#BBC8B2#BBC8B2

#BBC8B2 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.033 H 132.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8B2
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(95, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(95, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -8.46, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 12.72, 131.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0225 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.033 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1823, 55.0875, 50.1527)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8B2 #BFB2C8

analogous

#C6C8B2 #BBC8B2 #B2C8B4

triadic

#BBC8B2 #B2BBC8 #C8B2BB

tetradic

#BBC8B2 #B2C6C8 #BFB2C8 #C8B4B2

square

#BBC8B2 #B2C6C8 #BFB2C8 #C8B4B2

split-complementary

#BBC8B2 #B4B2C8 #C8B2C6

monochromatic

#7C956B #9BAF8E #BBC8B2 #DBE2D6 #EFF2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBC8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BBC8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8B2

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8B2	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC5B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.033 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8c9',
    500: '#bbc8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8b2;
$custom-light: #cfd8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.455,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81667,
    "c": 0.0334,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8B2

secondary

#91829C

accent

#4B9B7A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8B2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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