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#BCCEAC — Light Dusty Green

#BCCEAC is a green color we call Light Dusty 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 #BCCEAC 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.

#BCCEAC 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 #BEABCE; it also sits naturally between #CDCEAB and #ABCEAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCCEAC · RGB 188, 206, 172

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Color values

HEX#BCCEAC
RGB188, 206, 172
HSL92°, 26%, 74%
HSV92°, 17%, 81%
CMYK9%, 0%, 17%, 19%
XYZ50.26, 57.81, 47.54
Yxy57.81, 0.3230, 0.3715
CIE-Lab80.63, -12.21, 14.88
Hunter Lab76.03, -11.19, 12.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 81% · Blue 67%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BCCEAC

.text { color: #BCCEAC; }
.background { background-color: #BCCEAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCCEAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 206, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(92, 26%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCCEAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 206, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCCEAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 206, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCCEAC

#A9C195#97B47E#85A668#739457#627D4A#50673C#3F502F#2D3A22#1C2315#0A0D08

Tints of #BCCEAC

#C1D2B2#C6D5B8#CEDBC2#D3DFC8#D8E3CF#DDE6D5#E2EADC#EAF0E5#EFF4EC#F5F7F2

Tones of #BCCEAC

#BCCBAE#BCC9B0#BCC7B3#BCC4B5#BCC1B8#BDBFBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEABCE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.67:1 Fails
Against black text12.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCCEAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCCEAC

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 #BCCEAC: ·

How #BCCEAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C4C4B4Deuteranopia · #C3C1B6Tritanopia · #BDBBBC

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 #BCCEAC rather than the exact color:

Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Tender Ruby
#F6E2E9 · #FEFAF3 · #B8CFB3 · #84A282
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC
Palette E5e3c9
#E5E3C9 · #B4CFB0 · #94B49F · #789395
Palette A0937d
#A0937D · #E7D4B5 · #F6E6CB · #B6C7AA

Similar colors

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

#BFCBA8#B9D4AA#B8CFB3#BAC7A7#B4CFB0#B6C7AA#BBC5A9#B6CEB4#BDC8A4#C1D0B5#BDD2B6#BFD8AF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCCEAB  ·  #BCCEAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCCEAC?

#BCCEAC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 188, 206, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCCEAC?

#BCCEAC is RGB 188, 206, 172 — HSL 92°, 26%, 74% — CMYK 9%, 0%, 17%, 19%.

What colors go with #BCCEAC?

Its complement is #BEABCE; analogous partners are #CDCEAB and #ABCEAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCCEAC for text?

Black text on #BCCEAC has a contrast ratio of 12.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.67:1.