#BFEFBC

sRGB: 191 / 239 / 188

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Immortal legends transform the fabric of existence
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#BFEFBC belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 239 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 116.5° lands in the green region. Its 61.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.7% 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 (16.29:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 239, 188
HSL: 116.47°, 61.45%, 83.73%
HSV / HSB: 116.47°, 21.34%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 20.08%, 0.00%, 21.34%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.427, 76.439, 59.096
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.063, -24.874, 19.737
WCAG relative luminance: 0.76440
24-bit decimal: 12578748

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 #BFEFBC 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: 16.29:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.29:1

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

#ECBCEF sits half a turn (180°) from #BFEFBC 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.

#BFEFBC #ECBCEF

Analogous

#D9EFBC and #BCEFD3 sit 30° to either side of #BFEFBC. 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.

#D9EFBC #BFEFBC #BCEFD3

Triadic

#BFEFBC, #BCBFEF and #EFBCBF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFEFBC #BCBFEF #EFBCBF

Split complementary

Start at #BFEFBC and look across the wheel. #D3BCEF and #EFBCD9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFEFBC #D3BCEF #EFBCD9

Square

Starting with #BFEFBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCD8EF, #ECBCEF, then #EFD3BC. Across the square, #BFEFBC pairs with #ECBCEF, and #BCD8EF with #EFD3BC.

#BFEFBC #BCD8EF #ECBCEF #EFD3BC

Tetradic

#BFEFBC and #ECBCEF are opposites, as are #BCEFEC and #EFBCBF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFEFBC #BCEFEC #ECBCEF #EFBCBF

Tints

Mixing #BFEFBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCF2C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FCF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFEFBC #CCF2C9 #D9F5D7 #E5F9E4 #F2FCF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFEFBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #99BF96, keeps 80% of the original. By #263026, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFEFBC #99BF96 #738F71 #4C604B #263026 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFEFBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2D9B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D968C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFEFBC #B2D9B0 #A6C3A4 #99AC98 #8D968C #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

#BFEFBC

RGB

rgb(191 239 188)

HSL

hsl(116.471 61.446% 83.725%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFEFBC uses 191 red, 239 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 93.7%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFEFBC is 20.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 21.3% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 20.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 21.3%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #BBEEBB Nearest web-safe: #CCFFCC

Gradient to complement

#BFEFBC #C7E7C5 #CEDECD #D6D6D6 #DDCDDE #E5C5E7 #ECBCEF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFEFBC 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.

#F2E6B9

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.

#EAE1BF

Tritanopia

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

#BBECE1

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.

#E1E8BB

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.

#DEE6BE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C1EDCA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E3E3E3

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.

#D2E9D0

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 0.86316 B 0.50289

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 0.78683 G 0.93179 B 0.75432

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58174 G 0.85180 B 0.52928

CIE xyY

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

x 0.312 y 0.388 Y 76.439

CMY

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

C % 25.098 M % 6.275 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

10111111 11101111 10111100