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#b2dcc3

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Fern

RGB
178, 220, 195
HSL
144°, 38%, 78%
CMYK
19, 0, 11, 14
Luminance
0.6459

#b2dcc3 is a light soft green, 144° on the wheel and 73/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.92:1). As text it scores 1.51:1 on white — use #3B8258 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(144 38% 78%)rgb(178 220 195)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b2dcc3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b2dcc3
Hue
144°
green
Saturation
38%
soft
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
86%
HSV value
Perceived
81%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6459
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
73/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
13.92:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 10.5
Chroma
20.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.858
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 17.5
Web-safe
#99CCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue144° of 360°
Saturation38%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b2dcc3.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool73% 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
Red15%
Green79%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#b2dcc3
HEX (8-digit)#b2dcc3ff
RGBrgb(178, 220, 195)
RGBArgba(178, 220, 195, 1)
HSLhsl(144, 38%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(144, 19%, 86%)
HWBhwb(144 70% 14%)
CMYKcmyk(19%, 0%, 11%, 14%)
LABlab(84.3 -18.6 7.8)
LCHlch(84.3 20.2 157.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.858 0.056 158.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(53.80, 64.59, 61.25)
Decimal11721923
Display P3color(display-p3 0.698 0.863 0.765)
Web-safe#99CCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b2dcc3;
background-color: #b2dcc3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b2dcc3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b2dcc3] bg-[#b2dcc3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b2dcc3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.698, green: 0.863, blue: 0.765)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.698, green: 0.863, blue: 0.765, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B2DCC3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB2DCC3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB2DCC3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(195, 220, 178)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(178, 220, 195)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(178, 220, 195)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 178, 220, 195)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6980f, 0.8627f, 0.7647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{178,220,195}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b2dcc3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b2dcc3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#28583B, #D5ECDE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b2dcc3 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: #F5FAF7;
  --brand-100: #EBF4EF;
  --brand-200: #D3E9DC;
  --brand-300: #b2dcc3;
  --brand-400: #8BCAA5;
  --brand-500: #65B987;
  --brand-600: #4DA872;
  --brand-700: #408C5F;
  --brand-800: #33704C;
  --brand-900: #285239;
  --brand-950: #193324;
  --brand: #b2dcc3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C7E5D3;
  --brand-hover: #99D1B0;
  --brand-pressed: #81C69D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241A;
    --brand-ink: #D5ECDE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF7',
        100: '#EBF4EF',
        200: '#D3E9DC',
        300: '#b2dcc3',
        400: '#8BCAA5',
        500: '#65B987',
        600: '#4DA872',
        700: '#408C5F',
        800: '#33704C',
        900: '#285239',
        950: '#193324',
        DEFAULT: '#b2dcc3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF7,
  '100': #EBF4EF,
  '200': #D3E9DC,
  '300': #b2dcc3,
  '400': #8BCAA5,
  '500': #65B987,
  '600': #4DA872,
  '700': #408C5F,
  '800': #33704C,
  '900': #285239,
  '950': #193324,
);
$brand-base: #b2dcc3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF4EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D3E9DC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#b2dcc3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8BCAA5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#65B987", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4DA872", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#408C5F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#33704C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#285239", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#193324", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #b2dcc3 · 13.92:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.51:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.92:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #b2dcc3 as text scores 1.51:1 on white and 13.92:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #28583B at 5.46:1.

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
#3B8258 · 4.65:1
AA on white−41% L
#3B8258
The quick fox
#2D6242 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−50% L
#2D6242
The quick fox
#b2dcc3 · 13.92:1
AA on blackalready passes
#b2dcc3
The quick fox
#b2dcc3 · 13.92:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#b2dcc3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4BA56F 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
#b2dcc3 on white: 1.51:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b2dcc3 on black: 13.92:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b2dcc3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b2dcc3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.51:1AaAa
Slate 501.44:1AaAa
Slate 1001.38:1AaAa
Slate 2001.22:1AaAa
Slate 3001.02:1AaAa
Slate 4001.70:1AaAa
Slate 5003.15:1AaAa
Slate 6005.02:1AaAa
Slate 7006.86:1AaAa
Slate 8009.70:1AaAa
Slate 90011.83:1AaAa
Black13.92:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DBD5C2
deuteranopia · #D4D0C4
tritanopia · #ABDBD5

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. #b2dcc3 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.

