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#bfd8b7

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Fern

RGB
191, 216, 183
HSL
106°, 30%, 78%
CMYK
12, 0, 15, 15
Luminance
0.6361

#bfd8b7 is a light soft green, 106° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.72:1). As text it scores 1.53:1 on white — use #558246 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(106 30% 78%)rgb(191 216 183)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bfd8b7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bfd8b7
Hue
106°
green
Saturation
30%
soft
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6361
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
13.72:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 9.9
Chroma
19.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.855
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 19.8
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue106° of 360°
Saturation30%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bfd8b7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% 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
Red17%
Green77%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#bfd8b7
HEX (8-digit)#bfd8b7ff
RGBrgb(191, 216, 183)
RGBArgba(191, 216, 183, 1)
HSLhsl(106, 30%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(105, 15%, 85%)
HWBhwb(106 72% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 0%, 15%, 15%)
LABlab(83.8 -14.4 13.5)
LCHlch(83.8 19.7 136.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.855 0.052 138.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(54.59, 63.61, 54.19)
Decimal12572855
Display P3color(display-p3 0.749 0.847 0.718)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bfd8b7;
background-color: #bfd8b7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bfd8b7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bfd8b7] bg-[#bfd8b7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bfd8b7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.749, green: 0.847, blue: 0.718)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.749, green: 0.847, blue: 0.718, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BFD8B7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBFD8B7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBFD8B7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(183, 216, 191)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(191, 216, 183)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(191, 216, 183)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 191, 216, 183)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7490f, 0.8471f, 0.7176f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{191,216,183}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bfd8b7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bfd8b7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#36532D, #DCE9D7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bfd8b7 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: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-100: #EEF3EC;
  --brand-200: #D9E7D5;
  --brand-300: #bfd8b7;
  --brand-400: #9EC492;
  --brand-500: #7EB06D;
  --brand-600: #689F56;
  --brand-700: #568448;
  --brand-800: #456A39;
  --brand-900: #354E2C;
  --brand-950: #21311C;
  --brand: #bfd8b7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF5;
  --brand-border: #D0E2CA;
  --brand-hover: #AACBA0;
  --brand-pressed: #96BF89;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182414;
    --brand-ink: #DCE9D7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F6',
        100: '#EEF3EC',
        200: '#D9E7D5',
        300: '#bfd8b7',
        400: '#9EC492',
        500: '#7EB06D',
        600: '#689F56',
        700: '#568448',
        800: '#456A39',
        900: '#354E2C',
        950: '#21311C',
        DEFAULT: '#bfd8b7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F6,
  '100': #EEF3EC,
  '200': #D9E7D5,
  '300': #bfd8b7,
  '400': #9EC492,
  '500': #7EB06D,
  '600': #689F56,
  '700': #568448,
  '800': #456A39,
  '900': #354E2C,
  '950': #21311C,
);
$brand-base: #bfd8b7;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF3EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9E7D5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#bfd8b7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9EC492", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7EB06D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#689F56", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#568448", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#456A39", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#354E2C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#21311C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #bfd8b7 · 13.72:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.53:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.72:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bfd8b7 as text scores 1.53:1 on white and 13.72:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #36532D at 5.64:1.

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
#558246 · 4.50:1
AA on white−39% L
#558246
The quick fox
#3F6134 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−49% L
#3F6134
The quick fox
#bfd8b7 · 13.72:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bfd8b7
The quick fox
#bfd8b7 · 13.72:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bfd8b7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6AA358 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
#bfd8b7 on white: 1.53:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bfd8b7 on black: 13.72:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bfd8b7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bfd8b7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.53:1AaAa
Slate 501.46:1AaAa
Slate 1001.40:1AaAa
Slate 2001.24:1AaAa
Slate 3001.03:1AaAa
Slate 4001.68:1AaAa
Slate 5003.11:1AaAa
Slate 6004.95:1AaAa
Slate 7006.77:1AaAa
Slate 8009.56:1AaAa
Slate 90011.66:1AaAa
Black13.72:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DBD2B5
deuteranopia · #D6D0B8
tritanopia · #BED5CF

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. #bfd8b7 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.

