Close to Cambridge Blue

#BBD4BE

#BBD4BE is a light, muted green, close to the color Cambridge Blue. In RGB it’s made of 73.3% red, 83.1% green, and 74.5% blue. Its hue is 127°, with 23% saturation and 78% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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This color as text on black

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How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #BBD4BE as they’d see it.

Typical vision#BBD4BE
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #BBD4BE

What color is #BBD4BE?

#BBD4BE is a light, muted green, close to the color Cambridge Blue. In RGB it’s made of 73.3% red, 83.1% green, and 74.5% blue. Its hue is 127°, with 23% saturation and 78% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #BBD4BE in RGB?

#BBD4BE is rgb(187, 212, 190): 187 red, 212 green, and 190 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #BBD4BE in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(12, 0, 10, 17). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #BBD4BE?

PANTONE 7485 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #BBD4BE?

Its complement #DFC6DC gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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