#b5dc9e

Color #b5dc9e

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 14.29 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b5dc9e

RGB

rgb(181, 220, 158)

HSL

hsl(97.7, 47%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(97.7, 28.2%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.7%, 0%, 28.2%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(83.69, -23.89, 26.39)

LCH

lch(83.69, 35.6, 132.15)

OKLCH

oklch(85.1%, 0.0929, 134.22)

HWB

hwb(97.7, 62%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c59edc

Analogous

#d4dc9e

#b5dc9e

#9edca6

Triadic

#b5dc9e

#9eb5dc

#dc9eb5

Split-complementary

#b5dc9e

#a69edc

#dc9ed4

Tetradic

#b5dc9e

#9edcc5

#c59edc

#dc9eb5

Square

#b5dc9e

#9ed4dc

#c59edc

#dca69e

Shades

Color #b5dc9e mixed toward black.

#92cb70

#6fb943

#538b32

#375d21

#1c2e11

Tints

Color #b5dc9e mixed toward white.

#c1e2ae

#cee8be

#daedce

#e6f3df

#f3f9ef

Tones

Color #b5dc9e mixed toward gray.

#b6d7a3

#b8d2a8

#b9ccad

#bac7b3

#bcc2b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c7b0 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#c5c2b4 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#b7bcbf · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 21.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5dc9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5dc9e]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#b5dc9e (#b5dc9e) is rgb(181, 220, 158) in RGB.

No, #b5dc9e 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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