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#bfd5c2

a light, soft green · cool · closest name: Honey Dew

Token name suggestion: Drift Moss

RGB
191, 213, 194
HSL
128°, 21%, 79%
CMYK
10, 0, 9, 17
Luminance
0.6256

#bfd5c2 is a light soft green, 128° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.51:1). As text it scores 1.55:1 on white — use #537F59 instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(128 21% 79%)rgb(191 213 194)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bfd5c2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bfd5c2
Hue
128°
green
Saturation
21%
soft
Lightness
79%
light
Brightness
84%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6256
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
13.51:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 10
Chroma
12.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.851
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 20.1
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue128° of 360°
Saturation21%
Lightness79%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bfd5c2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% 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
Red18%
Green76%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#bfd5c2
HEX (8-digit)#bfd5c2ff
RGBrgb(191, 213, 194)
RGBArgba(191, 213, 194, 1)
HSLhsl(128, 21%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(128, 10%, 84%)
HWBhwb(128 75% 16%)
CMYKcmyk(10%, 0%, 9%, 17%)
LABlab(83.2 -10.9 6.9)
LCHlch(83.2 12.9 147.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.851 0.035 149.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.02, 62.56, 60.21)
Decimal12572098
Display P3color(display-p3 0.749 0.835 0.761)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bfd5c2;
background-color: #bfd5c2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bfd5c2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bfd5c2] bg-[#bfd5c2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bfd5c2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.749, green: 0.835, blue: 0.761)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.749, green: 0.835, blue: 0.761, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BFD5C2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBFD5C2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBFD5C2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(194, 213, 191)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(191, 213, 194)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(191, 213, 194)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 191, 213, 194)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7490f, 0.8353f, 0.7608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{191,213,194}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bfd5c2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bfd5c2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#324D36, #DAE7DC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bfd5c2 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: #EDF2EE;
  --brand-200: #D8E4D9;
  --brand-300: #bfd5c2;
  --brand-400: #99BC9E;
  --brand-500: #77A67E;
  --brand-600: #619468;
  --brand-700: #517B57;
  --brand-800: #416345;
  --brand-900: #314935;
  --brand-950: #1F2E21;
  --brand: #bfd5c2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-border: #CEDFD0;
  --brand-hover: #A9C7AD;
  --brand-pressed: #94B999;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #162218;
    --brand-ink: #DAE7DC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F6',
        100: '#EDF2EE',
        200: '#D8E4D9',
        300: '#bfd5c2',
        400: '#99BC9E',
        500: '#77A67E',
        600: '#619468',
        700: '#517B57',
        800: '#416345',
        900: '#314935',
        950: '#1F2E21',
        DEFAULT: '#bfd5c2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F6,
  '100': #EDF2EE,
  '200': #D8E4D9,
  '300': #bfd5c2,
  '400': #99BC9E,
  '500': #77A67E,
  '600': #619468,
  '700': #517B57,
  '800': #416345,
  '900': #314935,
  '950': #1F2E21,
);
$brand-base: #bfd5c2;
$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": "#EDF2EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D8E4D9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#bfd5c2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#99BC9E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#77A67E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#619468", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#517B57", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#416345", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#314935", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1F2E21", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #bfd5c2 · 13.51:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.55:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.51:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bfd5c2 as text scores 1.55:1 on white and 13.51:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #324D36 at 6.00:1.

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
#537F59 · 4.62:1
AA on white−38% L
#537F59
The quick fox
#3F6044 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−48% L
#3F6044
The quick fox
#bfd5c2 · 13.51:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bfd5c2
The quick fox
#bfd5c2 · 13.51:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bfd5c2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6FA076 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
#bfd5c2 on white: 1.55:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bfd5c2 on black: 13.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bfd5c2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bfd5c2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.55:1AaAa
Slate 501.49:1AaAa
Slate 1001.42:1AaAa
Slate 2001.26:1AaAa
Slate 3001.05:1AaAa
Slate 4001.65:1AaAa
Slate 5003.06:1AaAa
Slate 6004.88:1AaAa
Slate 7006.66:1AaAa
Slate 8009.41:1AaAa
Slate 90011.49:1AaAa
Black13.51:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D6D1C1
deuteranopia · #D2CEC3
tritanopia · #BDD4CF

