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#BBCDB3 — Light Dusty Green

#BBCDB3 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 #BBCDB3 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.

#BBCDB3 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 #C5B2CD; it also sits naturally between #C7CDB2 and #B2CDB7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBCDB3 · RGB 187, 205, 179

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Color values

HEX#BBCDB3
RGB187, 205, 179
HSL102°, 21%, 75%
HSV102°, 13%, 80%
CMYK9%, 0%, 13%, 20%
XYZ50.46, 57.48, 51.08
Yxy57.48, 0.3173, 0.3615
CIE-Lab80.45, -10.87, 10.89
Hunter Lab75.82, -9.98, 9.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 80% · Blue 70%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 13% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBCDB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBCDB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBCDB3

.text { color: #BBCDB3; }
.background { background-color: #BBCDB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBCDB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 205, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(102, 21%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBCDB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 205, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBCDB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 205, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBCDB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBCDB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBCDB3

#A7BF9C#93B087#80A271#6E915F#5D7B51#4B6340#3A4D32#2A3824#1A2216#090C08

Tints of #BBCDB3

#BFD1B8#C5D5BE#CAD9C4#D0DDCB#D8E3D4#DEE7DA#E3EBE0#E9EFE6#EEF3EC#F4F7F3

Tones of #BBCDB3

#BBCBB4#BBC9B6#BCC7B8#BDC5BA#BEC3BB#BEC1BD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C5B2CD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.68:1 Fails
Against black text12.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBCDB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBCDB3

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 #BBCDB3: ·

How #BBCDB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C3B9Deuteranopia · #C2C0BBTritanopia · #BCBEBF

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 #BBCDB3 rather than the exact color:

Tender Ruby
#F6E2E9 · #FEFAF3 · #B8CFB3 · #84A282
Palette 96a78d
#96A78D · #B6CEB4 · #D9E9CF · #F0F0F0
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #BDD2B6 · #A2B29F · #798777
Palette 99a98f
#99A98F · #C1D0B5 · #D6E8DB · #FFF8DE
Palette Bc9f8b
#BC9F8B · #B5CFB7 · #CADABF · #E7E8D8
Palette E5e3c9
#E5E3C9 · #B4CFB0 · #94B49F · #789395

Similar colors

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

#B8CFB3#B6CEB4#BDD2B6#C1D0B5#B5CFB7#B4CFB0#BBD6B8#B6C4B6#B6CBBD#BAD8B6#B2C9AD#B9D4AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBCDB2  ·  #BBCDB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBCDB3?

#BBCDB3 is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 187, 205, 179). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBCDB3?

#BBCDB3 is RGB 187, 205, 179 — HSL 102°, 21%, 75% — CMYK 9%, 0%, 13%, 20%.

What colors go with #BBCDB3?

Its complement is #C5B2CD; analogous partners are #C7CDB2 and #B2CDB7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBCDB3 for text?

Black text on #BBCDB3 has a contrast ratio of 12.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.68:1.