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#BADEAA — Light Muted Green

#BADEAA 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 #BADEAA 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.

#BADEAA 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 #CFABDE; it also sits naturally between #D4DEAB and #ABDEB5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BADEAA · RGB 186, 222, 170

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Color values

HEX#BADEAA
RGB186, 222, 170
HSL102°, 44%, 77%
HSV102°, 23%, 87%
CMYK16%, 0%, 23%, 13%
XYZ53.63, 65.58, 47.86
Yxy65.58, 0.3210, 0.3925
CIE-Lab84.78, -21.25, 21.70
Hunter Lab80.98, -19.50, 17.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 87% · Blue 67%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 23% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BADEAA

.text { color: #BADEAA; }
.background { background-color: #BADEAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BADEAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 222, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(102, 44%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BADEAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 222, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BADEAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 222, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BADEAA

#A5D491#8DC973#78BF5A#65B045#56973B#45792F#375F25#28461B#172810#080F06

Tints of #BADEAA

#C0E1B2#C6E4B9#CCE7C1#D2EAC8#D8ECCF#DBEED3#E1F1DA#E7F4E2#EDF6E9#F3F9F0

Tones of #BADEAA

#BBDBAE#BDD7B2#BED3B6#C0CFB9#C1CCBD#C3C8C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFABDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.49:1 Fails
Against black text14.12:1 AAA

Best text color on #BADEAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BADEAA

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 #BADEAA: ·

How #BADEAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CACAB7Deuteranopia · #C8C5BATritanopia · #BCC1C3

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 #BADEAA rather than the exact color:

Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette 538392
#538392 · #6295A2 · #80B9AD · #B3E2A7
Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Palette 3d8d7a
#3D8D7A · #B3D8A8 · #FBFFE4 · #A3D1C6
Radiant Ruby Cascade
#3EAE1E · #3A5DDD · #DA2950 · #B5E6A8
Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51

Similar colors

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

#C1E0A6#B3E2A7#BFD8AF#B3D8A8#B5E6A8#BCD9A2#B9D4AA#C4DFAA#C1E2A4#BAE8AC#B6E2A1#BBE2B4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BADEA9  ·  #BADEAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BADEAA?

#BADEAA is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 186, 222, 170). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BADEAA?

#BADEAA is RGB 186, 222, 170 — HSL 102°, 44%, 77% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 23%, 13%.

What colors go with #BADEAA?

Its complement is #CFABDE; analogous partners are #D4DEAB and #ABDEB5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BADEAA for text?

Black text on #BADEAA has a contrast ratio of 14.12:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.49:1.