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#BBDAA4 — Light Muted Green

#BBDAA4 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 #BBDAA4 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.

#BBDAA4 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 #C3A4DA; it also sits naturally between #D6DAA4 and #A4DAA8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBDAA4 · RGB 187, 218, 164

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Color values

HEX#BBDAA4
RGB187, 218, 164
HSL94°, 42%, 75%
HSV94°, 25%, 85%
CMYK14%, 0%, 25%, 15%
XYZ52.27, 63.39, 44.60
Yxy63.39, 0.3261, 0.3955
CIE-Lab83.65, -19.87, 23.27
Hunter Lab79.62, -18.18, 18.88

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 85% · Blue 64%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 25% · Key 15%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBDAA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBDAA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBDAA4

.text { color: #BBDAA4; }
.background { background-color: #BBDAA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBDAA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 218, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(94, 42%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBDAA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 218, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBDAA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 218, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBDAA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBDAA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBDAA4

#A9D08B#96C572#83BB58#71AA46#60913B#4D742F#3C5B25#2B411B#1A2810#0A0E06

Tints of #BBDAA4

#C1DDAC#C6E0B3#CCE3BA#D1E6C1#D9EACC#DFEDD4#E4F0DB#E9F3E2#EFF6E9#F4F9F1

Tones of #BBDAA4

#BCD6A8#BDD2AC#BDCFB0#BECBB4#BEC7B8#BFC3BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3A4DA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.54:1 Fails
Against black text13.68:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBDAA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBDAA4

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 #BBDAA4: ·

How #BBDAA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C9B1Deuteranopia · #C7C4B4Tritanopia · #BDBBBE

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 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBDAA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Palette 3d8d7a
#3D8D7A · #B3D8A8 · #FBFFE4 · #A3D1C6
Palette F7a4a4
#F7A4A4 · #FEBE8C · #FFFBC1 · #B6E2A1
Palette 6256ca
#6256CA · #86D293 · #C1E2A4 · #FDFAD9

Similar colors

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

#BCD9A2#C1E0A6#B9D4AA#B3D8A8#B6E2A1#C1E2A4#BCE29E#B3E2A7#BFD8AF#C4DFAA#C5D89D#C7DCA7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBDAA3  ·  #BBDAA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBDAA4?

#BBDAA4 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 187, 218, 164). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBDAA4?

#BBDAA4 is RGB 187, 218, 164 — HSL 94°, 42%, 75% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 25%, 15%.

What colors go with #BBDAA4?

Its complement is #C3A4DA; analogous partners are #D6DAA4 and #A4DAA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBDAA4 for text?

Black text on #BBDAA4 has a contrast ratio of 13.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.54:1.