#b9e49e

Color #b9e49e

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 18.46 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#b9e49e

RGB

rgb(185, 228, 158)

HSL

hsl(96.9, 56.5%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96.9, 30.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 30.7%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(86.14, -26.35, 29.74)

LCH

lch(86.14, 39.73, 131.54)

OKLCH

oklch(87.1%, 0.1034, 133.82)

HWB

hwb(96.9, 62%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c99ee4

Analogous

#dce49e

#b9e49e

#9ee4a6

Triadic

#b9e49e

#9eb9e4

#e49eb9

Split-complementary

#b9e49e

#a69ee4

#e49edc

Tetradic

#b9e49e

#9ee4c9

#c99ee4

#e49eb9

Square

#b9e49e

#9edce4

#c99ee4

#e4a69e

Shades

Color #b9e49e mixed toward black.

#95d66c

#70c839

#54972a

#38651c

#1c320e

Tints

Color #b9e49e mixed toward white.

#c5e9ae

#d0edbe

#dcf2cf

#e8f6df

#f3fbef

Tones

Color #b9e49e mixed toward gray.

#badea4

#bcd8aa

#bdd3b0

#becdb5

#c0c7bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcdb2 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#cbc7b7 · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#bbc0c3 · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#d7d7d7 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9e49e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9e49e]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#b9e49e (#b9e49e) is rgb(185, 228, 158) in RGB.

No, #b9e49e 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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