#BBC9B2#BBC9B2

#BBC9B2 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.035 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9B2
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 178)
HSL	hsl(97, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(97, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 11.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -8.98, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 13.35, 132.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0239 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.035 133)
XYZ	xyz(49.4147, 55.5522, 50.2302)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9B2 #C0B2C9

analogous

#C7C9B2 #BBC9B2 #B2C9B5

triadic

#BBC9B2 #B2BBC9 #C9B2BB

tetradic

#BBC9B2 #B2C7C9 #C0B2C9 #C9B5B2

square

#BBC9B2 #B2C7C9 #C0B2C9 #C9B5B2

split-complementary

#BBC9B2 #B5B2C9 #C9B2C7

monochromatic

#7B976A #9BB08E #BBC9B2 #DBE2D6 #EFF2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBC9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#BBC9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9B2

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9B2	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC5B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.035 133.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9c9',
    500: '#bbc9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9b2;
$custom-light: #cfd9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.522,
    "s": 17.557,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81878,
    "c": 0.03509,
    "h": 133
  },
  "luminance": 0.55552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9B2

secondary

#93829D

accent

#4A9C7C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9B2

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

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