HEX atlas value

#B6D8C7

#B6D8C7 is a cool green HEX color nearest Pastel Green. RGB 182, 216, 199, HSL 150° 30% 78%, luminance 0.6318; view contrast and conversions.

green cool balanced

#B6D8C7 Sample readable text

HEX #B6D8C7

RGB rgb(182, 216, 199)

HSL hsl(150 30% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(16, 0, 8, 15)

Luminance 0.6318

Contrast Black 13.64:1White 1.54:1

CSS

--color-b6d8c7: #B6D8C7;
.background-b6d8c7 { background-color: #B6D8C7; }
.text-b6d8c7 { color: #B6D8C7; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B6D8C7

#B6D8C7 is classified as a cool green value with balanced visual character. #B6D8C7 is visually closest to Pastel Green, a named green color with HEX #C1E1C1.

The RGB channels are 182, 216, and 199, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 150deg with 30% saturation and 78% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and botanical and wellness palettes. Its luminance is 0.6318, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 15.43, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.64:1AA Pass

White text1.54:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B6D8C7 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.64:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.54:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F2F8F5#F2F8F5 · #000000 text · best 19.52:1 Pastel Green#C1E1C1 · #000000 text · best 14.81:1 #AAE4C7#AAE4C7 · #000000 text · best 14.63:1 Celadon#ACE1AF · #000000 text · best 14.14:1 #B6D8D8#B6D8D8 · #000000 text · best 13.8:1

Generated Palette

#B6D8C7#B6D8C7

#D8B6C7#D8B6C7

#B6D8B6#B6D8B6

#B6D8D8#B6D8D8

#F2F8F5#F2F8F5

#7AB899#7AB899

Color Harmonies

#D8B6C7#D8B6C7

#B6D8B6#B6D8B6

#B6D8D8#B6D8D8

#C7B6D8#C7B6D8

#D8C7B6#D8C7B6

Variants

#F2F8F5#F2F8F5

#7AB899#7AB899

#AAE4C7#AAE4C7

#C2CBC7#C2CBC7

White#FFFFFF

#B8FFDB#B8FFDB

Nearest Named Colors

Pastel Green#C1E1C1

Pastel Blue#AEC6CF

Pastel Teal#9FD8D2

Silver#C0C0C0

Celadon#ACE1AF

Luminance0.6318

Black text13.64:1AA Pass

White text1.54:1AA 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":"#B6D8C7","rgb":[182,216,199],"hsl":[150,30,78],"cmyk":[16,0,8,15],"luminance":0.6318,"contrast":{"black":13.64,"white":1.54}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.64,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.54,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F2F8F5","hex":"#F2F8F5","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.52,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Green","hex":"#C1E1C1","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.81,"contrastWhite":1.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#AAE4C7","hex":"#AAE4C7","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.63,"contrastWhite":1.44,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Celadon","hex":"#ACE1AF","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.14,"contrastWhite":1.48,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#B6D8D8","hex":"#B6D8D8","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.8,"contrastWhite":1.52,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","balanced","balanced green","Pastel Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b6d8c7.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-teal.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D8B6C7","analogous":["#B6D8B6","#B6D8D8"],"triadic":["#C7B6D8","#D8C7B6"],"tetradic":["#B6B6D8","#D8B6C7","#D8D8B6"],"splitComplementary":["#D8B6D8","#D8B6B6"],"monochromatic":["#F2F8F5","#B6D8C7","#7AB899"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F2F8F5","dark":"#7AB899","saturated":"#AAE4C7","desaturated":"#C2CBC7","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#B8FFDB"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pastel-green","name":"Pastel Green","hex":"#C1E1C1","distance":15.427248620541512},{"slug":"pastel-blue","name":"Pastel Blue","hex":"#AEC6CF","distance":21.2602916254693},{"slug":"pastel-teal","name":"Pastel Teal","hex":"#9FD8D2","distance":25.495097567963924},{"slug":"silver","name":"Silver","hex":"#C0C0C0","distance":26.92582403567252},{"slug":"celadon","name":"Celadon","hex":"#ACE1AF","distance":27.51363298439521}]

#B6D8C7

CSS

About #B6D8C7

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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