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#b8dfb1

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

Token name suggestion: Linen Basil

RGB
184, 223, 177
HSL
111°, 42%, 78%
CMYK
18, 0, 21, 13
Luminance
0.6614

#b8dfb1 is a light soft green, 111° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.23:1). As text it scores 1.48:1 on white — use #428436 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(111 42% 78%)rgb(184 223 177)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b8dfb1 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b8dfb1
Hue
111°
green
Saturation
42%
soft
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
81%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6614
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
14.23:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 9.2
Chroma
28.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.864
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 17.6
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue111° of 360°
Saturation42%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b8dfb1.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% 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%
Green80%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#b8dfb1
HEX (8-digit)#b8dfb1ff
RGBrgb(184, 223, 177)
RGBArgba(184, 223, 177, 1)
HSLhsl(111, 42%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(111, 21%, 87%)
HWBhwb(111 69% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 0%, 21%, 13%)
LABlab(85.1 -21.3 18.4)
LCHlch(85.1 28.1 139.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.864 0.075 140.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(54.09, 66.14, 51.50)
Decimal12115889
Display P3color(display-p3 0.722 0.875 0.694)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b8dfb1;
background-color: #b8dfb1;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b8dfb1;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b8dfb1] bg-[#b8dfb1]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b8dfb1;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.722, green: 0.875, blue: 0.694)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.722, green: 0.875, blue: 0.694, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B8DFB1</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB8DFB1)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB8DFB1)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(177, 223, 184)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(184, 223, 177)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(184, 223, 177)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 184, 223, 177)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7216f, 0.8745f, 0.6941f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{184,223,177}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b8dfb1 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b8dfb1 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2D5A25, #D7EDD4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b8dfb1 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: #F6FAF5;
  --brand-100: #ECF5EB;
  --brand-200: #D5EAD2;
  --brand-300: #b8dfb1;
  --brand-400: #92CE88;
  --brand-500: #6EBE60;
  --brand-600: #57AE47;
  --brand-700: #48913B;
  --brand-800: #3A742F;
  --brand-900: #2D5526;
  --brand-950: #1C3518;
  --brand: #b8dfb1;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CAE7C5;
  --brand-hover: #A1D598;
  --brand-pressed: #8ACA7E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #162414;
    --brand-ink: #D7EDD4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FAF5',
        100: '#ECF5EB',
        200: '#D5EAD2',
        300: '#b8dfb1',
        400: '#92CE88',
        500: '#6EBE60',
        600: '#57AE47',
        700: '#48913B',
        800: '#3A742F',
        900: '#2D5526',
        950: '#1C3518',
        DEFAULT: '#b8dfb1',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FAF5,
  '100': #ECF5EB,
  '200': #D5EAD2,
  '300': #b8dfb1,
  '400': #92CE88,
  '500': #6EBE60,
  '600': #57AE47,
  '700': #48913B,
  '800': #3A742F,
  '900': #2D5526,
  '950': #1C3518,
);
$brand-base: #b8dfb1;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF5EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D5EAD2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#b8dfb1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#92CE88", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6EBE60", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#57AE47", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#48913B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3A742F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2D5526", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1C3518", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #b8dfb1 · 14.23:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.48:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.23:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #b8dfb1 as text scores 1.48:1 on white and 14.23:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2D5A25 at 5.47:1.

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
#428436 · 4.58:1
AA on white−42% L
#428436
The quick fox
#326329 · 7.11:1
AAA on white−51% L
#326329
The quick fox
#b8dfb1 · 14.23:1
AA on blackalready passes
#b8dfb1
The quick fox
#b8dfb1 · 14.23:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#b8dfb1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #52A443 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
#b8dfb1 on white: 1.48:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b8dfb1 on black: 14.23:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b8dfb1 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b8dfb1.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.48:1AaAa
Slate 501.41:1AaAa
Slate 1001.35:1AaAa
Slate 2001.20:1AaAa
Slate 3001.01:1AaAa
Slate 4001.74:1AaAa
Slate 5003.22:1AaAa
Slate 6005.13:1AaAa
Slate 7007.02:1AaAa
Slate 8009.91:1AaAa
Slate 90012.10:1AaAa
Black14.23:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E2D7AE
deuteranopia · #DBD3B3
tritanopia · #B6DCD2

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. #b8dfb1 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.

