#bec9b8

Color #bec9b8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 10.16 Nearest Tailwind class olive-300 #d8d8d0 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bec9b8

RGB

rgb(190, 201, 184)

HSL

hsl(98.8, 13.6%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(98.8, 8.5%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(79.72, -6.88, 7.2)

LCH

lch(79.72, 9.96, 133.7)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.0262, 134.23)

HWB

hwb(98.8, 72.2%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3b8c9

Analogous

#c7c9b8

#bec9b8

#b8c9bb

Triadic

#bec9b8

#b8bec9

#c9b8be

Split-complementary

#bec9b8

#bbb8c9

#c9b8c7

Tetradic

#bec9b8

#b8c9c3

#c3b8c9

#c9b8be

Square

#bec9b8

#b8c7c9

#c3b8c9

#c9bbb8

Shades

Color #bec9b8 mixed toward black.

#9dad94

#7b926f

#5c6d53

#3e4937

#1f241c

Tints

Color #bec9b8 mixed toward white.

#c9d2c4

#d4dbd0

#dfe4dc

#e9ede7

#f4f6f3

Tones

Color #bec9b8 mixed toward gray.

#bec8b9

#bfc6bb

#bfc5bc

#c0c3be

#c0c2bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c3bc · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#c2c1bd · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#bfc0c0 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 9.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bec9b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bec9b8]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#bec9b8 (#bec9b8) is rgb(190, 201, 184) in RGB.

No, #bec9b8 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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