Information about #BBE5EE color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored water-like cyan, #BBE5EE appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Onahau (#C2E6EC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Pale Light Grayish Cyan (#B8E7E7) and Pastel Sky (#BEDDF1).
In RGB terms — rgb(187, 229, 238) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #BBE5EE background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 15.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.4:1. No one has named #BBE5EE so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#BBE5EE color variations
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#BBE5EE color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BBE5EE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BBE5EE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BBE5EE color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BBE5EE color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BBE5EE color
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Nearest named colors to #BBE5EE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#C2E6EC
#B8E7E7
#BEDDF1
#B8DCE7
#C7E4EE
#B9D9EB
#AEE4EE
#B4D9EF
#BADAE5
#B0E0E6
#ACE5EE
#AFEEEE
#BBE5EE color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BBE5EE
- RGB187, 229, 238
- CMYK20, 4, 0, 7
- CSSrgb(187, 229, 238)
- HSL191°, 60%, 83%
- HSL Precise190.588°, 60%, 83.333%
- HSV191°, 21%, 93%
- HSB191°, 21%, 93%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.898
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
- GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.898, 0.933)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.898, 0.933, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.898, 0.933)
- Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB89.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDBBE5EE
- DECIMAL ID12314094
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
