#BBC9BC#BBC9BC

#BBC9BC is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.024 H 147.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9BC
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(124, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(124, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -7.20, 4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 8.69, 146.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0198 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.024 147.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4555, 55.9685, 55.7120)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9BC #C9BBC8

analogous

#C1C9BB #BBC9BC #BBC9C3

triadic

#BBC9BC #BCBBC9 #C9BCBB

tetradic

#BBC9BC #BBC1C9 #C9BBC8 #C9C3BB

square

#BBC9BC #BBC1C9 #C9BBC8 #C9C3BB

split-complementary

#BBC9BC #C3BBC9 #C9BBC1

monochromatic

#779379 #99AE9A #BBC9BC #DDE4DE #EEF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#BBC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9BC

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9BC	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)

#CAC6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.024 147.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9d0',
    500: '#bbc9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9bc;
$custom-light: #cfd9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.286,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82145,
    "c": 0.02355,
    "h": 147.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9BC

secondary

#9D8C9B

accent

#509196

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9BC

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

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