#BFEBFC

sRGB: 191 / 235 / 252

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Celestial symphonies awaken sleeping galaxies

#BFEBFC belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 235 green and 252 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 196.7° lands in the azure region. Its 91.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.9% 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 (16.50:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 235, 252
HSL: 196.72°, 91.04%, 86.86%
HSV / HSB: 196.72°, 24.21%, 98.82%
CMYK (approx.): 24.21%, 6.75%, 0.00%, 1.18%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 68.761, 77.520, 103.439
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.560, -10.456, -12.871
WCAG relative luminance: 0.77521
24-bit decimal: 12577788

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 #BFEBFC 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: 16.50:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.27:1

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

#FCD0BF sits half a turn (180°) from #BFEBFC 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.

#BFEBFC #FCD0BF

Analogous

#BFFCEF and #BFCDFC sit 30° to either side of #BFEBFC. 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.

#BFFCEF #BFEBFC #BFCDFC

Triadic

#BFEBFC, #FCBFEB and #EBFCBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFEBFC #FCBFEB #EBFCBF

Split complementary

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

#BFEBFC #FCBFCD #FCEFBF

Square

Starting with #BFEBFC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EFBFFC, #FCD0BF, then #CDFCBF. Across the square, #BFEBFC pairs with #FCD0BF, and #EFBFFC with #CDFCBF.

#BFEBFC #EFBFFC #FCD0BF #CDFCBF

Tetradic

#BFEBFC and #FCD0BF are opposites, as are #D0BFFC and #EBFCBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFEBFC #D0BFFC #FCD0BF #EBFCBF

Tints

Mixing #BFEBFC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCEFFD, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FBFE, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFEBFC #CCEFFD #D9F3FD #E5F7FE #F2FBFE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFEBFC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #99BCCA, keeps 80% of the original. By #262F32, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFEBFC #99BCCA #738D97 #4C5E65 #262F32 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFEBFC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2D6E3, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D9599, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFEBFC #B2D6E3 #A6C0CA #99ABB2 #8D9599 #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

#BFEBFC

RGB

rgb(191 235 252)

HSL

hsl(196.721 91.045% 86.863%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFEBFC uses 191 red, 235 green and 252 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 92.2%

Blue 98.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFEBFC is 24.2% cyan, 6.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 1.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 24.2%

Magenta 6.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 1.2%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #BBEEFF Nearest web-safe: #CCFFFF

Gradient to complement

#BFEBFC #C9E7F2 #D3E2E8 #DEDEDE #E8D9D3 #F2D5C9 #FCD0BF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFEBFC 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.

#E1E8FD

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.

#D8E1FC

Tritanopia

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

#ADF1F0

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.

#D6E8FD

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.

#D1E5FC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BDECF8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E4E4E4

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.

#D3E7F0

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 0.83077 B 0.97345

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 0.78335 G 0.91651 B 0.98013

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.57599 G 0.82049 B 0.95539

CIE xyY

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

x 0.275 y 0.310 Y 77.520

CMY

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

C % 25.098 M % 7.843 Y % 1.176

Binary RGB

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

10111111 11101011 11111100