#BBCBAD#BBCBAD

#BBCBAD is a very light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.045 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCBAD
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 173)
HSL	hsl(92, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(92, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 14.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -10.87, 13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 17.05, 129.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0289 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.045 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3910, 56.2935, 47.7907)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCBAD #BDADCB

analogous

#CACBAD #BBCBAD #ADCBAE

triadic

#BBCBAD #ADBBCB #CBADBB

tetradic

#BBCBAD #ADCACB #BDADCB #CBAEAD

square

#BBCBAD #ADCACB #BDADCB #CBAEAD

split-complementary

#BBCBAD #AEADCB #CBADCA

monochromatic

#7D9B62 #9CB388 #BBCBAD #DAE3D2 #EFF3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBCBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#BBCBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCBAD

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCBAD	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.045 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdac5',
    500: '#bbcbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcbad;
$custom-light: #cfdac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92,
    "s": 22.388,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82176,
    "c": 0.04458,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCBAD

secondary

#8F7CA0

accent

#45A176

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCBAD

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

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