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Clover Bloom Muted
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Clover Bloom Muted

Green · Hue 115
Metrics
S 18% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.7:1Failon black12.5:1AA
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About this color

Clover Bloom Muted (#B9CDB7) belongs to the green family — hue 115°, 18% saturation, 76% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-clover-bloom-muted: #B9CDB7;
  --colorarchive-clover-bloom-muted-hsl: hsl(115, 18%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-clover-bloom-muted-rgb: rgb(185, 205, 183);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

CalmingHealingOpen
Common in

Wellness · Meditation Apps · Healthcare

Pairs well with

Soft lavender for serenity, warm cream for organic warmth

Design tip

Perfect for health and wellness interfaces. Light greens reduce visual stress — use for backgrounds in reading-heavy layouts.

Cultural context ▶

Mint and sage greens symbolize healing, tranquility, and renewal. Common in spa and wellness branding.

Color Origins

Green family

The color of growth, currency, and long-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts many of their greens; it was unstable, eating through parchment over centuries. Terre verte (green earth) was used for under-painting flesh in the Italian tradition. Scheele's green (1775) and Paris green, arsenic compounds widely used in the 19th century, killed an unknown number of workers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable.

Across cultures

Green is closely associated with Islam — it appears on the flags of many Muslim-majority nations and on the Green Dome in Medina. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Old Japanese a single word, ao, covered both blue and green; the 'go' traffic light is still officially ao, and since 1973 has been set to a bluish shade of green. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks moved its logo from the original 1971 brown to green in 1987. John Deere's green and yellow has marked its machines for more than a century. U.S. banknotes have been printed in green since the 1860s; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing says no one can say for certain why green was first chosen, but it kept the color for the 1929 small-size notes because the pigment was plentiful, durable, and associated with the government's stable credit. WhatsApp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green. Hospital scrubs were originally white and moved to green and teal; a common explanation is that green hides the green after-images surgeons see on white surfaces after staring at red tissue.

How it reads

Green sits near the peak of the eye's daylight sensitivity — the photopic luminosity curve peaks at 555nm. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful. It carries one of the strongest semantic loads in product design: 'success', 'go', 'natural', 'safe'.

This particular tone

A pale, gentle tone — pastel territory, where the hue acts more like a tinted neutral than a stated color.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #B9CDB7.

  • Anthropicneutral
    Mid Gray · #B0AEA5
    →
  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #B9CDB7.

  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →
  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →
  • China (Traditional)Celadon (青瓷)
    #9CB48F · Song Dynasty Longquan kilns
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using green and color in design.

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Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Clover Pearl Muted
#D0DECF · hsl(115, 18%, 84%)
Darker companion
Clover Silk Muted
#A1BC9F · hsl(115, 18%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Magenta Bloom Muted
#C9B7CD · hsl(290, 18%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Seafoam Bloom Muted
#B7CDBE · hsl(140, 18%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Lime Bloom Muted
#C2CDB7 · hsl(90, 18%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Indigo Bloom Muted
#B7BACD · hsl(230, 18%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Crimson Bloom Muted
#CDB7B7 · hsl(0, 18%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Orchid Bloom Muted
#BEB7CD · hsl(260, 18%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Rose Bloom Muted
#CDB7C5 · hsl(320, 18%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Clover Bloom Muted #B9CDB7
Lighter companion: Clover Pearl Muted #D0DECF
Darker companion: Clover Silk Muted #A1BC9F
Complementary counterpoint: Magenta Bloom Muted #C9B7CD
Analogous lead: Seafoam Bloom Muted #B7CDBE
Analogous echo: Lime Bloom Muted #C2CDB7
Triadic +120°: Indigo Bloom Muted #B7BACD
Triadic +240°: Crimson Bloom Muted #CDB7B7
Split-comp +150°: Orchid Bloom Muted #BEB7CD
Split-comp +210°: Rose Bloom Muted #CDB7C5

Compare

See how Clover Bloom Muted compares side by side with related colors.

vsClover Pearl MutedvsClover Silk MutedvsMagenta Bloom MutedvsSeafoam Bloom MutedvsLime Bloom MutedvsIndigo Bloom Muted

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

Search by hex
Nearby match
Clover Bloom Faint
#BDC8BC · hsl(115, 10%, 76%)
Nearby match
Clover Bloom Dust
#B5D2B2 · hsl(115, 26%, 76%)
Nearby match
Leaf Bloom Muted
#BACDB7 · hsl(110, 18%, 76%)
Nearby match
Emerald Bloom Muted
#B7CDB7 · hsl(120, 18%, 76%)
Nearby match
Clover Silk Muted
#A1BC9F · hsl(115, 18%, 68%)
Nearby match
Clover Pearl Muted
#D0DECF · hsl(115, 18%, 84%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.8:1
Magenta Nocturne Faint
#362E38
AAA7.9:1
Magenta Nocturne Muted
#392A3C
AAA8.1:1
Magenta Nocturne Dust
#3C2640
AAA8.2:1
Magenta Nocturne Soft
#3F2244
AAA8.4:1
Magenta Nocturne Clear
#45174F
AAA8.3:1
Magenta Nocturne Vivid
#4C0D59

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#C1BFBE
Protanopia
#C2C2BD
Tritanopia
#BAC1C2
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Clover Bloom Faint#BDC8BC · hsl(115, 10%, 76%)Clover Bloom Muted#B9CDB7 · hsl(115, 18%, 76%)Clover Bloom Dust#B5D2B2 · hsl(115, 26%, 76%)Clover Bloom Soft#B0D7AD · hsl(115, 34%, 76%)Clover Bloom Clear#A6E3A1 · hsl(115, 54%, 76%)Clover Bloom Vivid#9CEF95 · hsl(115, 74%, 76%)Clover Bloom Bright#97F58E · hsl(115, 84%, 76%)Clover Bloom Pure#93FA89 · hsl(115, 92%, 76%)
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