#BBC8BF#BBC8BF

#BBC8BF is a very light, near-neutral green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.019 H 155.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8BF
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(138, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(138, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -6.13, 2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 6.81, 154.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0172 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.019 155.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5499, 55.6345, 57.3555)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8BF #C8BBC4

analogous

#BDC8BB #BBC8BF #BBC8C5

triadic

#BBC8BF #BFBBC8 #C8BFBB

tetradic

#BBC8BF #BBBDC8 #C8BBC4 #C8C5BB

square

#BBC8BF #BBBDC8 #C8BBC4 #C8C5BB

split-complementary

#BBC8BF #C5BBC8 #C8BBBD

monochromatic

#77917F #99AD9F #BBC8BF #DDE3DF #EEF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#BBC8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8BF

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8BF	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.019 155.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8d2',
    500: '#bbc8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8bf;
$custom-light: #cfd8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.462,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82019,
    "c": 0.01888,
    "h": 155.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8BF

secondary

#9C8C97

accent

#518095

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8BF

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

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