Honeydew

#bcc9bc

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

This is Honeydew, a grey green at 120 degrees. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Honeydew color values

Every conversion for #bcc9bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcc9bc

RGB188, 201, 188

HSL120, 11%, 76%

HSV120, 6%, 79%

CMYK6%, 0%, 6%, 21%

Lab79.67, -6.85, 4.96

XYZ50.7, 56.1, 55.73

Decimal12372412

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5585 C

Shades of honeydew

#a8b9a8 #94a994 #809980 #6e886e #5e745e #4e604e #3e4c3e #2e392e #1e251e #0e110e

Tints of honeydew

#c2cec2 #c7d2c7 #cdd7cd #d3dbd3 #d9e0d9 #dee5de #e4e9e4 #eaeeea #eff2ef #f5f7f5

Colors that go with honeydew

Complementary#c9bcc9 Analogous#c3c9bc Analogous#bcc9c3 Triadic#bcbcc9 Triadic#c9bcbc Split complementary#c3bcc9 Split complementary#c9bcc3

Honeydew in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 6, 0, 6, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcc9bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 0 6 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 10 27

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.

Honeydew in css

Copy #bcc9bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcc9bc; }
.text { color: #bcc9bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcc9bc; }

How honeydew looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Honeydew and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bcc9bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcc9bc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Honeydew on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bcc9bc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn honeydew into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bcc9bc 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 honeydew, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bcc9bc are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.