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#BADEBC — Light Muted Green

#BADEBC 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 #BADEBC 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.

#BADEBC is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

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

#BADEBC · RGB 186, 222, 188

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Color values

HEX#BADEBC
RGB186, 222, 188
HSL123°, 35%, 80%
HSV123°, 16%, 87%
CMYK16%, 0%, 15%, 13%
XYZ55.45, 66.31, 57.45
Yxy66.31, 0.3094, 0.3700
CIE-Lab85.16, -18.23, 12.79
Hunter Lab81.43, -16.88, 11.15

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 87% · Blue 74%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 15% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BADEBC

.text { color: #BADEBC; }
.background { background-color: #BADEBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BADEBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 222, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(123, 35%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BADEBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 222, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BADEBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 222, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BADEBC

#9FD1A1#87C58A#6BB86F#53AC57#469149#38753B#2D5D2F#1F4121#142915#070E07

Tints of #BADEBC

#C1E1C3#C4E3C6#CBE6CD#CFE8D0#D6EBD7#DDEEDD#E0F0E1#E7F3E8#EAF5EB#F1F8F2

Tones of #BADEBC

#BDDBBE#BFD9C1#C2D6C3#C4D4C5#C7D1C7#C9CFCA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DEBADC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.47:1 Fails
Against black text14.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #BADEBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BADEBC

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 #BADEBC: ·

How #BADEBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CACAC4Deuteranopia · #C8C5C6Tritanopia · #BCCBCC

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 #BADEBC rather than the exact color:

Palette A3a7e4
#A3A7E4 · #BAE2BE · #F0F1B3 · #C5E5E3
Dusty Voyage
#2FAA37 · #635CD2 · #C33F36 · #B6E1BD
Palette 80a1ba
#80A1BA · #91C4C3 · #B4DEBD · #FFF7DD
Frozen Drift
#369F64 · #8756C6 · #B1703C · #B5DBC0
Palette Bad8b6
#BAD8B6 · #E1EACD · #F9F6E6 · #8D77AB
Cosmic Mirage
#AC3589 · #CA50A9 · #74D491 · #B9E3C3

Similar colors

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

#BAE2BE#B6E1BD#B4DEBD#B5DBC0#BAD8B6#B9E3C3#BBE2B4#BBD6B8#BDE3C3#B4E3B7#C4E1B9#B1DDB6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BADEBB  ·  #BADEBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BADEBC?

#BADEBC is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 186, 222, 188). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BADEBC?

#BADEBC is RGB 186, 222, 188 — HSL 123°, 35%, 80% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 15%, 13%.

What colors go with #BADEBC?

Its complement is #DEBADC; analogous partners are #CADEBA and #BADECE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BADEBC for text?

Black text on #BADEBC has a contrast ratio of 14.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.