#BBC8B5#BBC8B5

#BBC8B5 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.030 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8B5
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 181)
HSL	hsl(101, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(101, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -7.94, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 11.26, 134.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0213 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.03 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4868, 55.2093, 51.7564)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8B5 #C2B5C8

analogous

#C5C8B5 #BBC8B5 #B5C8B9

triadic

#BBC8B5 #B5BBC8 #C8B5BB

tetradic

#BBC8B5 #B5C5C8 #C2B5C8 #C8B9B5

square

#BBC8B5 #B5C5C8 #C2B5C8 #C8B9B5

split-complementary

#BBC8B5 #B9B5C8 #C8B5C5

monochromatic

#7A946F #9BAE92 #BBC8B5 #DBE2D8 #EFF2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBC8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#BBC8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8B5

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8B5	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.030 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8cb',
    500: '#bbc8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8b5;
$custom-light: #cfd8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 101.053,
    "s": 14.729,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81745,
    "c": 0.02976,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8B5

secondary

#95859C

accent

#4D9981

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8B5

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

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