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#bdf1cc

a light, vivid green · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Morning Moss

RGB
189, 241, 204
HSL
137°, 65%, 84%
CMYK
22, 0, 15, 6
Luminance
0.7809

#bdf1cc is a light vivid green, 137° on the wheel and 70/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.62:1). As text it scores 1.26:1 on white — use #1D883C instead. Nearest name is Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(137 65% 84%)rgb(189 241 204)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bdf1cc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bdf1cc
Hue
137°
green
Saturation
65%
vivid
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7809
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
70/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
16.62:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 9.5
Chroma
26.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.912
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 19.9
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue137° of 360°
Saturation65%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bdf1cc.

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
Red14%
Green81%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#bdf1cc
HEX (8-digit)#bdf1ccff
RGBrgb(189, 241, 204)
RGBArgba(189, 241, 204, 1)
HSLhsl(137, 65%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(137, 22%, 95%)
HWBhwb(137 74% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 0%, 15%, 6%)
LABlab(90.8 -23.7 12.5)
LCHlch(90.8 26.8 152.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.912 0.073 153.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(63.34, 78.09, 68.85)
Decimal12448204
Display P3color(display-p3 0.741 0.945 0.800)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bdf1cc;
background-color: #bdf1cc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bdf1cc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bdf1cc] bg-[#bdf1cc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bdf1cc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.741, green: 0.945, blue: 0.800)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.741, green: 0.945, blue: 0.800, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BDF1CC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBDF1CC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBDF1CC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(204, 241, 189)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(189, 241, 204)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(189, 241, 204)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 189, 241, 204)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7412f, 0.9451f, 0.8000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{189,241,204}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bdf1cc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bdf1cc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#16692E, #D3EEDB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bdf1cc 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: #F3FBF6;
  --brand-100: #E8F7EC;
  --brand-200: #bdf1cc;
  --brand-300: #A2EBB7;
  --brand-400: #74E294;
  --brand-500: #46D870;
  --brand-600: #2BCA59;
  --brand-700: #24A84A;
  --brand-800: #1D873B;
  --brand-900: #19622E;
  --brand-950: #0F3D1D;
  --brand: #bdf1cc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C0EDCD;
  --brand-hover: #9FEBB5;
  --brand-pressed: #82E49E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142418;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FBF6',
        100: '#E8F7EC',
        200: '#bdf1cc',
        300: '#A2EBB7',
        400: '#74E294',
        500: '#46D870',
        600: '#2BCA59',
        700: '#24A84A',
        800: '#1D873B',
        900: '#19622E',
        950: '#0F3D1D',
        DEFAULT: '#bdf1cc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FBF6,
  '100': #E8F7EC,
  '200': #bdf1cc,
  '300': #A2EBB7,
  '400': #74E294,
  '500': #46D870,
  '600': #2BCA59,
  '700': #24A84A,
  '800': #1D873B,
  '900': #19622E,
  '950': #0F3D1D,
);
$brand-base: #bdf1cc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FBF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F7EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#bdf1cc", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A2EBB7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#74E294", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#46D870", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2BCA59", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#24A84A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1D873B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#19622E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0F3D1D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #bdf1cc · 16.62:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.26:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.62:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bdf1cc as text scores 1.26:1 on white and 16.62:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #16692E at 5.37:1.

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
#1D883C · 4.53:1
AA on white−52% L
#1D883C
The quick fox
#16662D · 7.06:1
AAA on white−60% L
#16662D
The quick fox
#bdf1cc · 16.62:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bdf1cc
The quick fox
#bdf1cc · 16.62:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bdf1cc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #24AA4A 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
#bdf1cc on white: 1.26:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bdf1cc on black: 16.62:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bdf1cc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bdf1cc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.26:1AaAa
Slate 501.21:1AaAa
Slate 1001.15:1AaAa
Slate 2001.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.17:1AaAa
Slate 4002.03:1AaAa
Slate 5003.77:1AaAa
Slate 6006.00:1AaAa
Slate 7008.19:1AaAa
Slate 80011.58:1AaAa
Slate 90014.13:1AaAa
Black16.62:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F1E8CA
deuteranopia · #E8E2CE
tritanopia · #B5F0E6

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. #bdf1cc 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.

