#b6c9aa

Color #b6c9aa

A muted light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 14.29 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b6c9aa

RGB

rgb(182, 201, 170)

HSL

hsl(96.8, 22.3%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96.8, 15.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 15.4%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(78.82, -12.12, 13.34)

LCH

lch(78.82, 18.02, 132.26)

OKLCH

oklch(81.3%, 0.0473, 133.2)

HWB

hwb(96.8, 66.7%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdaac9

Analogous

#c5c9aa

#b6c9aa

#aac9ad

Triadic

#b6c9aa

#aab6c9

#c9aab6

Split-complementary

#b6c9aa

#adaac9

#c9aac5

Tetradic

#b6c9aa

#aac9bd

#bdaac9

#c9aab6

Square

#b6c9aa

#aac5c9

#bdaac9

#c9adaa

Shades

Color #b6c9aa mixed toward black.

#95b184

#759760

#587148

#3b4c30

#1d2618

Tints

Color #b6c9aa mixed toward white.

#c2d2b8

#cedbc6

#dae4d4

#e7ede3

#f3f6f1

Tones

Color #b6c9aa mixed toward gray.

#b6c6ac

#b7c4af

#b8c1b2

#b8bfb4

#b9bcb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfb2 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#bdbcb4 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#b7b8ba · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b6c9aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b6c9aa]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#b6c9aa (#b6c9aa) is rgb(182, 201, 170) in RGB.

No, #b6c9aa 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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