Information about #BBE2E2 color

#BBE2E2 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #BBE2E2 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 226, 226) — 73.3% red, 88.6% green, 88.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 15 / 0 / 0 / 11. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A confidently colored water-like cyan, #BBE2E2 floats near the light end of the scale. 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 a hair away from Reservoir (#BFE2DC). Nearby in the Register you will also find Pale Light Grayish Cyan (#B8E7E7) and Pale Light Grayish Cerulean (#B8DCE7).

In RGB terms — rgb(187, 226, 226) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #BBE2E2 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 15.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.4:1. #BBE2E2 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#BBE2E2 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BBE2E2 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BBE2E2

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BBE2E2
  • RGB187, 226, 226
  • CMYK15, 0, 0, 11
  • CSSrgb(187, 226, 226)
  • HSL180°, 40%, 81%
  • HSL Precise180°, 40.206%, 80.98%
  • HSV180°, 17%, 89%
  • HSB180°, 17%, 89%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.886
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.886
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.886, 0.886)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.886, 0.886, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.886, 0.886)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB88.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB88.6%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBBE2E2
  • DECIMAL ID12313314
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01