#BBC9BB#BBC9BB

#BBC9BB is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.025 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9BB
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 187)
HSL	hsl(120, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(120, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -7.38, 5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 9.12, 144.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0202 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.025 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3481, 55.9255, 55.1463)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9BB #C9BBC9

analogous

#C2C9BB #BBC9BB #BBC9C2

triadic

#BBC9BB #BBBBC9 #C9BBBB

tetradic

#BBC9BB #BBC2C9 #C9BBC9 #C9C2BB

square

#BBC9BB #BBC2C9 #C9BBC9 #C9C2BB

split-complementary

#BBC9BB #C2BBC9 #C9BBC2

monochromatic

#779377 #99AE99 #BBC9BB #DDE4DD #EEF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#BBC9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9BB

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9BB	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.025 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9cf',
    500: '#bbc9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9bb;
$custom-light: #cfd9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82117,
    "c": 0.02461,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9BB

secondary

#9D8C9D

accent

#509696

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9BB

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

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