#BFCECB

sRGB: 191 / 206 / 203

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits defy the passing ages

#BFCECB belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 206 green and 203 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 168.0° lands in the cyan region. Its 13.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.8% 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 (12.91:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 206, 203
HSL: 168.00°, 13.27%, 77.84%
HSV / HSB: 168.00°, 7.28%, 80.78%
CMYK (approx.): 7.28%, 0.00%, 1.46%, 19.22%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.334, 59.530, 65.130
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.582, -5.643, -0.257
WCAG relative luminance: 0.59531
24-bit decimal: 12570315

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 #BFCECB 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: 12.91:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.63:1

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

#CEBFC2 sits half a turn (180°) from #BFCECB 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.

#BFCECB #CEBFC2

Analogous

#BFCEC3 and #BFCACE sit 30° to either side of #BFCECB. 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.

#BFCEC3 #BFCECB #BFCACE

Triadic

#BFCECB, #CBBFCE and #CECBBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFCECB #CBBFCE #CECBBF

Split complementary

Start at #BFCECB and look across the wheel. #CEBFCA and #CEC4BF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFCECB #CEBFCA #CEC4BF

Square

Starting with #BFCECB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C3BFCE, #CEBFC2, then #CACEBF. Across the square, #BFCECB pairs with #CEBFC2, and #C3BFCE with #CACEBF.

#BFCECB #C3BFCE #CEBFC2 #CACEBF

Tetradic

#BFCECB and #CEBFC2 are opposites, as are #BFC2CE and #CECBBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFCECB #BFC2CE #CEBFC2 #CECBBF

Tints

Mixing #BFCECB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCD8D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F5F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFCECB #CCD8D5 #D9E2E0 #E5EBEA #F2F5F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFCECB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #99A5A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #262929, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFCECB #99A5A2 #737C7A #4C5251 #262929 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFCECB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2BEBC, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D908F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFCECB #B2BEBC #A6AFAD #999F9E #8D908F #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

#BFCECB

RGB

rgb(191 206 203)

HSL

hsl(168.000 13.274% 77.843%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFCECB uses 191 red, 206 green and 203 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 80.8%

Blue 79.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFCECB is 7.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 1.5% 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 1.5%

Black 19.2%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#BFCECB #C2CCCA #C4C9C8 #C7C7C7 #C9C4C5 #CCC2C4 #CEBFC2

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFCECB 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.

#CCCCCB

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.

#C9CACB

Tritanopia

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

#BCCFCD

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.

#C8CCCB

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.

#C6CBCB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BFCECC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CBCBCB

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.

#C5CCCB

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 0.59720

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 0.79617

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53808 G 0.61401 B 0.59735

CIE xyY

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

x 0.304 y 0.333 Y 59.530

CMY

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

C % 25.098 M % 19.216 Y % 20.392

Binary RGB

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

10111111 11001110 11001011