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#BCDAAE — Light Muted Green

#BCDAAE 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 #BCDAAE 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.

#BCDAAE 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 #CCAFDA; it also sits naturally between #D2DAAF and #AFDAB7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCDAAE · RGB 188, 218, 174

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Color values

HEX#BCDAAE
RGB188, 218, 174
HSL101°, 37%, 77%
HSV101°, 20%, 85%
CMYK14%, 0%, 20%, 15%
XYZ53.45, 63.89, 49.56
Yxy63.89, 0.3203, 0.3828
CIE-Lab83.91, -17.93, 18.41
Hunter Lab79.93, -16.51, 15.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 85% · Blue 68%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 20% · Key 15%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BCDAAE

.text { color: #BCDAAE; }
.background { background-color: #BCDAAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCDAAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 218, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(101, 37%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCDAAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 218, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCDAAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 218, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCDAAE

#A8CF96#91C27A#7DB762#6AA84D#5A8F42#497335#395B2A#2A421F#182612#090E06

Tints of #BCDAAE

#C2DDB6#C8E0BD#CEE4C4#D4E7CB#D9EAD2#DCECD5#E2EFDC#E8F2E3#EEF5EA#F3F9F1

Tones of #BCDAAE

#BDD7B2#BFD4B5#C0D1B8#C1CEBB#C2CBBE#C3C7C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCAFDA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.52:1 Fails
Against black text13.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCDAAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCDAAE

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 #BCDAAE: ·

How #BCDAAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9C9B9Deuteranopia · #C7C5BBTritanopia · #BEC1C3

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 #BCDAAE rather than the exact color:

Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Palette Bad8b6
#BAD8B6 · #E1EACD · #F9F6E6 · #8D77AB
Palette A0c49d
#A0C49D · #C4D7B2 · #E1ECC8 · #F7FFE5
Scarlet Zephyr
#9530A0 · #C66AD2 · #66CE5B · #BBE2B4
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD

Similar colors

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

#BFD8AF#B9D4AA#BAD8B6#C4D7B2#BBE2B4#C4DFAA#BBD6B8#B3D8A8#C1E0A6#BDD2B6#BCD9A2#B0D9B1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCDAAD  ·  #BCDAAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCDAAE?

#BCDAAE is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 188, 218, 174). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCDAAE?

#BCDAAE is RGB 188, 218, 174 — HSL 101°, 37%, 77% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 20%, 15%.

What colors go with #BCDAAE?

Its complement is #CCAFDA; analogous partners are #D2DAAF and #AFDAB7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCDAAE for text?

Black text on #BCDAAE has a contrast ratio of 13.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.