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#B2CA91 — Light Muted Green

#B2CA91 is a green color we call Light Muted Green, closest to the named color DarkSeaGreen (#8FBC8F). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkseagreen (#8FBC8F) — not an exact match. CSS darkseagreen gives you #8FBC8F, a different color; use #B2CA91 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#B2CA91 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A991CA; it also sits naturally between #CAC591 and #96CA91. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B2CA91 · RGB 178, 202, 145

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Color values

HEX#B2CA91
RGB178, 202, 145
HSL85°, 35%, 68%
HSV85°, 28%, 79%
CMYK12%, 0%, 28%, 21%
XYZ44.59, 53.75, 34.81
Yxy53.75, 0.3349, 0.4037
CIE-Lab78.32, -18.02, 25.85
Hunter Lab73.31, -16.07, 19.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 70% · Green 79% · Blue 57%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 28% · Key 21%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #B2CA91 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B2CA91 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B2CA91

.text { color: #B2CA91; }
.background { background-color: #B2CA91; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B2CA91; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(178, 202, 145); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(85, 35%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B2CA91; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(178, 202, 145, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B2CA91; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(178, 202, 145, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B2CA91">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B2CA91">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B2CA91

#A4C07C#93B464#84A951#719146#617C3C#516732#3E4F26#2E3B1C#1B2211#0B0E07

Tints of #B2CA91

#B9CF9B#C1D4A5#C5D7AC#CDDCB7#D4E1C1#DBE6CB#E2EBD6#E7EEDD#EEF3E7#F5F8F1

Tones of #B2CA91

#B1C695#B1C299#B0BE9D#AFBAA1#AFB6A5#AEB1A9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A991CA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.79:1 Fails
Against black text11.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #B2CA91: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B2CA91

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #B2CA91: ·

How #B2CA91 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BCBD9FDeuteranopia · #BBB9A2Tritanopia · #B3AAAC

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #B2CA91 rather than the exact color:

Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #DBDFAA · #B3C890 · #73A9AD
Crystal Ruby Horizon
#2A3817 · #507425 · #81CC3A · #ABC794
Palette F5dad2
#F5DAD2 · #FCFFE0 · #BACD92 · #75A47F
Palette 186f65
#186F65 · #B5CB99 · #FCE09B · #B2533E
Dreamy Ruby Harbor
#C68FCA · #7A3A49 · #A58F6C · #B4CA9A
Palette B5c18e
#B5C18E · #EADBC8 · #C7B7A3 · #F1F1F1

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#B3C890#ABC794#BACD92#B5CB99#B4CA9A#B5C18E#B0CE88#AFD198#B0C59A#B3C99C#B1D690#A8CD89

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B2CA90  ·  #B2CA92 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B2CA91?

#B2CA91 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 178, 202, 145). Its closest standard named color is DarkSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B2CA91?

#B2CA91 is RGB 178, 202, 145 — HSL 85°, 35%, 68% — CMYK 12%, 0%, 28%, 21%.

What colors go with #B2CA91?

Its complement is #A991CA; analogous partners are #CAC591 and #96CA91. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B2CA91 for text?

Black text on #B2CA91 has a contrast ratio of 11.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.79:1.