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#b2c7ad

a light, soft green · neutral · closest name: Dark Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Linen Basil

RGB
178, 199, 173
HSL
109°, 19%, 73%
CMYK
11, 0, 13, 22
Luminance
0.5333

#b2c7ad is a light soft green, 109° on the wheel and 54/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.67:1). As text it scores 1.80:1 on white — use #5E7F57 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(109 19% 73%)rgb(178 199 173)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b2c7ad is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b2c7ad
Hue
109°
green
Saturation
19%
soft
Lightness
73%
light
Brightness
78%
HSV value
Perceived
75%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5333
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
54/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.67:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 8.6
Chroma
16.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.807
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 18.7
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue109° of 360°
Saturation19%
Lightness73%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b2c7ad.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool54% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red18%
Green77%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#b2c7ad
HEX (8-digit)#b2c7adff
RGBrgb(178, 199, 173)
RGBArgba(178, 199, 173, 1)
HSLhsl(109, 19%, 73%)
HSV / HSBhsv(108, 13%, 78%)
HWBhwb(109 68% 22%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 0%, 13%, 22%)
LABlab(78.1 -12.0 10.6)
LCHlch(78.1 16.0 138.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.807 0.043 139.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(46.32, 53.33, 47.38)
Decimal11716525
Display P3color(display-p3 0.698 0.780 0.678)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b2c7ad;
background-color: #b2c7ad;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b2c7ad;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b2c7ad] bg-[#b2c7ad]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b2c7ad;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.698, green: 0.780, blue: 0.678)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.698, green: 0.780, blue: 0.678, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B2C7AD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB2C7AD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB2C7AD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(173, 199, 178)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(178, 199, 173)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(178, 199, 173)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 178, 199, 173)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6980f, 0.7804f, 0.6784f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{178,199,173}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b2c7ad 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b2c7ad 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#384C34, #DDE6DB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b2c7ad 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: #F7F8F6;
  --brand-100: #EEF2ED;
  --brand-200: #DAE3D8;
  --brand-300: #b2c7ad;
  --brand-400: #A1BB9B;
  --brand-500: #82A47A;
  --brand-600: #6C9163;
  --brand-700: #5A7953;
  --brand-800: #486142;
  --brand-900: #374833;
  --brand-950: #222D20;
  --brand: #b2c7ad;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-border: #D1DECF;
  --brand-hover: #9EB898;
  --brand-pressed: #8AAA82;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #192117;
    --brand-ink: #DDE6DB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F8F6',
        100: '#EEF2ED',
        200: '#DAE3D8',
        300: '#b2c7ad',
        400: '#A1BB9B',
        500: '#82A47A',
        600: '#6C9163',
        700: '#5A7953',
        800: '#486142',
        900: '#374833',
        950: '#222D20',
        DEFAULT: '#b2c7ad',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F8F6,
  '100': #EEF2ED,
  '200': #DAE3D8,
  '300': #b2c7ad,
  '400': #A1BB9B,
  '500': #82A47A,
  '600': #6C9163,
  '700': #5A7953,
  '800': #486142,
  '900': #374833,
  '950': #222D20,
);
$brand-base: #b2c7ad;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F8F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF2ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DAE3D8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#b2c7ad", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A1BB9B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#82A47A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6C9163", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#5A7953", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#486142", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#374833", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#222D20", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #b2c7ad · 11.67:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.80:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.67:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #b2c7ad as text scores 1.80:1 on white and 11.67:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #384C34 at 5.18:1.

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
#5E7F57 · 4.52:1
AA on white−31% L
#5E7F57
The quick fox
#465E40 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−42% L
#465E40
The quick fox
#b2c7ad · 11.67:1
AA on blackalready passes
#b2c7ad
The quick fox
#b2c7ad · 11.67:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#b2c7ad

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #799D70 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
#b2c7ad on white: 1.80:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b2c7ad on black: 11.67:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b2c7ad as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b2c7ad.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.80:1AaAa
Slate 501.72:1AaAa
Slate 1001.64:1AaAa
Slate 2001.46:1AaAa
Slate 3001.21:1AaAa
Slate 4001.42:1AaAa
Slate 5002.64:1AaAa
Slate 6004.21:1AaAa
Slate 7005.75:1AaAa
Slate 8008.13:1AaAa
Slate 9009.92:1AaAa
Black11.67:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C9C2AC
deuteranopia · #C5C0AE
tritanopia · #B1C5BF

