#bbd796

Color #bbd796

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 15.6 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bbd796

RGB

rgb(187, 215, 150)

HSL

hsl(85.8, 44.8%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(85.8, 30.2%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 0%, 30.2%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(82.58, -20.47, 29.09)

LCH

lch(82.58, 35.57, 125.13)

OKLCH

oklch(84.3%, 0.0915, 127.18)

HWB

hwb(85.8, 58.8%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b296d7

Analogous

#d7d296

#bbd796

#9bd796

Triadic

#bbd796

#96bbd7

#d796bb

Split-complementary

#bbd796

#969bd7

#d296d7

Tetradic

#bbd796

#96d7b2

#b296d7

#d796bb

Square

#bbd796

#96d7d2

#b296d7

#d7969b

Shades

Color #bbd796 mixed toward black.

#9fc66a

#81b043

#618432

#415822

#202c11

Tints

Color #bbd796 mixed toward white.

#c6dea8

#d2e4b9

#ddebcb

#e8f2dc

#f4f8ee

Tones

Color #bbd796 mixed toward gray.

#bad29c

#bacca1

#b9c7a6

#b8c1ac

#b7bcb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c8c8a9 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#c6c4ad · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#bdb6b9 · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbd796;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbd796]

Related colors

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#bbd796 (#bbd796) is rgb(187, 215, 150) in RGB.

No, #bbd796 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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