Palettes / Colors / #BBECCE

#BBECCE — Pale Green

#BBECCE is a green color we call Pale Green, closest to the named color PowderBlue (#B0E0E6). It belongs to the green family.

#BBECCE is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ECBBD9; it also sits naturally between #C1ECBB and #BBECE6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 93% · Blue 81%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 13% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BBECCE

.text { color: #BBECCE; }
.background { background-color: #BBECCE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBECCE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 236, 206); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(143, 56%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBECCE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 236, 206, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBECCE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 236, 206, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBECCE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBECCE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBECCE

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Tones of #BBECCE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECBBD9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BBECCE: #000000.

How #BBECCE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBECCE rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBECCD  ·  #BBECCF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBECCE?

#BBECCE is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 187, 236, 206). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBECCE?

#BBECCE is RGB 187, 236, 206 — HSL 143°, 56%, 83% — CMYK 21%, 0%, 13%, 7%.

What colors go with #BBECCE?

Its complement is #ECBBD9; analogous partners are #C1ECBB and #BBECE6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBECCE for text?

Black text on #BBECCE has a contrast ratio of 16.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.