Photo in the color Granny Smith Apple
Pictured: Granny Smith Apple, the closest color we have a photo of (#A8E4A0)
rgb(178, 225, 145)
#B2E191

Sage Sensation #B2E191 RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

Sage Sensation (#B2E191) is a moderately saturated, light green. In RGB it is made of 70% red, 88% green and 57% blue (R 178, G 225, B 145). The green channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 95°, 57% saturation and 73% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.654, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 36% yellow and 12% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a cool color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

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Sage Sensation color codes

#B2E191 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #B2E191 Valid CSS
RGB rgb(178, 225, 145) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(95, 57%, 73%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(95, 36%, 88%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(95 57% 12%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(21%, 0%, 36%, 12%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(85.76% 0.1167 133.12) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(85.76% -0.0798 0.0852) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(84.79% -26.26 34.03) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(84.79% 42.99 127.66) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.7352 0.877 0.6012) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.5039 0.6536 0.3675) Valid CSS
Decimal 11723153 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.6536. Nearest web-safe color: #99CC99.

Mix Sage Sensation with other colors

See what #B2E191 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

Use Sage Sensation in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

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CSS variable--sage-sensation: #B2E191;
Sass variable$sage-sensation: #B2E191;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-sage-sensation: #B2E191; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'sage-sensation': '#B2E191' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.698, green: 0.882, blue: 0.569)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.698, green: 0.882, blue: 0.569, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="sage_sensation">#FFB2E191</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFFB2E191)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #B2E191 (14.07:1, AAA). Here is how #B2E191 does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.49:1 on white
APCA Lc 23
Fails AATry #588235
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
14.07:1 on black
APCA Lc -80
AAA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Sage Sensation

#B2E191 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

#B2E191 stays easy to tell apart from its complement and triadic colors for the common types of color blindness. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

Sage Sensation in a user interface

A sample app screen with #B2E191 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #B2E191 as it is. On the light theme, #B2E191 is too hard to read as text (1.49:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #588235 there (4.51:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Sage Sensation

These schemes turn the hue of #B2E191 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette

Square

Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette

Gradients with Sage Sensation

Four CSS gradients made from #B2E191. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #F0F9E9, #B2E191);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #B2E191, #2F3E25);

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Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #DAE191, #B2E191, #91E198);

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Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #B2E191, #A0CBBD, #91B2E1);

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Shades, tints and tones of Sage Sensation

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Sage Sensation sits at step 200. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    ECFDE1
  2. 100
    DFF5D1
  3. 200
    B2E191
  4. 300
    A9CF8F
  5. 400
    87B268
  6. 500
    6A9548
  7. 600
    50792E
  8. 700
    3C611C
  9. 800
    2D4C11
  10. 900
    21380C
  11. 950
    15210B

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #B2E191 in three color systems that designers and builders use.

ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of green or search the color library.