#bbc59e

Color #bbc59e

A muted light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 14.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbc59e

RGB

rgb(187, 197, 158)

HSL

hsl(75.4, 25.2%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75.4, 19.8%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 19.8%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(77.85, -10.2, 18.45)

LCH

lch(77.85, 21.08, 118.94)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.0541, 119.31)

HWB

hwb(75.4, 62%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a89ec5

Analogous

#c5bc9e

#bbc59e

#a7c59e

Triadic

#bbc59e

#9ebbc5

#c59ebb

Split-complementary

#bbc59e

#9ea7c5

#bc9ec5

Tetradic

#bbc59e

#9ec5a8

#a89ec5

#c59ebb

Square

#bbc59e

#9ec5bc

#a89ec5

#c59ea7

Shades

Color #bbc59e mixed toward black.

#a1af79

#859459

#646f42

#424a2c

#212516

Tints

Color #bbc59e mixed toward white.

#c6cfae

#d2d8be

#dde2ce

#e8ecdf

#f4f5ef

Tones

Color #bbc59e mixed toward gray.

#b9c2a1

#b8bfa4

#b6bba8

#b5b8ab

#b3b5ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfc0a9 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#bfbeab · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#bcb0b2 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbc59e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbc59e]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#bbc59e (#bbc59e) is rgb(187, 197, 158) in RGB.

No, #bbc59e 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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