#BFDEC6

sRGB: 191 / 222 / 198

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits find forgotten pathways

#BFDEC6 belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 222 green and 198 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 133.5° lands in the green region. Its 32.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.0% 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 (14.48:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 222, 198
HSL: 133.55°, 31.96%, 80.98%
HSV / HSB: 133.55°, 13.96%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 13.96%, 0.00%, 10.81%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.797, 67.395, 63.391
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.703, -14.770, 8.361
WCAG relative luminance: 0.67396
24-bit decimal: 12574406

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 #BFDEC6 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: 14.48:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.45:1

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

#DEBFD7 sits half a turn (180°) from #BFDEC6 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.

#BFDEC6 #DEBFD7

Analogous

#C8DEBF and #BFDED5 sit 30° to either side of #BFDEC6. 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.

#C8DEBF #BFDEC6 #BFDED5

Triadic

#BFDEC6, #C6BFDE and #DEC6BF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFDEC6 #C6BFDE #DEC6BF

Split complementary

Start at #BFDEC6 and look across the wheel. #D5BFDE and #DEBFC8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFDEC6 #D5BFDE #DEBFC8

Square

Starting with #BFDEC6, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BFC8DE, #DEBFD7, then #DED5BF. Across the square, #BFDEC6 pairs with #DEBFD7, and #BFC8DE with #DED5BF.

#BFDEC6 #BFC8DE #DEBFD7 #DED5BF

Tetradic

#BFDEC6 and #DEBFD7 are opposites, as are #BFD7DE and #DEC6BF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFDEC6 #BFD7DE #DEBFD7 #DEC6BF

Tints

Mixing #BFDEC6 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCE5D1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F8F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFDEC6 #CCE5D1 #D9EBDD #E5F2E8 #F2F8F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFDEC6 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #99B29E, keeps 80% of the original. By #262C28, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFDEC6 #99B29E #738577 #4C594F #262C28 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFDEC6 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2CBB8, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D938E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFDEC6 #B2CBB8 #A6B8AA #99A69C #8D938E #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

#BFDEC6

RGB

rgb(191 222 198)

HSL

hsl(133.548 31.959% 80.980%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BFDEC6;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFDEC6 uses 191 red, 222 green and 198 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 87.1%

Blue 77.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFDEC6 is 14.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 10.8% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 14.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 10.8%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBDDCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BDC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BFDEC6 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#BFDEC6 #C4D9C9 #C9D4CC #CFCFCF #D4C9D1 #D9C4D4 #DEBFD7

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFDEC6 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.

#DED8C5

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.

#D9D5C7

Tritanopia

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

#BBDDD7

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.

#D4DAC6

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.

#D2D8C7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C0DDCC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D6D6D6

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.

#CBDACE

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 0.73046 B 0.56471

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 0.77245 G 0.86691 B 0.78333

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.55818 G 0.72351 B 0.57596

CIE xyY

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

x 0.306 y 0.357 Y 67.395

CMY

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

C % 25.098 M % 12.941 Y % 22.353

Binary RGB

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

10111111 11011110 11000110