#BBC9BA#BBC9BA

#BBC9BA is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.026 H 143.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9BA
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 186)
HSL	hsl(116, 12%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(116, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -7.57, 5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 9.57, 142.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0207 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.026 143.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2414, 55.8829, 54.5844)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9BA #C8BAC9

analogous

#C2C9BA #BBC9BA #BAC9C0

triadic

#BBC9BA #BABBC9 #C9BABB

tetradic

#BBC9BA #BAC2C9 #C8BAC9 #C9C0BA

square

#BBC9BA #BAC2C9 #C8BAC9 #C9C0BA

split-complementary

#BBC9BA #C0BAC9 #C9BAC2

monochromatic

#779375 #99AE98 #BBC9BA #DDE4DC #EEF2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#BBC9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9BA

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9BA	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.026 143.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9ce',
    500: '#bbc9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9ba;
$custom-light: #cfd9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8209,
    "c": 0.0257,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9BA

secondary

#9C8A9D

accent

#4F9692

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9BA

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

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