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#bfccb7

a light, soft green · neutral · closest name: Beige

Token name suggestion: Meadow Fern

RGB
191, 204, 183
HSL
97°, 17%, 76%
CMYK
6, 0, 10, 20
Luminance
0.5768

#bfccb7 is a light soft green, 97° on the wheel and 51/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.54:1). As text it scores 1.68:1 on white — use #677D59 instead. Nearest name is Beige, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(97 17% 76%)rgb(191 204 183)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bfccb7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bfccb7
Hue
97°
green
Saturation
17%
soft
Lightness
76%
light
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
78%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5768
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
51/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
12.54:1
Closest name
Beige
ΔE2000 11.1
Chroma
12.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.829
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 21.3
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue97° of 360°
Saturation17%
Lightness76%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bfccb7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool51% 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
Red19%
Green75%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#bfccb7
HEX (8-digit)#bfccb7ff
RGBrgb(191, 204, 183)
RGBArgba(191, 204, 183, 1)
HSLhsl(97, 17%, 76%)
HSV / HSBhsv(97, 10%, 80%)
HWBhwb(97 72% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 0%, 10%, 20%)
LABlab(80.6 -8.3 9.0)
LCHlch(80.6 12.2 132.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.829 0.032 133.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(51.62, 57.68, 53.20)
Decimal12569783
Display P3color(display-p3 0.749 0.800 0.718)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bfccb7;
background-color: #bfccb7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bfccb7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bfccb7] bg-[#bfccb7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bfccb7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.749, green: 0.800, blue: 0.718)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.749, green: 0.800, blue: 0.718, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BFCCB7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBFCCB7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBFCCB7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(183, 204, 191)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(191, 204, 183)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(191, 204, 183)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 191, 204, 183)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7490f, 0.8000f, 0.7176f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{191,204,183}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bfccb7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bfccb7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#3D4B35, #DFE6DB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bfccb7 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: #EFF2EE;
  --brand-200: #DDE3D9;
  --brand-300: #bfccb7;
  --brand-400: #A7B99C;
  --brand-500: #8AA27C;
  --brand-600: #758F65;
  --brand-700: #627755;
  --brand-800: #4E6044;
  --brand-900: #3B4734;
  --brand-950: #252C20;
  --brand: #bfccb7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7F9F6;
  --brand-border: #D5DDCF;
  --brand-hover: #ACBDA2;
  --brand-pressed: #9AAE8D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1B2117;
    --brand-ink: #DFE6DB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F8F6',
        100: '#EFF2EE',
        200: '#DDE3D9',
        300: '#bfccb7',
        400: '#A7B99C',
        500: '#8AA27C',
        600: '#758F65',
        700: '#627755',
        800: '#4E6044',
        900: '#3B4734',
        950: '#252C20',
        DEFAULT: '#bfccb7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F8F6,
  '100': #EFF2EE,
  '200': #DDE3D9,
  '300': #bfccb7,
  '400': #A7B99C,
  '500': #8AA27C,
  '600': #758F65,
  '700': #627755,
  '800': #4E6044,
  '900': #3B4734,
  '950': #252C20,
);
$brand-base: #bfccb7;
$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": "#EFF2EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DDE3D9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#bfccb7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A7B99C", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#8AA27C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#758F65", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#627755", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#4E6044", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3B4734", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#252C20", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #bfccb7 · 12.54:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.68:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.54:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bfccb7 as text scores 1.68:1 on white and 12.54:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #3D4B35 at 5.56:1.

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
#677D59 · 4.51:1
AA on white−34% L
#677D59
The quick fox
#4C5C41 · 7.21:1
AAA on white−45% L
#4C5C41
The quick fox
#bfccb7 · 12.54:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bfccb7
The quick fox
#bfccb7 · 12.54:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bfccb7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #829B72 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
#bfccb7 on white: 1.68:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bfccb7 on black: 12.54:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bfccb7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bfccb7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.68:1AaAa
Slate 501.60:1AaAa
Slate 1001.53:1AaAa
Slate 2001.36:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.53:1AaAa
Slate 5002.84:1AaAa
Slate 6004.52:1AaAa
Slate 7006.18:1AaAa
Slate 8008.73:1AaAa
Slate 90010.66:1AaAa
Black12.54:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CEC9B6
deuteranopia · #CCC8B8
tritanopia · #BFCAC6

