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#BBCAAC — Light Dusty Green

#BBCAAC 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 #BBCAAC 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.

#BBCAAC 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 #BAABC9; it also sits naturally between #C9C9AB and #ABC9AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBCAAC · RGB 187, 202, 172

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Color values

HEX#BBCAAC
RGB187, 202, 172
HSL90°, 22%, 73%
HSV90°, 15%, 79%
CMYK7%, 0%, 15%, 21%
XYZ49.06, 55.78, 47.21
Yxy55.78, 0.3226, 0.3669
CIE-Lab79.49, -10.52, 13.26
Hunter Lab74.69, -9.62, 11.15

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 79% · Blue 67%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 15% · Key 21%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BBCAAC

.text { color: #BBCAAC; }
.background { background-color: #BBCAAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBCAAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 202, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(90, 22%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBCAAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 202, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBCAAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 202, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BBCAAC

#A8BB95#96AD7F#85A06A#738C5A#63794E#526440#404E32#2E3824#1C2216#0A0C08

Tints of #BBCAAC

#BFCDB1#C7D3BB#CCD7C1#D1DBC7#D9E1D0#DEE5D7#E3E9DD#E8EDE3#F0F3EC#F5F7F3

Tones of #BBCAAC

#BAC7AD#BAC5AF#BAC3B1#BAC0B4#BABEB6#BABCB8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BAABC9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.73:1 Fails
Against black text12.16:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBCAAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBCAAC

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 #BBCAAC: ·

How #BBCAAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C1C2B3Deuteranopia · #C1C0B5Tritanopia · #BCB9BA

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 #BBCAAC rather than the exact color:

Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41
Tender Ruby Drift
#BBC5A9 · #37844C · #599EAC · #6159B8
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC
Palette A0937d
#A0937D · #E7D4B5 · #F6E6CB · #B6C7AA
Palette D97d55
#D97D55 · #F4E9D7 · #B8C4A9 · #6FA4AF
Silent Harbor
#B7A593 · #BDC8A4 · #4D9E57 · #64A09C

Similar colors

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

#BFCBA8#BBC5A9#BAC7A7#B6C7AA#B8C4A9#BDC8A4#B8CFB3#B2C9AD#B4CFB0#B6CEB4#B9D4AA#BBC3A4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBCAAB  ·  #BBCAAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBCAAC?

#BBCAAC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 187, 202, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBCAAC?

#BBCAAC is RGB 187, 202, 172 — HSL 90°, 22%, 73% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 15%, 21%.

What colors go with #BBCAAC?

Its complement is #BAABC9; analogous partners are #C9C9AB and #ABC9AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBCAAC for text?

Black text on #BBCAAC has a contrast ratio of 12.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.73:1.