#F6FAF5
#ECF5EB
#D5EAD2
#b8dfb1
#92CE88
#6EBE60
#57AE47
#48913B
#3A742F
#2D5526
#1C3518
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F6FAF5Darkest = 950 · #1C3518Text 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 0.019 140.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.030 140.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.045 140.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.058 140.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.069 140.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.075 140.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.075 140.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.070 140.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.063 140.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.052 140.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.041 140.8);
}

Colors that work with #b8dfb1

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#F5FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#CAE7C5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#579B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6F3894
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2D5A25
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF8ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162414
Dark-mode background
Hover#A1D598
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8ACA7E
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C2E9BB
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 #b8dfb1

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 #2D5A25
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #52A443

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
  • 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#D8B1DF
Analogous left#CFDFB1
Analogous right#B1DFC1
Split-complement 1#C1B1DF
Split-complement 2#DFB1CF
Triadic 1#B1B8DF
Triadic 2#DFB1B8
Tetradic#B1CFDF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°111°

#b8dfb1 sits at 111°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red72.2%
Green87.5%
Blue69.4%
R · 0–255
184
0xb8
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
177
0xb1

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow20.6%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 51%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b8dfb1 text on a black background

contrast 14.23:1

Card sample

#b8dfb1 text on a white background

contrast 1.48:1

Card sample

#b8dfb1 on grey

1.35:1

#b8dfb1 on its own surface

1.40:1

#b8dfb1 on its dark surface

10.97:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b8dfb1;
Background color
Panel with #b8dfb1 background
background-color: #b8dfb1;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b8dfb1;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(184, 223, 177, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(184, 223, 177, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b8dfb1;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8dfb1, #B1DFC9);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b8dfb1, #B1DFD4);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b8dfb1;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b8dfb1;
caret-color: #b8dfb1;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b8dfb1;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF8ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b8dfb1;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b8dfb1 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b8dfb1 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(184, 223, 177, 0.5)
rgb(184 223 177 / 50%)
#b8dfb180
hsl(111 42% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b8dfb1 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b8dfb11a#F8FCF7
20%#b8dfb133#F1F9EF
40%#b8dfb166#E3F2E0
60%#b8dfb199#D4ECD0
80%#b8dfb1cc#C6E5C1

Gradients from #b8dfb1

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, #DFF1DC, #b8dfb1 45%, #2D5A25);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b8dfb1, #9BD6BE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b8dfb1, #D8B1DF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3FAF2 0%, #b8dfb1 45%, #2D5A25 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E7EED5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C7E8D5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2D5A25 0%, transparent 65%), #b8dfb1;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b8dfb1

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.

#b8dfb1 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 14.23:1.

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.

#b8dfb1, answered

What color is #b8dfb1?

#b8dfb1 is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 9.2). It sits at 111° on the hue wheel with 42% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #b8dfb1?

rgb(184, 223, 177) — 184 red, 223 green and 177 blue out of 255, or 72.2% / 87.5% / 69.4% by channel.

What is #b8dfb1 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(111, 42%, 78%) and hsv(111, 21%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b8dfb1 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6614 and perceived brightness is 81%, so black text on it reaches 14.23:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b8dfb1?

Black. It scores 14.23:1 against #b8dfb1, versus 1.48:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #b8dfb1 accessible on a white background?

#b8dfb1 on white scores 1.48:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #428436 to reach 4.5:1, or #326329 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #b8dfb1?

#D8B1DF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C1B1DF and #DFB1CF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b8dfb1?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #CAE7C5 for borders, #579B4B for secondary text, #6F3894 as an accent and #2D5A25 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CFDFB1 and #B1DFC1 stays calm, while #D8B1DF is the loudest partner.

What is #b8dfb1 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(18%, 0%, 21%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #b8dfb1 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C9DFB1; nudged cooler, #B0E0BA.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b8dfb1?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 17.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b8dfb1 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b8dfb1 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b8dfb1] or text-[#b8dfb1], 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 #b8dfb1 with 50% opacity?

rgba(184, 223, 177, 0.5), or #b8dfb180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DCEFD8; over black, #5C7059.

Is #b8dfb1 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 10.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b8dfb1 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 #b8dfb1?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DFF1DC, #b8dfb1 45%, #2D5A25). For more colour, a short hue run to #9BD6BE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b8dfb1 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b8dfb1 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.