Light green

#bbc8bc

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

Light green is a light green that feels soft. 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 #bbc8bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbc8bc

RGB187, 200, 188

HSL125, 11%, 76%

HSV125, 7%, 78%

CMYK7%, 0%, 6%, 22%

Lab79.33, -6.68, 4.46

XYZ50.22, 55.5, 55.64

Decimal12306620

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5585 C

Shades of light green

#a7b8a9 #94a895 #809882 #6d876f #5d735f #4d604f #3d4c3f #2e382e #1e251e #0e110e

Tints of light green

#c1cdc2 #c7d1c7 #ccd6cd #d2dbd3 #d8e0d9 #dee4de #e4e9e4 #eaeeea #eff2f0 #f5f7f5

Colors that go with light green

Complementary#c8bbc7 Analogous#c0c8bb Analogous#bbc8c3 Triadic#bcbbc8 Triadic#c8bcbb Split complementary#c3bbc8 Split complementary#c8bbc0

Light green in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 7, 0, 6, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbc8bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 0 6 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 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 #bbc8bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbc8bc; }
.text { color: #bbc8bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbc8bc; }

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 #bbc8bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbc8bc 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 #bbc8bc 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 #bbc8bc 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 #bbc8bc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.