#bbd99d

Color #bbd99d

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 14.32 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bbd99d

RGB

rgb(187, 217, 157)

HSL

hsl(90, 44.1%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(90, 27.6%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 27.6%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(83.24, -20.44, 26.37)

LCH

lch(83.24, 33.36, 127.78)

OKLCH

oklch(84.8%, 0.0864, 129.7)

HWB

hwb(90, 61.6%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb9dd9

Analogous

#d9d99d

#bbd99d

#9dd99d

Triadic

#bbd99d

#9dbbd9

#d99dbb

Split-complementary

#bbd99d

#9d9dd9

#d99dd9

Tetradic

#bbd99d

#9dd9bb

#bb9dd9

#d99dbb

Square

#bbd99d

#9dd9d9

#bb9dd9

#d99d9d

Shades

Color #bbd99d mixed toward black.

#9cc870

#7db446

#5d8734

#3e5a23

#1f2d11

Tints

Color #bbd99d mixed toward white.

#c6dfad

#d2e6be

#ddecce

#e8f2de

#f4f9ef

Tones

Color #bbd99d mixed toward gray.

#bbd4a2

#bbcfa7

#bbcaac

#bbc5b1

#bbc0b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9ae · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#c7c5b2 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#bdbabd · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbd99d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbd99d]

Related colors

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#bbd99d (#bbd99d) is rgb(187, 217, 157) in RGB.

No, #bbd99d 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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