Light green

#b9c8bb

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light green sits in the green range, light and muted. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Light green color values

Every conversion for #b9c8bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9c8bb

RGB185, 200, 187

HSL128, 12%, 75%

HSV128, 8%, 78%

CMYK8%, 0%, 7%, 22%

Lab79.16, -7.55, 4.74

XYZ49.63, 55.21, 55.05

Decimal12175547

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5585 C

Shades of light green

#a5b8a8 #91a994 #7d9981 #6b886f #5b745f #4c614f #3c4d3e #2d392e #1d251e #0d110e

Tints of light green

#bfcdc1 #c5d1c7 #cbd6cc #d1dbd2 #d7e0d8 #dde4de #e3e9e4 #e9eeea #eff2ef #f5f7f5

Colors that go with light green

Complementary#c8b9c6 Analogous#bfc8b9 Analogous#b9c8c3 Triadic#bbb9c8 Triadic#c8bbb9 Split complementary#c3b9c8 Split complementary#c8b9be

Light green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 8, 0, 7, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9c8bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 0 7 22

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 4 10 28

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light green in css

Copy #b9c8bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9c8bb; }
.text { color: #b9c8bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9c8bb; }

How light green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b9c8bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9c8bb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b9c8bb sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light green? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b9c8bb and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #b9c8bb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.