#b8caaa

Color #b8caaa

A muted light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 14.47 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b8caaa

RGB

rgb(184, 202, 170)

HSL

hsl(93.7, 23.2%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(93.7, 15.8%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 15.8%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(79.23, -11.92, 13.94)

LCH

lch(79.23, 18.34, 130.53)

OKLCH

oklch(81.7%, 0.048, 131.46)

HWB

hwb(93.7, 66.7%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bcaaca

Analogous

#c8caaa

#b8caaa

#aacaac

Triadic

#b8caaa

#aab8ca

#caaab8

Split-complementary

#b8caaa

#acaaca

#caaac8

Tetradic

#b8caaa

#aacabc

#bcaaca

#caaab8

Square

#b8caaa

#aac8ca

#bcaaca

#caacaa

Shades

Color #b8caaa mixed toward black.

#98b284

#78995f

#5a7347

#3c4c30

#1e2618

Tints

Color #b8caaa mixed toward white.

#c4d3b8

#d0dcc6

#dbe4d4

#e7ede3

#f3f6f1

Tones

Color #b8caaa mixed toward gray.

#b8c7ad

#b9c5af

#b9c2b2

#b9bfb5

#babdb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0b2 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#bfbeb4 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#b9b9ba · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8caaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8caaa]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#b8caaa (#b8caaa) is rgb(184, 202, 170) in RGB.

No, #b8caaa 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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