#bccdb2
a light, soft green · neutral · closest name: Dark Sea Green
Token name suggestion: Drift Moss
#bccdb2 is a light soft green, 98° on the wheel and 52/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.51:1). As text it scores 1.68:1 on white — use #617C50 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.
At a glance
Every number on this page in one read: what #bccdb2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.
Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bccdb2.
Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.
Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.
Every format
| HEX | #bccdb2 |
| HEX (8-digit) | #bccdb2ff |
| RGB | rgb(188, 205, 178) |
| RGBA | rgba(188, 205, 178, 1) |
| HSL | hsl(98, 21%, 75%) |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(98, 13%, 80%) |
| HWB | hwb(98 70% 20%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8%, 0%, 13%, 20%) |
| LAB | lab(80.5 -10.7 11.5) |
| LCH | lch(80.5 15.7 132.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.828 0.041 133.8) |
| XYZ (D65) | xyz(50.60, 57.57, 50.56) |
| Decimal | 12373426 |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.737 0.804 0.698) |
| Web-safe | #CCCC99 |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #bccdb2;
background-color: #bccdb2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bccdb2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bccdb2] bg-[#bccdb2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bccdb2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.804, blue: 0.698)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.737, green: 0.804, blue: 0.698, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BCCDB2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBCCDB2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBCCDB2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(178, 205, 188)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(188, 205, 178)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(188, 205, 178)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 188, 205, 178)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7373f, 0.8039f, 0.6980f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{188,205,178}/* mix without leaving CSS */ background: color-mix(in oklab, #bccdb2 85%, white); border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bccdb2 40%, transparent); /* theme-aware in one line */ color: light-dark(#3C4D32, #DFE7DA); /* relative colour syntax */ --hover: hsl(from #bccdb2 h s calc(l - 7));
Design tokens
The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.
:root {
--brand-50: #F7F9F6;
--brand-100: #EFF2ED;
--brand-200: #DCE4D8;
--brand-300: #bccdb2;
--brand-400: #A6BD99;
--brand-500: #89A777;
--brand-600: #749460;
--brand-700: #607C50;
--brand-800: #4D6340;
--brand-900: #3A4931;
--brand-950: #242E1F;
--brand: #bccdb2;
--brand-ink: #000000;
--brand-surface: #F7F9F6;
--brand-border: #D4DFCE;
--brand-hover: #A9BF9C;
--brand-pressed: #96B187;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
:root {
--brand-surface: #1A2216;
--brand-ink: #DFE7DA;
}
}theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
brand: {
50: '#F7F9F6',
100: '#EFF2ED',
200: '#DCE4D8',
300: '#bccdb2',
400: '#A6BD99',
500: '#89A777',
600: '#749460',
700: '#607C50',
800: '#4D6340',
900: '#3A4931',
950: '#242E1F',
DEFAULT: '#bccdb2',
},
},
},
}$brand: (
'50': #F7F9F6,
'100': #EFF2ED,
'200': #DCE4D8,
'300': #bccdb2,
'400': #A6BD99,
'500': #89A777,
'600': #749460,
'700': #607C50,
'800': #4D6340,
'900': #3A4931,
'950': #242E1F,
);
$brand-base: #bccdb2;
$brand-ink: #000000;
@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }{
"color": {
"brand": {
"50": { "$value": "#F7F9F6", "$type": "color" },
"100": { "$value": "#EFF2ED", "$type": "color" },
"200": { "$value": "#DCE4D8", "$type": "color" },
"300": { "$value": "#bccdb2", "$type": "color" },
"400": { "$value": "#A6BD99", "$type": "color" },
"500": { "$value": "#89A777", "$type": "color" },
"600": { "$value": "#749460", "$type": "color" },
"700": { "$value": "#607C50", "$type": "color" },
"800": { "$value": "#4D6340", "$type": "color" },
"900": { "$value": "#3A4931", "$type": "color" },
"950": { "$value": "#242E1F", "$type": "color" }
},
"brandInk": { "$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.
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.
Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7B9D68 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
Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bccdb2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bccdb2.
| Neutral | Ratio | Verdict | Both directions |
|---|---|---|---|
| White#ffffff | 1.68:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 50#f8fafc | 1.60:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 100#f1f5f9 | 1.53:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 200#e2e8f0 | 1.36:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 300#cbd5e1 | 1.13:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 400#94a3b8 | 1.53:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 500#64748b | 2.84:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 600#475569 | 4.52:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 700#334155 | 6.17:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 800#1e293b | 8.72:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Slate 900#0f172a | 10.64:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
| Black#000000 | 12.51:1 | AAAA lgAAA | AaAa |
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. #bccdb2 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.
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.
:root {
--brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.010 133.8);
--brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.017 133.8);
--brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.025 133.8);
--brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.032 133.8);
--brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.038 133.8);
--brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.041 133.8);
--brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.041 133.8);
--brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.039 133.8);
--brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.035 133.8);
--brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.029 133.8);
--brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.023 133.8);
}Colors that work with #bccdb2
Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.
Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.
Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.
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.
Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.
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How to use #bccdb2
Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.
- ✓Text and icons on dark surfaces
- ✓Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
- ✓Card and section backgrounds
- ✓Brand accents, badges and data highlights
- ⚠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
Meaning and mood
What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.
