#BBDEB9#BBDEB9

#BBDEB9 is a very light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.062 H 143.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDEB9
RGB	rgb(187, 222, 185)
HSL	hsl(117, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(117, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 16.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -18.42, 14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 23.37, 142.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0503 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.062 143.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3698, 66.3090, 55.7713)
Luminance	0.6631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDEB9 #DCB9DE

analogous

#CEDEB9 #BBDEB9 #B9DECA

triadic

#BBDEB9 #B9BBDE #DEB9BB

tetradic

#BBDEB9 #B9CEDE #DCB9DE #DECAB9

square

#BBDEB9 #B9CEDE #DCB9DE #DECAB9

split-complementary

#BBDEB9 #CAB9DE #DEB9CE

monochromatic

#6AB766 #93CA8F #BBDEB9 #E3F2E3 #EBF5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BBDEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#BBDEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDEB9

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDEB9	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAD3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 222, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.062 143.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe8ce',
    500: '#bbdeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdeb9;
$custom-light: #cfe8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116.757,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86535,
    "c": 0.06249,
    "h": 143.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDEB9

secondary

#B385B6

accent

#37AFA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFA

border

#D4D5D3

text

#141613

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDEB9

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

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