HEX atlas value

#B1C889

#B1C889 is a cool green HEX color nearest Willow Green. RGB 177, 200, 137, HSL 82° 36% 66%, luminance 0.5246; view contrast and conversions.

green cool earth-tone

#B1C889 Sample readable text

HEX #B1C889

RGB rgb(177, 200, 137)

HSL hsl(82 36% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(12, 0, 32, 22)

Luminance 0.5246

Contrast Black 11.49:1White 1.83:1

CSS

--color-b1c889: #B1C889;
.background-b1c889 { background-color: #B1C889; }
.text-b1c889 { color: #B1C889; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B1C889

#B1C889 is classified as a cool green value with earth tone visual character. #B1C889 is visually closest to Willow Green, a named green color with HEX #A8B88F.

The RGB channels are 177, 200, and 137, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 82deg with 36% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.5246, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 19.31, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.49:1AA Pass

White text1.83:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B1C889 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.49:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.83:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#DAE5C8#DAE5C8 · #000000 text · best 16.02:1 #B6DB76#B6DB76 · #000000 text · best 13.38:1 #C8BF89#C8BF89 · #000000 text · best 11.27:1 #91C889#91C889 · #000000 text · best 10.83:1 Laurel Green#A9BA9D · #000000 text · best 10.2:1

Generated Palette

#B1C889#B1C889

#A089C8#A089C8

#C8BF89#C8BF89

#91C889#91C889

#DAE5C8#DAE5C8

#86A64E#86A64E

Color Harmonies

#A089C8#A089C8

#C8BF89#C8BF89

#91C889#91C889

#89B1C8#89B1C8

#C889B1#C889B1

Variants

#DAE5C8#DAE5C8

#86A64E#86A64E

#B6DB76#B6DB76

#ACB49C#ACB49C

#E9EDE3#E9EDE3

#CEFF7A#CEFF7A

Nearest Named Colors

Willow Green#A8B88F

Laurel Green#A9BA9D

Sage Gray#B2AC88

Ecru#C2B280

Sand#C2B280

Luminance0.5246

Black text11.49:1AA Pass

White text1.83:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B1C889","rgb":[177,200,137],"hsl":[82,36,66],"cmyk":[12,0,32,22],"luminance":0.5246,"contrast":{"black":11.49,"white":1.83}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.49,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.83,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#DAE5C8","hex":"#DAE5C8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.02,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B6DB76","hex":"#B6DB76","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.38,"contrastWhite":1.57,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C8BF89","hex":"#C8BF89","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.27,"contrastWhite":1.86,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#91C889","hex":"#91C889","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.83,"contrastWhite":1.94,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Laurel Green","hex":"#A9BA9D","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.2,"contrastWhite":2.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","earth tone","earth tone green","Willow Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b1c889.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/willow-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/laurel-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-gray.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#A089C8","analogous":["#C8BF89","#91C889"],"triadic":["#89B1C8","#C889B1"],"tetradic":["#89C8BF","#A089C8","#C88991"],"splitComplementary":["#8991C8","#BF89C8"],"monochromatic":["#DAE5C8","#B1C889","#86A64E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#DAE5C8","dark":"#86A64E","saturated":"#B6DB76","desaturated":"#ACB49C","pastel":"#E9EDE3","neon":"#CEFF7A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"willow-green","name":"Willow Green","hex":"#A8B88F","distance":19.313207915827967},{"slug":"laurel-green","name":"Laurel Green","hex":"#A9BA9D","distance":25.69046515733026},{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","distance":28.035691537752374},{"slug":"ecru","name":"Ecru","hex":"#C2B280","distance":29.223278392404914},{"slug":"sand","name":"Sand","hex":"#C2B280","distance":29.223278392404914}]

#B1C889

CSS

About #B1C889

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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