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#BABEAC — Light Dusty Green

#BABEAC is a green color we call Light Dusty Green, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BABEAC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BABEAC is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #B0ACBE; it also sits naturally between #BEB9AC and #B1BEAC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BABEAC · RGB 186, 190, 172

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Color values

HEX#BABEAC
RGB186, 190, 172
HSL73°, 12%, 71%
HSV73°, 9%, 75%
CMYK2%, 0%, 9%, 25%
XYZ46.11, 50.24, 46.30
Yxy50.24, 0.3232, 0.3522
CIE-Lab76.22, -4.62, 8.60
Hunter Lab70.88, -4.21, 7.31

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 75% · Blue 67%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BABEAC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BABEAC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BABEAC

.text { color: #BABEAC; }
.background { background-color: #BABEAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BABEAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 190, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(73, 12%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BABEAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 190, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BABEAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 190, 172, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BABEAC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BABEAC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BABEAC

#A9AE98#9BA187#8B9173#787E63#676D55#545946#414536#2E3126#1E1F19#0B0B09

Tints of #BABEAC

#C1C5B5#C6C9BA#CDD0C3#D2D4C9#D9DBD1#DEE0D7#E5E6E0#EAEBE5#F1F2EE#F5F6F4

Tones of #BABEAC

#B9BCAE#B9BCAE#B8BAB0#B7B9B1#B6B7B3#B6B7B4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B0ACBE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.90:1 Fails
Against black text11.05:1 AAA

Best text color on #BABEAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BABEAC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BABEAC: ·

How #BABEAC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BCBCB0Deuteranopia · #BCBBB1Tritanopia · #BAB4B5

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34ABootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BABEAC rather than the exact color:

Palette 98d8ef
#98D8EF · #EAE2C6 · #BFBBA9 · #ADA991
Palette D97d55
#D97D55 · #F4E9D7 · #B8C4A9 · #6FA4AF
Tender Ruby Drift
#BBC5A9 · #37844C · #599EAC · #6159B8
Palette D7e4c0
#D7E4C0 · #C6DCBA · #BBC3A4 · #B3A398
Palette A0937d
#A0937D · #E7D4B5 · #F6E6CB · #B6C7AA
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BFBBA9#B8C4A9#BBC5A9#BBC3A4#B6C7AA#BAC7A7#B6C4B6#B9C4A1#AEC3AE#C4C1A4#BDC8A4#B7B7B7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BABEAB  ·  #BABEAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BABEAC?

#BABEAC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 186, 190, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BABEAC?

#BABEAC is RGB 186, 190, 172 — HSL 73°, 12%, 71% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 9%, 25%.

What colors go with #BABEAC?

Its complement is #B0ACBE; analogous partners are #BEB9AC and #B1BEAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BABEAC for text?

Black text on #BABEAC has a contrast ratio of 11.05:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.90:1.