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#BBCEAA — Light Dusty Green

#BBCEAA 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 #BBCEAA 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.

#BBCEAA 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 #BEABCF; it also sits naturally between #CDCFAB and #ABCFAC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBCEAA · RGB 187, 206, 170

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Color values

HEX#BBCEAA
RGB187, 206, 170
HSL92°, 27%, 74%
HSV92°, 17%, 81%
CMYK9%, 0%, 17%, 19%
XYZ49.82, 57.61, 46.52
Yxy57.61, 0.3236, 0.3742
CIE-Lab80.52, -12.90, 15.78
Hunter Lab75.90, -11.79, 13.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 81% · Blue 67%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BBCEAA

.text { color: #BBCEAA; }
.background { background-color: #BBCEAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBCEAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 206, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(92, 27%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBCEAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 206, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBCEAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 206, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BBCEAA

#A9C294#97B57D#85A867#739556#627E49#50683C#3F512F#2D3A22#1C2414#0A0D07

Tints of #BBCEAA

#C1D2B1#C6D6B8#CEDCC1#D3DFC8#D8E3CE#DDE7D5#E2EBDB#EAF0E5#EFF4EC#F5F8F2

Tones of #BBCEAA

#BCCCAD#BCC9B0#BCC7B3#BCC5B5#BCC2B7#BDBFBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEABCF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.68:1 Fails
Against black text12.52:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBCEAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBCEAA

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 #BBCEAA: ·

How #BBCEAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C3B3Deuteranopia · #C2C1B5Tritanopia · #BCBABB

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 #BBCEAA rather than the exact color:

Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC
Palette A0937d
#A0937D · #E7D4B5 · #F6E6CB · #B6C7AA
Silent Harbor
#B7A593 · #BDC8A4 · #4D9E57 · #64A09C
Tender Ruby Drift
#BBC5A9 · #37844C · #599EAC · #6159B8

Similar colors

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

#BFCBA8#B9D4AA#BAC7A7#B6C7AA#BDC8A4#BBC5A9#B4CFB0#B5CDA3#B8CFB3#B8C4A9#B2C9AD#C1CFA1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBCEA9  ·  #BBCEAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBCEAA?

#BBCEAA is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 187, 206, 170). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBCEAA?

#BBCEAA is RGB 187, 206, 170 — HSL 92°, 27%, 74% — CMYK 9%, 0%, 17%, 19%.

What colors go with #BBCEAA?

Its complement is #BEABCF; analogous partners are #CDCFAB and #ABCFAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBCEAA for text?

Black text on #BBCEAA has a contrast ratio of 12.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.68:1.