#F5FAF7
#EBF4EF
#D3E9DC
#b2dcc3
#8BCAA5
#65B987
#4DA872
#408C5F
#33704C
#285239
#193324
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF7Darkest = 950 · #193324Text step on white = 800
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 0.014 158.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.022 158.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.034 158.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.044 158.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.051 158.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.056 158.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.056 158.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.053 158.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.047 158.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.039 158.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.031 158.8);
}

Colors that work with #b2dcc3

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#F4FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C7E5D3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6B
Captions on the surface
Accent#903C83
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#28583B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF7F1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241A
Dark-mode background
Hover#99D1B0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#81C69D
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#BBE7CD
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 #b2dcc3

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 #28583B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4BA56F

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
  • Weight22/100
  • 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#DCB2CB
Analogous left#B6DCB2
Analogous right#B2DCD8
Split-complement 1#D8B2DC
Split-complement 2#DCB2B6
Triadic 1#C3B2DC
Triadic 2#DCC3B2
Tetradic#B2B6DC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°144°

#b2dcc3 sits at 144°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red69.8%
Green86.3%
Blue76.5%
R · 0–255
178
0xb2
G · 0–255
220
0xdc
B · 0–255
195
0xc3

CMYK percentages

Cyan19.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow11.4%
Key (black)13.7%

Total ink coverage is 44%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b2dcc3 text on a black background

contrast 13.92:1

Card sample

#b2dcc3 text on a white background

contrast 1.51:1

Card sample

#b2dcc3 on grey

1.38:1

#b2dcc3 on its own surface

1.43:1

#b2dcc3 on its dark surface

10.73:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b2dcc3;
Background color
Panel with #b2dcc3 background
background-color: #b2dcc3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b2dcc3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(178, 220, 195, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(178, 220, 195, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b2dcc3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b2dcc3, #B2D9DC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b2dcc3, #B2CEDC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b2dcc3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b2dcc3;
caret-color: #b2dcc3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b2dcc3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF7F1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b2dcc3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b2dcc3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b2dcc3 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, 220, 195, 0.5)
rgb(178 220 195 / 50%)
#b2dcc380
hsl(144 38% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b2dcc3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b2dcc31a#F7FCF9
20%#b2dcc333#F0F8F3
40%#b2dcc366#E0F1E7
60%#b2dcc399#D1EADB
80%#b2dcc3cc#C1E3CF

Gradients from #b2dcc3

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, #DCEFE4, #b2dcc3 45%, #28583B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b2dcc3, #9DCAD2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b2dcc3, #DCB2CB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F1F9F4 0%, #b2dcc3 45%, #28583B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D9ECD5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C7E5E5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #28583B 0%, transparent 65%), #b2dcc3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b2dcc3

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.

#b2dcc3 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 13.92:1.

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.

#b2dcc3, answered

What color is #b2dcc3?

#b2dcc3 is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 10.5). It sits at 144° on the hue wheel with 38% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #b2dcc3?

rgb(178, 220, 195) — 178 red, 220 green and 195 blue out of 255, or 69.8% / 86.3% / 76.5% by channel.

What is #b2dcc3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(144, 38%, 78%) and hsv(144, 19%, 86%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b2dcc3 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6459 and perceived brightness is 81%, so black text on it reaches 13.92:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b2dcc3?

Black. It scores 13.92:1 against #b2dcc3, versus 1.51:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #b2dcc3 accessible on a white background?

#b2dcc3 on white scores 1.51:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3B8258 to reach 4.5:1, or #2D6242 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #b2dcc3?

#DCB2CB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D8B2DC and #DCB2B6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b2dcc3?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C7E5D3 for borders, #4B9B6B for secondary text, #903C83 as an accent and #28583B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B6DCB2 and #B2DCD8 stays calm, while #DCB2CB is the loudest partner.

What is #b2dcc3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(19%, 0%, 11%, 14%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #b2dcc3 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 73 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B2DCB3; nudged cooler, #B1DDD3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b2dcc3?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 17.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b2dcc3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b2dcc3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b2dcc3] or text-[#b2dcc3], 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 #b2dcc3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(178, 220, 195, 0.5), or #b2dcc380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D9EEE1; over black, #596E62.

Is #b2dcc3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CCCC, ΔE2000 10.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b2dcc3 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 #b2dcc3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DCEFE4, #b2dcc3 45%, #28583B). For more colour, a short hue run to #9DCAD2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b2dcc3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b2dcc3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.