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#BBDEAC — Light Muted Green

#BBDEAC 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 #BBDEAC 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.

#BBDEAC 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 #CEABDE; it also sits naturally between #D3DEAB and #ABDEB5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBDEAC · RGB 187, 222, 172

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Color values

HEX#BBDEAC
RGB187, 222, 172
HSL102°, 43%, 77%
HSV102°, 23%, 87%
CMYK16%, 0%, 23%, 13%
XYZ54.06, 65.79, 48.88
Yxy65.79, 0.3204, 0.3899
CIE-Lab84.89, -20.59, 20.81
Hunter Lab81.11, -18.93, 17.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 87% · Blue 67%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 23% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BBDEAC

.text { color: #BBDEAC; }
.background { background-color: #BBDEAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBDEAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 222, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(102, 43%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBDEAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 222, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBDEAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 222, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BBDEAC

#A5D392#8DC874#79BE5B#65AF46#57963C#467830#375F26#28451C#172810#080F06

Tints of #BBDEAC

#C0E0B2#C6E3BA#CCE6C1#D2E9C8#D8ECD0#DBEED3#E1F0DB#E7F3E2#EDF6E9#F3F9F0

Tones of #BBDEAC

#BCDAAF#BDD7B2#BED3B6#C0CFBA#C2CBBD#C3C8C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEABDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.16:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBDEAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBDEAC

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 #BBDEAC: ·

How #BBDEAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CACAB8Deuteranopia · #C8C6BBTritanopia · #BDC2C4

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 #BBDEAC rather than the exact color:

Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Scarlet Zephyr
#9530A0 · #C66AD2 · #66CE5B · #BBE2B4
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD
Mellow Solace
#811D8D · #DB4FD4 · #37C127 · #BAE8AC
Palette 538392
#538392 · #6295A2 · #80B9AD · #B3E2A7

Similar colors

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

#BFD8AF#C1E0A6#BBE2B4#C4DFAA#BAE8AC#B3E2A7#B9D4AA#B5E6A8#B3D8A8#C1E2A4#BCD9A2#B7E5B4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBDEAB  ·  #BBDEAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBDEAC?

#BBDEAC is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 187, 222, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBDEAC?

#BBDEAC is RGB 187, 222, 172 — HSL 102°, 43%, 77% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 23%, 13%.

What colors go with #BBDEAC?

Its complement is #CEABDE; analogous partners are #D3DEAB and #ABDEB5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBDEAC for text?

Black text on #BBDEAC has a contrast ratio of 14.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.