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. #b2c7ad is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F8F6
#EEF2ED
#DAE3D8
#b2c7ad
#A1BB9B
#82A47A
#6C9163
#5A7953
#486142
#374833
#222D20
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F7F8F6Darkest = 950 · #222D20Text step on white = 700
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 0.011 139.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.017 139.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.026 139.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.033 139.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.039 139.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.043 139.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.043 139.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.040 139.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.036 139.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.030 139.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.023 139.7);
}

Colors that work with #b2c7ad

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#F6F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#D1DECF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#65885D
Captions on the surface
Accent#694E7E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#384C34
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F5F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#192117
Dark-mode background
Hover#9EB898
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8AAA82
Two steps down
Disabled#F0F4F0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#BAD5B3
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
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #b2c7ad

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #384C34
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #799D70

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight27/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#C2ADC7
Analogous left#BFC7AD
Analogous right#ADC7B5
Split-complement 1#B5ADC7
Split-complement 2#C7ADBF
Triadic 1#ADB2C7
Triadic 2#C7ADB2
Tetradic#ADBFC7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°109°

#b2c7ad sits at 109°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red69.8%
Green78.0%
Blue67.8%
R · 0–255
178
0xb2
G · 0–255
199
0xc7
B · 0–255
173
0xad

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow13.1%
Key (black)22.0%

Total ink coverage is 46%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b2c7ad text on a black background

contrast 11.67:1

Card sample

#b2c7ad text on a white background

contrast 1.80:1

Card sample

#b2c7ad on grey

1.64:1

#b2c7ad on its own surface

1.70:1

#b2c7ad on its dark surface

9.18:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b2c7ad;
Background color
Panel with #b2c7ad background
background-color: #b2c7ad;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b2c7ad;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(178, 199, 173, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(178, 199, 173, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b2c7ad;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b2c7ad, #ADC7B9);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b2c7ad, #ADC7C0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b2c7ad;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b2c7ad;
caret-color: #b2c7ad;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b2c7ad;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F5F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b2c7ad;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b2c7ad 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b2c7ad 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(178, 199, 173, 0.5)
rgb(178 199 173 / 50%)
#b2c7ad80
hsl(109 19% 73% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b2c7ad 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b2c7ad1a#F7F9F7
20%#b2c7ad33#F0F4EF
40%#b2c7ad66#E0E9DE
60%#b2c7ad99#D1DDCE
80%#b2c7adcc#C1D2BD

Gradients from #b2c7ad

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, #D4E0D1, #b2c7ad 45%, #384C34);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b2c7ad, #9BBAAC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b2c7ad, #C2ADC7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E5ECE3 0%, #b2c7ad 45%, #384C34 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D8DCCB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #BFD3C7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #384C34 0%, transparent 65%), #b2c7ad;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b2c7ad

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.

#b2c7ad 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 11.67:1.

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.

#b2c7ad, answered

What color is #b2c7ad?

#b2c7ad is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 8.6). It sits at 109° on the hue wheel with 19% saturation and 73% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #b2c7ad?

rgb(178, 199, 173) — 178 red, 199 green and 173 blue out of 255, or 69.8% / 78% / 67.8% by channel.

What is #b2c7ad in HSL and HSV?

hsl(109, 19%, 73%) and hsv(108, 13%, 78%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b2c7ad a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5333 and perceived brightness is 75%, so black text on it reaches 11.67:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b2c7ad?

Black. It scores 11.67:1 against #b2c7ad, versus 1.80:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #b2c7ad accessible on a white background?

#b2c7ad on white scores 1.80:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5E7F57 to reach 4.5:1, or #465E40 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #b2c7ad?

#C2ADC7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B5ADC7 and #C7ADBF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b2c7ad?

For interface work: #F6F9F6 as the surface, #D1DECF for borders, #65885D for secondary text, #694E7E as an accent and #384C34 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BFC7AD and #ADC7B5 stays calm, while #C2ADC7 is the loudest partner.

What is #b2c7ad in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(11%, 0%, 13%, 22%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #b2c7ad warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 54 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BBC7AD; nudged cooler, #ACC8B1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b2c7ad?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 18.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b2c7ad as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b2c7ad in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b2c7ad] or text-[#b2c7ad], 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 #b2c7ad with 50% opacity?

rgba(178, 199, 173, 0.5), or #b2c7ad80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D9E3D6; over black, #596457.

Is #b2c7ad a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 8.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b2c7ad 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #b2c7ad?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D4E0D1, #b2c7ad 45%, #384C34). For more colour, a short hue run to #9BBAAC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b2c7ad in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b2c7ad at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.