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#BACEBC — Light Dusty Green

#BACEBC 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 #BACEBC 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.

#BACEBC 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 #CEBACC; it also sits naturally between #C2CEBA and #BACEC6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BACEBC · RGB 186, 206, 188

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Color values

HEX#BACEBC
RGB186, 206, 188
HSL126°, 17%, 77%
HSV126°, 10%, 81%
CMYK10%, 0%, 9%, 19%
XYZ51.40, 58.21, 56.10
Yxy58.21, 0.3102, 0.3513
CIE-Lab80.86, -10.13, 6.65
Hunter Lab76.30, -9.34, 5.87

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 81% · Blue 74%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BACEBC

.text { color: #BACEBC; }
.background { background-color: #BACEBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BACEBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 206, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(126, 17%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BACEBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 206, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BACEBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 206, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BACEBC

#A5C0A8#8EAF91#79A07D#668F6A#577A5A#466249#374E39#28392A#172118#080C09

Tints of #BACEBC

#C0D3C2#C6D7C8#CCDBCE#D2DFD4#D8E3D9#DBE6DC#E1EAE2#E7EEE8#EDF2EE#F3F7F3

Tones of #BACEBC

#BCCDBD#BDCBBF#BECAC0#C0C8C1#C1C7C2#C3C6C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEBACC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.66:1 Fails
Against black text12.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #BACEBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BACEBC

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 #BACEBC: ·

How #BACEBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C3C0Deuteranopia · #C2C0C1Tritanopia · #BBC4C5

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette B6cbbd
#B6CBBD · #754E1A · #CBA35C · #F8E1B7
Palette F6f6c9
#F6F6C9 · #BAD1C2 · #4FA095 · #153462
Palette Bc9f8b
#BC9F8B · #B5CFB7 · #CADABF · #E7E8D8
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #BDD2B6 · #A2B29F · #798777
Palette E7e0c9
#E7E0C9 · #C1CFC0 · #6B7AA1 · #11324D
Palette 96a78d
#96A78D · #B6CEB4 · #D9E9CF · #F0F0F0

Similar colors

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

#B6CBBD#BAD1C2#B5CFB7#BDD2B6#C1CFC0#B6CEB4#BBD6B8#B8CFB3#C1D0B5#B2C8BA#B1D3B9#BAD8B6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BACEBB  ·  #BACEBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BACEBC?

#BACEBC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 186, 206, 188). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BACEBC?

#BACEBC is RGB 186, 206, 188 — HSL 126°, 17%, 77% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 9%, 19%.

What colors go with #BACEBC?

Its complement is #CEBACC; analogous partners are #C2CEBA and #BACEC6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BACEBC for text?

Black text on #BACEBC has a contrast ratio of 12.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.