#BFCEBD

sRGB: 191 / 206 / 189

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#BFCEBD belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 206 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 112.9° lands in the green region. Its 14.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.5% 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 (12.78:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 206, 189
HSL: 112.94°, 14.78%, 77.45%
HSV / HSB: 112.94°, 8.25%, 80.78%
CMYK (approx.): 7.28%, 0.00%, 8.25%, 19.22%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.740, 58.893, 56.735
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.233, -8.235, 6.715
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58893
24-bit decimal: 12570301

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 #BFCEBD 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: 12.78:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.64:1

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

#CCBDCE sits half a turn (180°) from #BFCEBD 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.

#BFCEBD #CCBDCE

Analogous

#C8CEBD and #BDCEC4 sit 30° to either side of #BFCEBD. 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.

#C8CEBD #BFCEBD #BDCEC4

Triadic

#BFCEBD, #BDBFCE and #CEBDBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFCEBD #BDBFCE #CEBDBF

Split complementary

Start at #BFCEBD and look across the wheel. #C4BDCE and #CEBDC7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFCEBD #C4BDCE #CEBDC7

Square

Starting with #BFCEBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BDC8CE, #CCBDCE, then #CEC4BD. Across the square, #BFCEBD pairs with #CCBDCE, and #BDC8CE with #CEC4BD.

#BFCEBD #BDC8CE #CCBDCE #CEC4BD

Tetradic

#BFCEBD and #CCBDCE are opposites, as are #BDCECC and #CEBDBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFCEBD #BDCECC #CCBDCE #CEBDBF

Tints

Mixing #BFCEBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCD8CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFCEBD #CCD8CA #D9E2D7 #E5EBE5 #F2F5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFCEBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #99A597, keeps 80% of the original. By #262926, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFCEBD #99A597 #737C71 #4C524C #262926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFCEBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2BEB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D908C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFCEBD #B2BEB1 #A6AFA5 #999F98 #8D908C #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

#BFCEBD

RGB

rgb(191 206 189)

HSL

hsl(112.941 14.783% 77.451%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFCEBD uses 191 red, 206 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 80.8%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFCEBD is 7.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 8.3% yellow and 19.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 8.3%

Black 19.2%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#BFCEBD #C1CBC0 #C3C8C3 #C6C6C6 #C8C3C8 #CAC0CB #CCBDCE

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFCEBD 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.

#CFCBBC

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.

#CCC9BE

Tritanopia

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

#BECDC9

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.

#CACCBD

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.

#C9CBBD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C0CDC1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CACACA

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.

#C4CCC4

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 0.52100 G 0.61721 B 0.50888

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 0.75990 G 0.80598 B 0.74640

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53808 G 0.61401 B 0.51693

CIE xyY

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

x 0.313 y 0.350 Y 58.893

CMY

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

C % 25.098 M % 19.216 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

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

10111111 11001110 10111101