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#BBDFA9 — Light Muted Green

#BBDFA9 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 #BBDFA9 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.

#BBDFA9 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 #CDA9DF; it also sits naturally between #D6DFA9 and #A9DFB2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBDFA9 · RGB 187, 223, 169

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Color values

HEX#BBDFA9
RGB187, 223, 169
HSL100°, 46%, 77%
HSV100°, 24%, 87%
CMYK16%, 0%, 24%, 13%
XYZ54.04, 66.20, 47.47
Yxy66.20, 0.3222, 0.3947
CIE-Lab85.10, -21.55, 22.66
Hunter Lab81.37, -19.80, 18.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 87% · Blue 66%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 24% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBDFA9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBDFA9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBDFA9

.text { color: #BBDFA9; }
.background { background-color: #BBDFA9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBDFA9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 223, 169); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(100, 46%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBDFA9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 223, 169, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBDFA9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 223, 169, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBDFA9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBDFA9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBDFA9

#A7D68F#8FCB72#7BC157#68B342#599938#477B2D#386124#29471A#18290F#090F06

Tints of #BBDFA9

#C1E2B1#C7E5B8#CDE8C0#D3EAC7#D9EDCF#DCEED2#E2F1DA#E7F4E1#EDF7E9#F3F9F0

Tones of #BBDFA9

#BDDBAD#BED8B1#BFD4B5#C0D0B9#C2CCBD#C3C8C0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDA9DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.47:1 Fails
Against black text14.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBDFA9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBDFA9

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 #BBDFA9: ·

How #BBDFA9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCBB6Deuteranopia · #C9C6B9Tritanopia · #BDC0C3

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 #BBDFA9 rather than the exact color:

Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette 6256ca
#6256CA · #86D293 · #C1E2A4 · #FDFAD9
Palette 538392
#538392 · #6295A2 · #80B9AD · #B3E2A7
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD
Radiant Ruby Cascade
#3EAE1E · #3A5DDD · #DA2950 · #B5E6A8
Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51

Similar colors

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

#C1E0A6#C1E2A4#B3E2A7#C4DFAA#B5E6A8#BCD9A2#BAE8AC#B6E2A1#BFD8AF#B3D8A8#B9D4AA#C3E7A9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBDFA8  ·  #BBDFAA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBDFA9?

#BBDFA9 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 187, 223, 169). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBDFA9?

#BBDFA9 is RGB 187, 223, 169 — HSL 100°, 46%, 77% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 24%, 13%.

What colors go with #BBDFA9?

Its complement is #CDA9DF; analogous partners are #D6DFA9 and #A9DFB2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBDFA9 for text?

Black text on #BBDFA9 has a contrast ratio of 14.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.