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.
Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.
- FormalityMedium
- EnergyMedium
- Weight25/100
- 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 | #C3B2CD | Directly opposite — maximum tension | |
| Analogous left | #CACDB2 | Neighbour, quieter | |
| Analogous right | #B2CDB5 | Neighbour, quieter | |
| Split-complement 1 | #B5B2CD | Contrast without the clash | |
| Split-complement 2 | #CDB2CA | Contrast without the clash | |
| Triadic 1 | #B2BCCD | Even thirds — balanced and loud | |
| Triadic 2 | #CDB2BC | Even thirds — balanced and loud | |
| Tetradic | #B2CACD | Fourth corner of the square scheme |
#bccdb2 sits at 98°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.
RGB percentages
CMYK percentages
Total ink coverage is 41%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.
Color previews
#bccdb2 text on a black background
contrast 12.51:1
#bccdb2 text on a white background
contrast 1.68:1
#bccdb2 on grey
1.53:1
#bccdb2 on its own surface
1.59:1
#bccdb2 on its dark surface
9.74:1
CSS3 live lab
The quick brown fox
color: #bccdb2;
background-color: #bccdb2;
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bccdb2;
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 205, 178, 0.45);
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 205, 178, 0.45);
border: 3px solid #bccdb2; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bccdb2, #B2CDBA);
Gradient headline
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bccdb2, #B2CDC1); -webkit-background-clip: text; color: transparent;
outline: 2px solid #bccdb2; outline-offset: 3px;
Marked up text
text-decoration-color: #bccdb2; caret-color: #bccdb2;
border-left: 4px solid #bccdb2;
background: #F2F5F0; box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bccdb2;
background: conic-gradient(#bccdb2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);
Transparency
What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bccdb2 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.
rgba(188, 205, 178, 0.5) rgb(188 205 178 / 50%) #bccdb280 hsl(98 21% 75% / 50%) color-mix(in srgb, #bccdb2 50%, transparent)
| Alpha | 8-digit hex | Flat on white |
|---|---|---|
| 10% | #bccdb21a | #F8FAF7 |
| 20% | #bccdb233 | #F2F5F0 |
| 40% | #bccdb266 | #E4EBE0 |
| 60% | #bccdb299 | #D7E1D1 |
| 80% | #bccdb2cc | #C9D7C1 |
Gradients from #bccdb2
Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #DCE5D7, #bccdb2 45%, #3C4D32);
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bccdb2, #9FC1AC);
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bccdb2, #C3B2CD);
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #ECF1EA 0%, #bccdb2 45%, #3C4D32 100%);
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F9F6, #ffffff);
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E0E1D1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C5D9C9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #3C4D32 0%, transparent 65%), #bccdb2;
Monochromatic scale
Palettes built from #bccdb2
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.
Closest color with a full write-up: Sage (#9caf88) — ΔE2000 9.2 away, with its history, psychology and brand usage.
#bccdb2 in the real world
Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.
Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.
Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.
Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.51:1.
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.
#bccdb2, answered
What color is #bccdb2?
#bccdb2 is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 10.2). It sits at 98° on the hue wheel with 21% saturation and 75% lightness, which reads as neutral.
What is the RGB value of #bccdb2?
rgb(188, 205, 178) — 188 red, 205 green and 178 blue out of 255, or 73.7% / 80.4% / 69.8% by channel.
What is #bccdb2 in HSL and HSV?
hsl(98, 21%, 75%) and hsv(98, 13%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.
Is #bccdb2 a light or a dark color?
It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5757 and perceived brightness is 77%, so black text on it reaches 12.51:1.
Should I use black or white text on #bccdb2?
Black. It scores 12.51:1 against #bccdb2, versus 1.68:1 for white — AAA at any size.
Is #bccdb2 accessible on a white background?
#bccdb2 on white scores 1.68:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #617C50 to reach 4.5:1, or #495D3C for 7:1.
What is the complementary color of #bccdb2?
#C3B2CD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B5B2CD and #CDB2CA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.
What colors go well with #bccdb2?
For interface work: #F7F9F6 as the surface, #D4DFCE for borders, #6C8B5A for secondary text, #604B81 as an accent and #3C4D32 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CACDB2 and #B2CDB5 stays calm, while #C3B2CD is the loudest partner.
What is #bccdb2 in CMYK for printing?
cmyk(8%, 0%, 13%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.
Is #bccdb2 warm or cool?
Neutral — it scores 52 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C6CDB2; nudged cooler, #B1CEB1.
Which Tailwind color is closest to #bccdb2?
The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 20.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bccdb2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.
How do I use #bccdb2 in Tailwind CSS?
Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bccdb2] or text-[#bccdb2], 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 #bccdb2 with 50% opacity?
rgba(188, 205, 178, 0.5), or #bccdb280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DEE6D9; over black, #5E6759.
Is #bccdb2 a web-safe color?
No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 8.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.
What does the color #bccdb2 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 #bccdb2?
The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DCE5D7, #bccdb2 45%, #3C4D32). For more colour, a short hue run to #9FC1AC keeps it rich without turning muddy.
Work with #bccdb2 in the Color Lab
Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.
Every value on this page is computed from #bccdb2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.