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#BADCA2 — Light Muted Green

#BADCA2 is a green color we call Light Muted 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 #BADCA2 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.

#BADCA2 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 #C4A3DC; it also sits naturally between #D7DCA3 and #A3DCA7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BADCA2 · RGB 186, 220, 162

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Color values

HEX#BADCA2
RGB186, 220, 162
HSL95°, 45%, 75%
HSV95°, 26%, 86%
CMYK15%, 0%, 26%, 14%
XYZ52.36, 64.23, 43.82
Yxy64.23, 0.3264, 0.4004
CIE-Lab84.09, -21.52, 24.90
Hunter Lab80.15, -19.66, 20.07

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 86% · Blue 64%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 14%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BADCA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BADCA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BADCA2

.text { color: #BADCA2; }
.background { background-color: #BADCA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BADCA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 220, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(95, 45%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BADCA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 220, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BADCA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 220, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BADCA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BADCA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BADCA2

#A7D289#94C86F#81BE55#6FAE42#5E9438#4B762D#3B5C23#2A4319#1A290F#090F06

Tints of #BADCA2

#C0DFAA#C5E2B1#CBE4B9#D0E7C0#D9EBCB#DEEED3#E4F1DA#E9F4E1#EFF7E9#F4F9F0

Tones of #BADCA2

#BBD8A6#BCD4AB#BCD0AF#BDCBB3#BEC8B7#BFC3BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C4A3DC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.52:1 Fails
Against black text13.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #BADCA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BADCA2

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 #BADCA2: ·

How #BADCA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9C9B0Deuteranopia · #C7C4B3Tritanopia · #BCBBBE

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 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BADCA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51
Palette F7a4a4
#F7A4A4 · #FEBE8C · #FFFBC1 · #B6E2A1
Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette 6256ca
#6256CA · #86D293 · #C1E2A4 · #FDFAD9
Palette 3d8d7a
#3D8D7A · #B3D8A8 · #FBFFE4 · #A3D1C6

Similar colors

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

#BCD9A2#B6E2A1#BCE29E#C1E0A6#C1E2A4#B3D8A8#B3E2A7#B9D4AA#C1E59F#B5E6A8#C5D89D#C4DFAA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BADCA1  ·  #BADCA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BADCA2?

#BADCA2 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 186, 220, 162). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BADCA2?

#BADCA2 is RGB 186, 220, 162 — HSL 95°, 45%, 75% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 26%, 14%.

What colors go with #BADCA2?

Its complement is #C4A3DC; analogous partners are #D7DCA3 and #A3DCA7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BADCA2 for text?

Black text on #BADCA2 has a contrast ratio of 13.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.