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#BBDCA6 — Light Muted Green

#BBDCA6 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 #BBDCA6 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.

#BBDCA6 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 #C8A7DD; it also sits naturally between #D6DDA7 and #A7DDAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBDCA6 · RGB 187, 220, 166

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Color values

HEX#BBDCA6
RGB187, 220, 166
HSL97°, 44%, 76%
HSV97°, 25%, 86%
CMYK15%, 0%, 25%, 14%
XYZ52.97, 64.50, 45.74
Yxy64.50, 0.3246, 0.3952
CIE-Lab84.23, -20.55, 23.02
Hunter Lab80.31, -18.83, 18.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 86% · Blue 65%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBDCA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBDCA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBDCA6

.text { color: #BBDCA6; }
.background { background-color: #BBDCA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBDCA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 220, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(97, 44%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBDCA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 220, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBDCA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 220, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBDCA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBDCA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBDCA6

#A8D38D#94C973#7EBD56#6CAD43#5C9339#4C792F#3B5F25#29421A#192810#090F06

Tints of #BBDCA6

#C1E0AE#C7E2B6#CCE5BD#D2E8C4#D8EBCC#DDEED3#E3F1DA#E9F4E2#EEF6E9#F4F9F0

Tones of #BBDCA6

#BCD9AB#BDD5AF#BED1B3#BFCDB6#C0CABA#C1C5BE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C8A7DD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.51:1 Fails
Against black text13.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBDCA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBDCA6

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 #BBDCA6: ·

How #BBDCA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9CAB3Deuteranopia · #C7C5B6Tritanopia · #BDBDC0

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 #BBDCA6 rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#BCD9A2#C1E0A6#C1E2A4#B9D4AA#B3D8A8#B6E2A1#BCE29E#B3E2A7#C4DFAA#BFD8AF#B5E6A8#C7DCA7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBDCA5  ·  #BBDCA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBDCA6?

#BBDCA6 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 187, 220, 166). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBDCA6?

#BBDCA6 is RGB 187, 220, 166 — HSL 97°, 44%, 76% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 25%, 14%.

What colors go with #BBDCA6?

Its complement is #C8A7DD; analogous partners are #D6DDA7 and #A7DDAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBDCA6 for text?

Black text on #BBDCA6 has a contrast ratio of 13.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.51:1.