#bbd255

Color #bbd255

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 16.02 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bbd255

RGB

rgb(187, 210, 85)

HSL

hsl(71, 58.1%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(71, 59.5%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(80.36, -25.11, 57.86)

LCH

lch(80.36, 63.07, 113.46)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.152, 118.66)

HWB

hwb(71, 33.3%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6c55d2

Analogous

#d2aa55

#bbd255

#7cd255

Triadic

#bbd255

#55bbd2

#d255bb

Split-complementary

#bbd255

#557cd2

#aa55d2

Tetradic

#bbd255

#55d26c

#6c55d2

#d255bb

Square

#bbd255

#55d2aa

#6c55d2

#d2557c

Shades

Color #bbd255 mixed toward black.

#a8c233

#869b29

#65751f

#434e15

#22270a

Tints

Color #bbd255 mixed toward white.

#c6d971

#d2e18e

#dde8aa

#e8f0c6

#f4f7e3

Tones

Color #bbd255 mixed toward gray.

#b4c75f

#aebd6a

#a7b374

#a1a87f

#9a9e89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c5c682 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#c4c28b · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#bc9ca0 · ΔE 39.2

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbd255;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbd255]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Frequently asked questions

#bbd255 (#bbd255) is rgb(187, 210, 85) in RGB.

No, #bbd255 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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