#BBC9BF#BBC9BF

#BBC9BF is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.021 H 154.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9BF
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 191)
HSL	hsl(137, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(137, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -6.65, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 7.45, 153.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0186 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.021 154.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7823, 56.0992, 57.4329)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9BF #C9BBC5

analogous

#BEC9BB #BBC9BF #BBC9C6

triadic

#BBC9BF #BFBBC9 #C9BFBB

tetradic

#BBC9BF #BBBEC9 #C9BBC5 #C9C6BB

square

#BBC9BF #BBBEC9 #C9BBC5 #C9C6BB

split-complementary

#BBC9BF #C6BBC9 #C9BBBE

monochromatic

#77937F #99AE9F #BBC9BF #DDE4DF #EEF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBC9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#BBC9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9BF

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9BF	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.021 154.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9d2',
    500: '#bbc9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9bf;
$custom-light: #cfd9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82228,
    "c": 0.02059,
    "h": 154.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9BF

secondary

#9D8C98

accent

#508296

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9BF

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

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