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#b9fecf

a pale, electric green · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Mist Jade

RGB
185, 254, 207
HSL
139°, 97%, 86%
CMYK
27, 0, 19, 0
Luminance
0.8570

#b9fecf is a pale electric green, 139° on the wheel and 70/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.14:1). As text it scores 1.16:1 on white — use #02882D instead. Nearest name is Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(139 97% 86%)rgb(185 254 207)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b9fecf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b9fecf
Hue
139°
green
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
86%
pale
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8570
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
70/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.14:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 7.5
Chroma
34.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.939
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 20
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue139° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness86%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b9fecf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool70% 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
Red12%
Green83%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#b9fecf
HEX (8-digit)#b9fecfff
RGBrgb(185, 254, 207)
RGBArgba(185, 254, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(139, 97%, 86%)
HSV / HSBhsv(139, 27%, 100%)
HWBhwb(139 73% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 0%, 19%, 0%)
LABlab(94.2 -30.6 15.7)
LCHlch(94.2 34.4 152.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.939 0.094 154.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(66.71, 85.70, 72.05)
Decimal12189391
Display P3color(display-p3 0.725 0.996 0.812)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b9fecf;
background-color: #b9fecf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b9fecf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b9fecf] bg-[#b9fecf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b9fecf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.725, green: 0.996, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.725, green: 0.996, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B9FECF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB9FECF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB9FECF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 254, 185)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(185, 254, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(185, 254, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 185, 254, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7255f, 0.9961f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{185,254,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b9fecf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b9fecf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#027E29, #D3EEDB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b9fecf 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: #F1FDF5;
  --brand-100: #E4FCEB;
  --brand-200: #b9fecf;
  --brand-300: #90FDB3;
  --brand-400: #59FD8D;
  --brand-500: #22FC67;
  --brand-600: #03F14F;
  --brand-700: #03C942;
  --brand-800: #02A135;
  --brand-900: #067429;
  --brand-950: #04481A;
  --brand: #b9fecf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C0EDCE;
  --brand-hover: #96FEB7;
  --brand-pressed: #73FD9F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142419;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1FDF5',
        100: '#E4FCEB',
        200: '#b9fecf',
        300: '#90FDB3',
        400: '#59FD8D',
        500: '#22FC67',
        600: '#03F14F',
        700: '#03C942',
        800: '#02A135',
        900: '#067429',
        950: '#04481A',
        DEFAULT: '#b9fecf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1FDF5,
  '100': #E4FCEB,
  '200': #b9fecf,
  '300': #90FDB3,
  '400': #59FD8D,
  '500': #22FC67,
  '600': #03F14F,
  '700': #03C942,
  '800': #02A135,
  '900': #067429,
  '950': #04481A,
);
$brand-base: #b9fecf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1FDF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E4FCEB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#b9fecf", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#90FDB3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#59FD8D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#22FC67", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#03F14F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#03C942", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#02A135", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#067429", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#04481A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #b9fecf · 18.14:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.16:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.14:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #b9fecf as text scores 1.16:1 on white and 18.14:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #027E29 at 4.51:1.

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
#02882D · 4.60:1
AA on white−59% L
#02882D
The quick fox
#016521 · 7.28:1
AAA on white−66% L
#016521
The quick fox
#b9fecf · 18.14:1
AA on blackalready passes
#b9fecf
The quick fox
#b9fecf · 18.14:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#b9fecf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #02AB38 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
#b9fecf on white: 1.16:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b9fecf on black: 18.14:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b9fecf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b9fecf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.16:1AaAa
Slate 501.11:1AaAa
Slate 1001.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.06:1AaAa
Slate 3001.28:1AaAa
Slate 4002.21:1AaAa
Slate 5004.11:1AaAa
Slate 6006.55:1AaAa
Slate 7008.94:1AaAa
Slate 80012.64:1AaAa
Slate 90015.42:1AaAa
Black18.14:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FEF3CC
deuteranopia · #F2EBD2
tritanopia · #AEFCF1

