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#b0febc

a light, electric green · cool · closest name: Pale Green

Token name suggestion: Morning Jade

RGB
176, 254, 188
HSL
129°, 98%, 84%
CMYK
31, 0, 26, 0
Luminance
0.8374

#b0febc is a light electric green, 129° on the wheel and 66/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.75:1). As text it scores 1.18:1 on white — use #028917 instead. Nearest name is Pale Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(129 98% 84%)rgb(176 254 188)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b0febc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b0febc
Hue
129°
green
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
89%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8374
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
66/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.75:1
Closest name
Pale Green
ΔE2000 6
Chroma
43.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.930
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 17.7
Web-safe
#99FFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue129° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b0febc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool66% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red11%
Green85%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#b0febc
HEX (8-digit)#b0febcff
RGBrgb(176, 254, 188)
RGBArgba(176, 254, 188, 1)
HSLhsl(129, 98%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(129, 31%, 100%)
HWBhwb(129 69% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 0%, 26%, 0%)
LABlab(93.3 -36.7 24.1)
LCHlch(93.3 43.9 146.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.930 0.118 148.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(62.42, 83.74, 60.44)
Decimal11599548
Display P3color(display-p3 0.690 0.996 0.737)
Web-safe#99FFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b0febc;
background-color: #b0febc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b0febc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b0febc] bg-[#b0febc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b0febc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.690, green: 0.996, blue: 0.737)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.690, green: 0.996, blue: 0.737, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B0FEBC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB0FEBC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB0FEBC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(188, 254, 176)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(176, 254, 188)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(176, 254, 188)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 176, 254, 188)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6902f, 0.9961f, 0.7373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{176,254,188}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b0febc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b0febc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#027E15, #D3EED7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b0febc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FDF3;
  --brand-100: #E4FCE7;
  --brand-200: #b0febc;
  --brand-300: #90FEA1;
  --brand-400: #59FD72;
  --brand-500: #21FC43;
  --brand-600: #03F228;
  --brand-700: #03C921;
  --brand-800: #02A11A;
  --brand-900: #067417;
  --brand-950: #04490E;
  --brand: #b0febc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF5;
  --brand-border: #C0EDC7;
  --brand-hover: #8DFE9E;
  --brand-pressed: #69FD80;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142416;
    --brand-ink: #D3EED7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1FDF3',
        100: '#E4FCE7',
        200: '#b0febc',
        300: '#90FEA1',
        400: '#59FD72',
        500: '#21FC43',
        600: '#03F228',
        700: '#03C921',
        800: '#02A11A',
        900: '#067417',
        950: '#04490E',
        DEFAULT: '#b0febc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1FDF3,
  '100': #E4FCE7,
  '200': #b0febc,
  '300': #90FEA1,
  '400': #59FD72,
  '500': #21FC43,
  '600': #03F228,
  '700': #03C921,
  '800': #02A11A,
  '900': #067417,
  '950': #04490E,
);
$brand-base: #b0febc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1FDF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E4FCE7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#b0febc", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#90FEA1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#59FD72", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#21FC43", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#03F228", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#03C921", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#02A11A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#067417", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#04490E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #b0febc · 17.75:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.18:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.75:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #b0febc as text scores 1.18:1 on white and 17.75:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #027E15 at 4.44:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#028917 · 4.57:1
AA on white−57% L
#028917
The quick fox
#016611 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−64% L
#016611
The quick fox
#b0febc · 17.75:1
AA on blackalready passes
#b0febc
The quick fox
#b0febc · 17.75:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#b0febc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #02AD1C is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#b0febc on white: 1.18:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b0febc on black: 17.75:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b0febc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b0febc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.18:1AaAa
Slate 501.13:1AaAa
Slate 1001.08:1AaAa
Slate 2001.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.25:1AaAa
Slate 4002.17:1AaAa
Slate 5004.02:1AaAa
Slate 6006.40:1AaAa
Slate 7008.75:1AaAa
Slate 80012.36:1AaAa
Slate 90015.09:1AaAa
Black17.75:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFF1B8
deuteranopia · #F3E9C0
tritanopia · #A6FBEC

