RAL Classic color

RAL 6019 Pastel green #BDECB6

RAL 6019 Pastel green is shown here as #BDECB6, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a pale muted green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.896, chroma 0.087 and hue 141.4°. The nearest CSS named color is lightgreen (#90EE90), ΔE2000 8.7 away.

Relative luminance
0.7419
OKLCH L · C · h
0.896 · 0.087 · 141.4
Best text
Black 15.83:1
Hue family
Green
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#BDECB6 color codes

HEX
#BDECB6
RGB
rgb(189, 236, 182)
HSL
hsl(112, 59%, 82%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.896 0.087 141.4)
OKLab
oklab(0.896 -0.068 0.055)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 89.01, a* -25.09, b* 21.35
XYZ (D65)
X 59.42, Y 74.19, Z 55.44
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(20%, 0%, 23%, 7%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

RAL and RAL Classic are trademarks of RAL gGmbH, which this site is not affiliated with. The sRGB value is an approximation of the printed swatch; check a physical RAL color card before you specify a paint.

Legibility

Contrast: is #BDECB6 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 15.83:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.32:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    15.83:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +87

  • White text on it

    1.32:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −18

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.32:1

  • As text on black

    15.83:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −87

  • As text on white

    1.32:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +16

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.32:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #56804F 4.56:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.90 to 0.56 reaches 4.56:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #BDECB6 15.83:1

    It already reaches 15.83:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #BDECB6 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #BDECB6

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #BDECB6 sits at step 200.

  1. 50#E2FFDD
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.58
  2. 100#D1F8CB
    White
    1.16
    Black
    18.00
  3. 200This color#BDECB6
    White
    1.32
    Black
    15.83
  4. 300#A1CC9A
    White
    1.80
    Black
    11.61
  5. 400#83AF7D
    White
    2.50
    Black
    8.39
  6. 500#689462
    White
    3.49
    Black
    6.00
  7. 600#517B4B
    White
    4.90
    Black
    4.28
  8. 700#3C6436
    White
    6.84
    Black
    3.06
  9. 800#254A20
    White
    10.10
    Black
    2.07
  10. 900#10310C
    White
    14.31
    Black
    1.46
  11. 950#021D00
    White
    17.82
    Black
    1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #BDECB6 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.217; #BDECB6 uses 40% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.242 there: 11% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.087
sRGB edge
0.217
Display P3 edge
0.242
Rec. 2020 edge
0.291
Dominant wavelength
553 nm
Excitation purity
18%
Chromaticity
x 0.3143, y 0.3924
  • This color#BDECB6
  • Most vivid in sRGB#7FFF6E
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.896 0.242 141.4)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #bdecb6;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5948 1 0.4531); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #BDECB6

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#DEF6DB
  • OKLab50%#DEF6DB
  • OKLCH50%#DEF6DB

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#5F765B
  • OKLab50%#475B44
  • OKLCH50%#475B44

Its complement #F7CBFF

  • sRGB50%#DADCDB
  • OKLab50%#DCDDDC
  • OKLCH50%#B4E5FF
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #bdecb6, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #bdecb6 50%, white);

In use

#BDECB6 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:115.83:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.32:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.32:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.32:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #56804F 4.56:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:115.83:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:114.12:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:114.12:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:114.12:1 Passes

Color vision

How #BDECB6 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 21.3; tritanopia changes it least, 12.8.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #EFE2B3 ΔE2000 15.6

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #E7DEB9 ΔE2000 15.1

    Distinct

    Reads as pale grayish amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #BAE8DD ΔE2000 12.8

    Distinct

    Reads as pale grayish cyan

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #E0E0E0 ΔE2000 21.3

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #F7CBFF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.05:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#BDECB6 · #F7CBFF49.8Stays distinct
Protanopia#EFE2B3 · #C6D6FF33.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#E7DEB9 · #D0DBFD28.9Stays distinct
Tritanopia#BAE8DD · #F9D0DD36.5Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#E0E0E0 · #D9D9D91.6Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #BDECB6

Its complement is #F7CBFF, a pale muted magenta.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#BDECB6
  • Complement#F7CBFF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#DEE39F
  • Base#BDECB6
  • +30°#A0F0D6

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#BDECB6
  • +120°#CBDEFF
  • +240°#FFCFCD

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#BDECB6
  • +150°#DCD7FF
  • +210°#FFCCE2

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-ral-6019: #bdecb6;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-6019': '#bdecb6',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-ral-6019: oklch(0.896 0.087 141.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-6019": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.7412, 0.9255, 0.7137],
        "hex": "#bdecb6"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 6019 Pastel green (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral6019 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.741, green: 0.925, blue: 0.714, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral6019 = Color(0xFFBDECB6)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #BDECB6 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.