSL: 138.46°, 100.00%, 87.25%
HSV / HSB: 138.46°, 25.49%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 25.49%, 0.00%, 17.65%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 68.625, 87.119, 74.175
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 94.789, -28.978, 15.048
WCAG relative luminance: 0.87120
24-bit decimal: 12517330

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 #BEFFD2 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: 18.42:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.14:1

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

#FFBEEB sits half a turn (180°) from #BEFFD2 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.

#BEFFD2 #FFBEEB

Analogous

#CBFFBE and #BEFFF3 sit 30° to either side of #BEFFD2. 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.

#CBFFBE #BEFFD2 #BEFFF3

Triadic

#BEFFD2, #D2BEFF and #FFD2BE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BEFFD2 #D2BEFF #FFD2BE

Split complementary

Start at #BEFFD2 and look across the wheel. #F3BEFF and #FFBECB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BEFFD2 #F3BEFF #FFBECB

Square

Starting with #BEFFD2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BECBFF, #FFBEEB, then #FFF3BE. Across the square, #BEFFD2 pairs with #FFBEEB, and #BECBFF with #FFF3BE.

#BEFFD2 #BECBFF #FFBEEB #FFF3BE

Tetradic

#BEFFD2 and #FFBEEB are opposites, as are #BEEBFF and #FFD2BE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BEFFD2 #BEEBFF #FFBEEB #FFD2BE

Tints

Mixing #BEFFD2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBFFDB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FFF6, the mixture is 80% white.

#BEFFD2 #CBFFDB #D8FFE4 #E5FFED #F2FFF6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BEFFD2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98CCA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #26332A, the mixture is 80% black.

#BEFFD2 #98CCA8 #72997E #4C6654 #26332A #000000

Tones

Mixing #BEFFD2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2E6C2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9990, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BEFFD2 #B2E6C2 #A5CCB1 #99B3A1 #8C9990 #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

#BEFFD2

RGB

rgb(190 255 210)

HSL

hsl(138.462 100.000% 87.255%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BEFFD2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BEFFD2 uses 190 red, 255 green and 210 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.5%

Green 100.0%

Blue 82.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BEFFD2 is 25.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 17.6% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 25.5%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 17.6%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBFFCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BFC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BEFFD2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#BEFFD2 #C9F4D6 #D4E9DA #DFDFDF #E9D4E3 #F4C9E7 #FFBEEB

Color vision previews

Compare how #BEFFD2 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.

#FFF5D0

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.

#F4EDD4

Tritanopia

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

#B4FDF2

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.

#EAF7D1

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.

#E6F3D4

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BFFDDE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F0F0F0

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.

#D9F8E2

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 1.00000 B 0.64448

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 0.79835 G 0.99289 B 0.83675

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60104 G 0.98390 B 0.66801

CIE xyY

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

x 0.298 y 0.379 Y 87.119

CMY

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

C % 25.490 M % 0.000 Y % 17.647

Binary RGB

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

10111110 11111111 11010010