#BBC9BE#BBC9BE

#BBC9BE is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.022 H 152.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9BE
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(133, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(133, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -6.83, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 7.85, 150.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.019 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.022 152.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6726, 56.0553, 56.8553)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9BE #C9BBC6

analogous

#BFC9BB #BBC9BE #BBC9C5

triadic

#BBC9BE #BEBBC9 #C9BEBB

tetradic

#BBC9BE #BBBFC9 #C9BBC6 #C9C5BB

square

#BBC9BE #BBBFC9 #C9BBC6 #C9C5BB

split-complementary

#BBC9BE #C5BBC9 #C9BBBF

monochromatic

#77937D #99AE9D #BBC9BE #DDE4DF #EEF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#BBC9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9BE

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9BE	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.022 152.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9d1',
    500: '#bbc9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9be;
$custom-light: #cfd9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.857,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.822,
    "c": 0.02153,
    "h": 152.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9BE

secondary

#9D8C99

accent

#508796

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9BE

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

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