#b4bc96

Color #b4bc96

A muted light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 14.69 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b4bc96

RGB

rgb(180, 188, 150)

HSL

hsl(72.6, 22.1%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72.6, 20.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 20.2%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(74.74, -9.37, 18.34)

LCH

lch(74.74, 20.59, 117.06)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.0528, 117.29)

HWB

hwb(72.6, 58.8%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e96bc

Analogous

#bcb196

#b4bc96

#a1bc96

Triadic

#b4bc96

#96b4bc

#bc96b4

Split-complementary

#b4bc96

#96a1bc

#b196bc

Tetradic

#b4bc96

#96bc9e

#9e96bc

#bc96b4

Square

#b4bc96

#96bcb1

#9e96bc

#bc96a1

Shades

Color #b4bc96 mixed toward black.

#9ca674

#7f8a58

#5f6742

#40452c

#202216

Tints

Color #b4bc96 mixed toward white.

#c1c7a8

#cdd2b9

#dadecb

#e6e9dc

#f3f4ee

Tones

Color #b4bc96 mixed toward gray.

#b2b999

#b0b69c

#afb3a0

#adafa3

#abaca6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8a0 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#b7b6a3 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#b4a8a9 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b4bc96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b4bc96]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#b4bc96 (#b4bc96) is rgb(180, 188, 150) in RGB.

No, #b4bc96 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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