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. #bfd5c2 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
#EDF2EE
#D8E4D9
#bfd5c2
#99BC9E
#77A67E
#619468
#517B57
#416345
#314935
#1F2E21
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F6Darkest = 950 · #1F2E21Text 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 0.009 149.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.014 149.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.021 149.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.027 149.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.032 149.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.035 149.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.035 149.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.033 149.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.029 149.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.025 149.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.019 149.3);
}

Colors that work with #bfd5c2

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#F6F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#CEDFD0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5B8B61
Captions on the surface
Accent#794D7F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#324D36
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F5F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162218
Dark-mode background
Hover#A9C7AD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#94B999
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C7E1CB
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 #bfd5c2

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 #324D36
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #6FA076

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
  • Weight21/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • 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#D5BFD2
Analogous left#C7D5BF
Analogous right#BFD5CD
Split-complement 1#CDBFD5
Split-complement 2#D5BFC7
Triadic 1#C2BFD5
Triadic 2#D5C2BF
Tetradic#BFC7D5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°128°

#bfd5c2 sits at 128°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.9%
Green83.5%
Blue76.1%
R · 0–255
191
0xbf
G · 0–255
213
0xd5
B · 0–255
194
0xc2

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow8.9%
Key (black)16.5%

Total ink coverage is 36%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bfd5c2 text on a black background

contrast 13.51:1

Card sample

#bfd5c2 text on a white background

contrast 1.55:1

Card sample

#bfd5c2 on grey

1.42:1

#bfd5c2 on its own surface

1.47:1

#bfd5c2 on its dark surface

10.59:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bfd5c2;
Background color
Panel with #bfd5c2 background
background-color: #bfd5c2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bfd5c2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(191, 213, 194, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(191, 213, 194, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bfd5c2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfd5c2, #BFD5D1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfd5c2, #BFD4D5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bfd5c2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bfd5c2;
caret-color: #bfd5c2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bfd5c2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F5F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bfd5c2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bfd5c2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bfd5c2 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, 213, 194, 0.5)
rgb(191 213 194 / 50%)
#bfd5c280
hsl(128 21% 79% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bfd5c2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bfd5c21a#F9FBF9
20%#bfd5c233#F2F7F3
40%#bfd5c266#E5EEE7
60%#bfd5c299#D9E6DA
80%#bfd5c2cc#CCDDCE

Gradients from #bfd5c2

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, #E4EDE5, #bfd5c2 45%, #324D36);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bfd5c2, #ACC9C6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bfd5c2, #D5BFD2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6F9F6 0%, #bfd5c2 45%, #324D36 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E3E9DE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D1E1DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #324D36 0%, transparent 65%), #bfd5c2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bfd5c2

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.

#bfd5c2 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 13.51:1.

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.

#bfd5c2, answered

What color is #bfd5c2?

#bfd5c2 is a light soft green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 10). It sits at 128° on the hue wheel with 21% saturation and 79% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #bfd5c2?

rgb(191, 213, 194) — 191 red, 213 green and 194 blue out of 255, or 74.9% / 83.5% / 76.1% by channel.

What is #bfd5c2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(128, 21%, 79%) and hsv(128, 10%, 84%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bfd5c2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6256 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 13.51:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bfd5c2?

Black. It scores 13.51:1 against #bfd5c2, versus 1.55:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bfd5c2 accessible on a white background?

#bfd5c2 on white scores 1.55:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #537F59 to reach 4.5:1, or #3F6044 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bfd5c2?

#D5BFD2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CDBFD5 and #D5BFC7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bfd5c2?

For interface work: #F6F9F6 as the surface, #CEDFD0 for borders, #5B8B61 for secondary text, #794D7F as an accent and #324D36 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C7D5BF and #BFD5CD stays calm, while #D5BFD2 is the loudest partner.

What is #bfd5c2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(10%, 0%, 9%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bfd5c2 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C4D5BF; nudged cooler, #BED6CA.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bfd5c2?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 20.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bfd5c2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bfd5c2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bfd5c2] or text-[#bfd5c2], 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 #bfd5c2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(191, 213, 194, 0.5), or #bfd5c280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFEAE1; over black, #606B61.

Is #bfd5c2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 12.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bfd5c2 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 #bfd5c2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E4EDE5, #bfd5c2 45%, #324D36). For more colour, a short hue run to #ACC9C6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bfd5c2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bfd5c2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.