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #b0febc is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FDF3
#E4FCE7
#b0febc
#90FEA1
#59FD72
#21FC43
#03F228
#03C921
#02A11A
#067417
#04490E
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F1FDF3Darkest = 950 · #04490EText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.029 148.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.047 148.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.071 148.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.092 148.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.108 148.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.118 148.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.118 148.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.111 148.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.099 148.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.082 148.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.065 148.5);
}

Colors that work with #b0febc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDC7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B57
Captions on the surface
Accent#B800CC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#027E15
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FFEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142416
Dark-mode background
Hover#8DFE9E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#69FD80
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C3FFCC
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #b0febc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #027E15
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #02AD1C

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight16/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FEB0F2
Analogous left#CBFEB0
Analogous right#B0FEE3
Split-complement 1#E3B0FE
Split-complement 2#FEB0CB
Triadic 1#BCB0FE
Triadic 2#FEBCB0
Tetradic#B0CBFE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°129°

#b0febc sits at 129°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red69.0%
Green99.6%
Blue73.7%
R · 0–255
176
0xb0
G · 0–255
254
0xfe
B · 0–255
188
0xbc

CMYK percentages

Cyan30.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow26.0%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 57%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b0febc text on a black background

contrast 17.75:1

Card sample

#b0febc text on a white background

contrast 1.18:1

Card sample

#b0febc on grey

1.08:1

#b0febc on its own surface

1.12:1

#b0febc on its dark surface

13.72:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b0febc;
Background color
Panel with #b0febc background
background-color: #b0febc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b0febc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(176, 254, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(176, 254, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b0febc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b0febc, #B0FEF0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b0febc, #B0F9FE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b0febc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b0febc;
caret-color: #b0febc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b0febc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6FFEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b0febc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b0febc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b0febc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(176, 254, 188, 0.5)
rgb(176 254 188 / 50%)
#b0febc80
hsl(129 98% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b0febc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b0febc1a#F7FFF8
20%#b0febc33#EFFFF2
40%#b0febc66#DFFFE4
60%#b0febc99#D0FED7
80%#b0febccc#C0FEC9

Gradients from #b0febc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBFFEE, #b0febc 45%, #027E15);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b0febc, #92FEF3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b0febc, #FEB0F2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F0FFF2 0%, #b0febc 45%, #027E15 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EEFFE2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CEFEF2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #027E15 0%, transparent 65%), #b0febc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b0febc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#b0febc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 17.75:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#b0febc, answered

What color is #b0febc?

#b0febc is a light electric green, closest to Pale Green (ΔE2000 6). It sits at 129° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #b0febc?

rgb(176, 254, 188) — 176 red, 254 green and 188 blue out of 255, or 69% / 99.6% / 73.7% by channel.

What is #b0febc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(129, 98%, 84%) and hsv(129, 31%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b0febc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8374 and perceived brightness is 89%, so black text on it reaches 17.75:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b0febc?

Black. It scores 17.75:1 against #b0febc, versus 1.18:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #b0febc accessible on a white background?

#b0febc on white scores 1.18:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #028917 to reach 4.5:1, or #016611 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #b0febc?

#FEB0F2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E3B0FE and #FEB0CB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b0febc?

For interface work: #F4FAF5 as the surface, #C0EDC7 for borders, #4B9B57 for secondary text, #B800CC as an accent and #027E15 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CBFEB0 and #B0FEE3 stays calm, while #FEB0F2 is the loudest partner.

What is #b0febc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 0%, 26%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #b0febc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 66 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C1FEB0; nudged cooler, #AFFFD9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b0febc?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 17.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b0febc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b0febc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b0febc] or text-[#b0febc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #b0febc with 50% opacity?

rgba(176, 254, 188, 0.5), or #b0febc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D8FFDE; over black, #587F5E.

Is #b0febc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FFCC, ΔE2000 5.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b0febc mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #b0febc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBFFEE, #b0febc 45%, #027E15). For more colour, a short hue run to #92FEF3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b0febc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b0febc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.