#F3FBF6
#E8F7EC
#bdf1cc
#A2EBB7
#74E294
#46D870
#2BCA59
#24A84A
#1D873B
#19622E
#0F3D1D
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F3FBF6Darkest = 950 · #0F3D1DText 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 0.018 153.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.029 153.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.044 153.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.057 153.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.067 153.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.073 153.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.073 153.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.069 153.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.061 153.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.051 153.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.040 153.8);
}

Colors that work with #bdf1cc

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#C0EDCD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B62
Captions on the surface
Accent#AD1FA6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#16692E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFBEF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142418
Dark-mode background
Hover#9FEBB5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#82E49E
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CBF8D8
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 #bdf1cc

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 #16692E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #24AA4A

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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-high
  • Weight16/100
  • 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#F1BDE2
Analogous left#C8F1BD
Analogous right#BDF1E6
Split-complement 1#E6BDF1
Split-complement 2#F1BDC8
Triadic 1#CCBDF1
Triadic 2#F1CCBD
Tetradic#BDC8F1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°137°

#bdf1cc sits at 137°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.1%
Green94.5%
Blue80.0%
R · 0–255
189
0xbd
G · 0–255
241
0xf1
B · 0–255
204
0xcc

CMYK percentages

Cyan21.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow15.4%
Key (black)5.5%

Total ink coverage is 43%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bdf1cc text on a black background

contrast 16.62:1

Card sample

#bdf1cc text on a white background

contrast 1.26:1

Card sample

#bdf1cc on grey

1.15:1

#bdf1cc on its own surface

1.19:1

#bdf1cc on its dark surface

12.83:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bdf1cc;
Background color
Panel with #bdf1cc background
background-color: #bdf1cc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bdf1cc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(189, 241, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(189, 241, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bdf1cc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdf1cc, #BDF1EF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bdf1cc, #BDE6F1);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bdf1cc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bdf1cc;
caret-color: #bdf1cc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bdf1cc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFBEF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bdf1cc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bdf1cc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bdf1cc 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(189, 241, 204, 0.5)
rgb(189 241 204 / 50%)
#bdf1cc80
hsl(137 65% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bdf1cc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bdf1cc1a#F8FEFA
20%#bdf1cc33#F2FCF5
40%#bdf1cc66#E5F9EB
60%#bdf1cc99#D7F7E0
80%#bdf1cccc#CAF4D6

Gradients from #bdf1cc

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, #EEFBF2, #bdf1cc 45%, #16692E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bdf1cc, #A4E9EC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bdf1cc, #F1BDE2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F2FCF5 0%, #bdf1cc 45%, #16692E 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%, #EDFAE7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D6F6F2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #16692E 0%, transparent 65%), #bdf1cc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bdf1cc

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.

#bdf1cc 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 16.62:1.

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.

#bdf1cc, answered

What color is #bdf1cc?

#bdf1cc is a light vivid green, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 9.5). It sits at 137° on the hue wheel with 65% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #bdf1cc?

rgb(189, 241, 204) — 189 red, 241 green and 204 blue out of 255, or 74.1% / 94.5% / 80% by channel.

What is #bdf1cc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(137, 65%, 84%) and hsv(137, 22%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bdf1cc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7809 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 16.62:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bdf1cc?

Black. It scores 16.62:1 against #bdf1cc, versus 1.26:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bdf1cc accessible on a white background?

#bdf1cc on white scores 1.26:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1D883C to reach 4.5:1, or #16662D for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bdf1cc?

#F1BDE2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E6BDF1 and #F1BDC8, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bdf1cc?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C0EDCD for borders, #4B9B62 for secondary text, #AD1FA6 as an accent and #16692E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C8F1BD and #BDF1E6 stays calm, while #F1BDE2 is the loudest partner.

What is #bdf1cc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(22%, 0%, 15%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bdf1cc 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 #C1F1BD; nudged cooler, #BCF2DF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bdf1cc?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 19.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bdf1cc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bdf1cc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bdf1cc] or text-[#bdf1cc], 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 #bdf1cc with 50% opacity?

rgba(189, 241, 204, 0.5), or #bdf1cc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DEF8E6; over black, #5F7966.

Is #bdf1cc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 4.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bdf1cc 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 #bdf1cc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EEFBF2, #bdf1cc 45%, #16692E). For more colour, a short hue run to #A4E9EC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bdf1cc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bdf1cc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.