#F6F9F6
#EEF3EC
#D9E7D5
#bfd8b7
#9EC492
#7EB06D
#689F56
#568448
#456A39
#354E2C
#21311C
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F6Darkest = 950 · #21311CText 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 0.013 138.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.021 138.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.031 138.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.041 138.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.048 138.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.052 138.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.052 138.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.049 138.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.044 138.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.037 138.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.029 138.1);
}

Colors that work with #bfd8b7

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#F6FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#D0E2CA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#619551
Captions on the surface
Accent#674488
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#36532D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F6EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182414
Dark-mode background
Hover#AACBA0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#96BF89
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C8E4C0
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 #bfd8b7

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 #36532D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #6AA358

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
  • 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#D0B7D8
Analogous left#CFD8B7
Analogous right#B7D8BF
Split-complement 1#BFB7D8
Split-complement 2#D8B7CF
Triadic 1#B7BFD8
Triadic 2#D8B7BF
Tetradic#B7CFD8
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°106°

#bfd8b7 sits at 106°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.9%
Green84.7%
Blue71.8%
R · 0–255
191
0xbf
G · 0–255
216
0xd8
B · 0–255
183
0xb7

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow15.3%
Key (black)15.3%

Total ink coverage is 42%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bfd8b7 text on a black background

contrast 13.72:1

Card sample

#bfd8b7 text on a white background

contrast 1.53:1

Card sample

#bfd8b7 on grey

1.40:1

#bfd8b7 on its own surface

1.45:1

#bfd8b7 on its dark surface

10.54:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bfd8b7;
Background color
Panel with #bfd8b7 background
background-color: #bfd8b7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bfd8b7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(191, 216, 183, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(191, 216, 183, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bfd8b7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfd8b7, #B7D8C5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfd8b7, #B7D8CD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bfd8b7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bfd8b7;
caret-color: #bfd8b7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bfd8b7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F6EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bfd8b7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bfd8b7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bfd8b7 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, 216, 183, 0.5)
rgb(191 216 183 / 50%)
#bfd8b780
hsl(106 30% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bfd8b7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bfd8b71a#F9FBF8
20%#bfd8b733#F2F7F1
40%#bfd8b766#E5EFE2
60%#bfd8b799#D9E8D4
80%#bfd8b7cc#CCE0C5

Gradients from #bfd8b7

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, #E2EDDF, #bfd8b7 45%, #36532D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bfd8b7, #A3CDB8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfd8b7, #D0B7D8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4F8F2 0%, #bfd8b7 45%, #36532D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E7EAD8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CBE3D3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #36532D 0%, transparent 65%), #bfd8b7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bfd8b7

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.

#bfd8b7 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 13.72:1.

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.

#bfd8b7, answered

What color is #bfd8b7?

#bfd8b7 is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 9.9). It sits at 106° on the hue wheel with 30% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #bfd8b7?

rgb(191, 216, 183) — 191 red, 216 green and 183 blue out of 255, or 74.9% / 84.7% / 71.8% by channel.

What is #bfd8b7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(106, 30%, 78%) and hsv(105, 15%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bfd8b7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6361 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 13.72:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bfd8b7?

Black. It scores 13.72:1 against #bfd8b7, versus 1.53:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bfd8b7 accessible on a white background?

#bfd8b7 on white scores 1.53:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #558246 to reach 4.5:1, or #3F6134 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bfd8b7?

#D0B7D8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BFB7D8 and #D8B7CF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bfd8b7?

For interface work: #F6FAF5 as the surface, #D0E2CA for borders, #619551 for secondary text, #674488 as an accent and #36532D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CFD8B7 and #B7D8BF stays calm, while #D0B7D8 is the loudest partner.

What is #bfd8b7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(12%, 0%, 15%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bfd8b7 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CBD8B7; nudged cooler, #B6D9BA.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bfd8b7?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 19.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bfd8b7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bfd8b7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bfd8b7] or text-[#bfd8b7], 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 #bfd8b7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(191, 216, 183, 0.5), or #bfd8b780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFECDB; over black, #606C5C.

Is #bfd8b7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 16.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bfd8b7 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 #bfd8b7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E2EDDF, #bfd8b7 45%, #36532D). For more colour, a short hue run to #A3CDB8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bfd8b7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bfd8b7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.