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. #b9fecf is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FDF5
#E4FCEB
#b9fecf
#90FDB3
#59FD8D
#22FC67
#03F14F
#03C942
#02A135
#067429
#04481A
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F1FDF5Darkest = 950 · #04481AText step on white = 900
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 0.023 154.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.038 154.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.056 154.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.073 154.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.086 154.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.094 154.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.094 154.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.088 154.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.079 154.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.066 154.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.052 154.5);
}

Colors that work with #b9fecf

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#F4FAF6
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDCE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B64
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC00BE
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#027E29
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FFEE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142419
Dark-mode background
Hover#96FEB7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#73FD9F
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CDFFDD
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 #b9fecf

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #027E29
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #02AB38

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight14/100
  • 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#FEB9E8
Analogous left#C6FEB9
Analogous right#B9FEF1
Split-complement 1#F1B9FE
Split-complement 2#FEB9C6
Triadic 1#CFB9FE
Triadic 2#FECFB9
Tetradic#B9C6FE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°139°

#b9fecf sits at 139°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red72.5%
Green99.6%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
185
0xb9
G · 0–255
254
0xfe
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan27.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow18.5%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 46%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b9fecf text on a black background

contrast 18.14:1

Card sample

#b9fecf text on a white background

contrast 1.16:1

Card sample

#b9fecf on grey

1.06:1

#b9fecf on its own surface

1.09:1

#b9fecf on its dark surface

14.00:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b9fecf;
Background color
Panel with #b9fecf background
background-color: #b9fecf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b9fecf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(185, 254, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(185, 254, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b9fecf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9fecf, #B9FEFD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b9fecf, #B9EEFE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b9fecf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b9fecf;
caret-color: #b9fecf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b9fecf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6FFEE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b9fecf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b9fecf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b9fecf 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(185, 254, 207, 0.5)
rgb(185 254 207 / 50%)
#b9fecf80
hsl(139 97% 86% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b9fecf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b9fecf1a#F8FFFA
20%#b9fecf33#F1FFF5
40%#b9fecf66#E3FFEC
60%#b9fecf99#D5FEE2
80%#b9fecfcc#C7FED9

Gradients from #b9fecf

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, #EBFFF1, #b9fecf 45%, #027E29);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b9fecf, #9BF7FE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b9fecf, #FEB9E8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F0FFF5 0%, #b9fecf 45%, #027E29 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F1FFEB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D7FEFB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #027E29 0%, transparent 65%), #b9fecf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b9fecf

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.

#b9fecf 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.14:1.

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.

#b9fecf, answered

What color is #b9fecf?

#b9fecf is a pale electric green, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 7.5). It sits at 139° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 86% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #b9fecf?

rgb(185, 254, 207) — 185 red, 254 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 72.5% / 99.6% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #b9fecf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(139, 97%, 86%) and hsv(139, 27%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b9fecf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8570 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 18.14:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b9fecf?

Black. It scores 18.14:1 against #b9fecf, versus 1.16:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #b9fecf accessible on a white background?

#b9fecf on white scores 1.16:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #02882D to reach 4.5:1, or #016521 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #b9fecf?

#FEB9E8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F1B9FE and #FEB9C6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b9fecf?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C0EDCE for borders, #4B9B64 for secondary text, #CC00BE as an accent and #027E29 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C6FEB9 and #B9FEF1 stays calm, while #FEB9E8 is the loudest partner.

What is #b9fecf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(27%, 0%, 19%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #b9fecf warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 70 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BCFEB9; nudged cooler, #B8FFE9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b9fecf?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 20 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b9fecf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b9fecf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b9fecf] or text-[#b9fecf], 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 #b9fecf with 50% opacity?

rgba(185, 254, 207, 0.5), or #b9fecf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DCFFE7; over black, #5D7F68.

Is #b9fecf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 3.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b9fecf 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #b9fecf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBFFF1, #b9fecf 45%, #027E29). For more colour, a short hue run to #9BF7FE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b9fecf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b9fecf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.