#BBC8B9#BBC8B9

#BBC8B9 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.025 H 141.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8B9
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 185)
HSL	hsl(112, 12%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(112, 8%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -7.23, 5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 9.38, 140.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0196 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.025 141.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9031, 55.3758, 53.9491)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8B9 #C6B9C8

analogous

#C2C8B9 #BBC8B9 #B9C8BE

triadic

#BBC8B9 #B9BBC8 #C8B9BB

tetradic

#BBC8B9 #B9C2C8 #C6B9C8 #C8BEB9

square

#BBC8B9 #B9C2C8 #C6B9C8 #C8BEB9

split-complementary

#BBC8B9 #BEB9C8 #C8B9C2

monochromatic

#789274 #9AAD97 #BBC8B9 #DCE3DB #EEF2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBC8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#BBC8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8B9

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8B9	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.025 141.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8ce',
    500: '#bbc8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8b9;
$custom-light: #cfd8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81853,
    "c": 0.02508,
    "h": 141.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8B9

secondary

#99899C

accent

#4F968D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8B9

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

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