#b5caa9

Color #b5caa9

A muted light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 13.3 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 12.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b5caa9

RGB

rgb(181, 202, 169)

HSL

hsl(98.2, 23.7%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(98.2, 16.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 16.3%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(79, -13.15, 14.12)

LCH

lch(79, 19.29, 132.96)

OKLCH

oklch(81.4%, 0.0507, 134.12)

HWB

hwb(98.2, 66.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bea9ca

Analogous

#c5caa9

#b5caa9

#a9caad

Triadic

#b5caa9

#a9b5ca

#caa9b5

Split-complementary

#b5caa9

#ada9ca

#caa9c5

Tetradic

#b5caa9

#a9cabe

#bea9ca

#caa9b5

Square

#b5caa9

#a9c5ca

#bea9ca

#caada9

Shades

Color #b5caa9 mixed toward black.

#94b283

#74995e

#577347

#3a4c2f

#1d2618

Tints

Color #b5caa9 mixed toward white.

#c1d3b7

#cedcc6

#dae4d4

#e6ede2

#f3f6f1

Tones

Color #b5caa9 mixed toward gray.

#b6c7ac

#b6c4ae

#b7c2b1

#b8bfb4

#b9bcb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebfb2 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#bdbcb4 · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#b6b8ba · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5caa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5caa9]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#b5caa9 (#b5caa9) is rgb(181, 202, 169) in RGB.

No, #b5caa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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