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. #bfccb7 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
#EFF2EE
#DDE3D9
#bfccb7
#A7B99C
#8AA27C
#758F65
#627755
#4E6044
#3B4734
#252C20
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F7F8F6Darkest = 950 · #252C20Text 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 0.008 133.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.013 133.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.019 133.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.025 133.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.030 133.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.032 133.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.032 133.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.030 133.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.027 133.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.022 133.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.018 133.3);
}

Colors that work with #bfccb7

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#F7F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#D5DDCF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6E865F
Captions on the surface
Accent#5F507C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#3D4B35
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F2F4F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1B2117
Dark-mode background
Hover#ACBDA2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9AAE8D
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C8DABE
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 #bfccb7

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 #3D4B35
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #829B72

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
  • Weight24/100
  • 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#C4B7CC
Analogous left#CACCB7
Analogous right#B7CCBA
Split-complement 1#BAB7CC
Split-complement 2#CCB7CA
Triadic 1#B7BFCC
Triadic 2#CCB7BF
Tetradic#B7CACC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°97°

#bfccb7 sits at 97°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.9%
Green80.0%
Blue71.8%
R · 0–255
191
0xbf
G · 0–255
204
0xcc
B · 0–255
183
0xb7

CMYK percentages

Cyan6.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow10.3%
Key (black)20.0%

Total ink coverage is 37%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bfccb7 text on a black background

contrast 12.54:1

Card sample

#bfccb7 text on a white background

contrast 1.68:1

Card sample

#bfccb7 on grey

1.53:1

#bfccb7 on its own surface

1.58:1

#bfccb7 on its dark surface

9.82:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bfccb7;
Background color
Panel with #bfccb7 background
background-color: #bfccb7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bfccb7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(191, 204, 183, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(191, 204, 183, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bfccb7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfccb7, #B7CCBD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfccb7, #B7CCC2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bfccb7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bfccb7;
caret-color: #bfccb7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bfccb7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F2F4F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bfccb7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bfccb7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bfccb7 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(191, 204, 183, 0.5)
rgb(191 204 183 / 50%)
#bfccb780
hsl(97 17% 76% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bfccb7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bfccb71a#F9FAF8
20%#bfccb733#F2F5F1
40%#bfccb766#E5EBE2
60%#bfccb799#D9E0D4
80%#bfccb7cc#CCD6C5

Gradients from #bfccb7

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, #DFE5DB, #bfccb7 45%, #3D4B35);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bfccb7, #A5BFAF);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfccb7, #C4B7CC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EFF2ED 0%, #bfccb7 45%, #3D4B35 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E1E1D5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C9D9CC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #3D4B35 0%, transparent 65%), #bfccb7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bfccb7

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.

#bfccb7 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 12.54:1.

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.

#bfccb7, answered

What color is #bfccb7?

#bfccb7 is a light soft green, closest to Beige (ΔE2000 11.1). It sits at 97° on the hue wheel with 17% saturation and 76% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #bfccb7?

rgb(191, 204, 183) — 191 red, 204 green and 183 blue out of 255, or 74.9% / 80% / 71.8% by channel.

What is #bfccb7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(97, 17%, 76%) and hsv(97, 10%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bfccb7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5768 and perceived brightness is 78%, so black text on it reaches 12.54:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bfccb7?

Black. It scores 12.54:1 against #bfccb7, versus 1.68:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bfccb7 accessible on a white background?

#bfccb7 on white scores 1.68:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #677D59 to reach 4.5:1, or #4C5C41 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bfccb7?

#C4B7CC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BAB7CC and #CCB7CA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bfccb7?

For interface work: #F7F9F6 as the surface, #D5DDCF for borders, #6E865F for secondary text, #5F507C as an accent and #3D4B35 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CACCB7 and #B7CCBA stays calm, while #C4B7CC is the loudest partner.

What is #bfccb7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(6%, 0%, 10%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bfccb7 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 51 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C7CCB7; nudged cooler, #B6CDB6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bfccb7?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 21.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bfccb7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bfccb7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bfccb7] or text-[#bfccb7], 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 #bfccb7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(191, 204, 183, 0.5), or #bfccb780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFE6DB; over black, #60665C.

Is #bfccb7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 11.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bfccb7 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 #bfccb7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DFE5DB, #bfccb7 45%, #3D4B35). For more colour, a short hue run to #A5BFAF keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bfccb7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bfccb7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.