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#BBDAA9 — Light Muted Green

#BBDAA9 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 #BBDAA9 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.

#BBDAA9 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 #C8A9DA; it also sits naturally between #D4DAA9 and #A9DAB0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBDAA9 · RGB 187, 218, 169

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Color values

HEX#BBDAA9
RGB187, 218, 169
HSL98°, 40%, 76%
HSV98°, 22%, 85%
CMYK14%, 0%, 22%, 15%
XYZ52.73, 63.57, 47.03
Yxy63.57, 0.3228, 0.3892
CIE-Lab83.74, -19.09, 20.79
Hunter Lab79.73, -17.51, 17.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 85% · Blue 66%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 22% · Key 15%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBDAA9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBDAA9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBDAA9

.text { color: #BBDAA9; }
.background { background-color: #BBDAA9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBDAA9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 218, 169); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(98, 40%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBDAA9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 218, 169, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBDAA9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 218, 169, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBDAA9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBDAA9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBDAA9

#A8D090#94C577#7DB95B#6BA848#5B8F3D#4B7632#3B5D28#29401C#192711#090E06

Tints of #BBDAA9

#C1DDB0#C7E0B8#CCE3BF#D2E7C6#D7EACD#DDEDD4#E3F0DB#E8F3E2#EEF6EA#F4F9F1

Tones of #BBDAA9

#BCD7AD#BDD4B0#BED0B4#BFCCB7#C0C9BB#C1C5BE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C8A9DA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.53:1 Fails
Against black text13.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBDAA9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBDAA9

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 #BBDAA9: ·

How #BBDAA9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C9B5Deuteranopia · #C7C4B8Tritanopia · #BDBEC0

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 #BBDAA9 rather than the exact color:

Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51
Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Palette 3d8d7a
#3D8D7A · #B3D8A8 · #FBFFE4 · #A3D1C6
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD

Similar colors

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

#B9D4AA#BCD9A2#BFD8AF#B3D8A8#C1E0A6#C4DFAA#C1E2A4#B3E2A7#C7DCA7#B6E2A1#C4D7B2#BAD8B6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBDAA8  ·  #BBDAAA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBDAA9?

#BBDAA9 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 187, 218, 169). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBDAA9?

#BBDAA9 is RGB 187, 218, 169 — HSL 98°, 40%, 76% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 22%, 15%.

What colors go with #BBDAA9?

Its complement is #C8A9DA; analogous partners are #D4DAA9 and #A9DAB0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBDAA9 for text?

Black text on #BBDAA9 has a contrast ratio of 13.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.