#BFEEEB

sRGB: 191 / 238 / 235

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#BFEEEB belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 238 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 176.2° lands in the cyan region. Its 58.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (16.64:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 238, 235
HSL: 176.17°, 58.02%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 176.17°, 19.75%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 19.75%, 0.00%, 1.26%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.052, 78.222, 90.166
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.881, -15.588, -3.521
WCAG relative luminance: 0.78224
24-bit decimal: 12578539

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 #BFEEEB 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: 16.64:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.26:1

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

#EEBFC2 sits half a turn (180°) from #BFEEEB 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.

#BFEEEB #EEBFC2

Analogous

#BFEED4 and #BFDAEE sit 30° to either side of #BFEEEB. 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.

#BFEED4 #BFEEEB #BFDAEE

Triadic

#BFEEEB, #EBBFEE and #EEEBBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFEEEB #EBBFEE #EEEBBF

Split complementary

Start at #BFEEEB and look across the wheel. #EEBFDA and #EED4BF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFEEEB #EEBFDA #EED4BF

Square

Starting with #BFEEEB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D4BFEE, #EEBFC2, then #DAEEBF. Across the square, #BFEEEB pairs with #EEBFC2, and #D4BFEE with #DAEEBF.

#BFEEEB #D4BFEE #EEBFC2 #DAEEBF

Tetradic

#BFEEEB and #EEBFC2 are opposites, as are #BFC2EE and #EEEBBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFEEEB #BFC2EE #EEBFC2 #EEEBBF

Tints

Mixing #BFEEEB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCF1EF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FCFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFEEEB #CCF1EF #D9F5F3 #E5F8F7 #F2FCFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFEEEB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #99BEBC, keeps 80% of the original. By #26302F, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFEEEB #99BEBC #738F8D #4C5F5E #26302F #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFEEEB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2D8D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D9695, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFEEEB #B2D8D6 #A6C2C0 #99ACAB #8D9695 #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

#BFEEEB

RGB

rgb(191 238 235)

HSL

hsl(176.170 58.025% 84.118%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFEEEB uses 191 red, 238 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 93.3%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFEEEB is 19.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 1.3% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 19.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 1.3%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#BFEEEB #C7E6E4 #CFDEDD #D7D7D7 #DECFD0 #E6C7C9 #EEBFC2

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFEEEB 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.

#E8E9EB

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.

#DFE2EC

Tritanopia

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

#B1F1ED

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.

#DBEAEB

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.

#D6E6EB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BEEEEC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E5E5E5

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.

#D3E9E8

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 0.85499 B 0.83077

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 0.78595 G 0.92797 B 0.91983

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58029 G 0.84391 B 0.82723

CIE xyY

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

x 0.285 y 0.332 Y 78.222

CMY

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

C % 25.098 M % 6.667 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

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

10111111 11101110 11101011