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#BCDBAA — Light Muted Green

#BCDBAA 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 #BCDBAA 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.

#BCDBAA 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 #C8A9DA; it also sits naturally between #D4DAA9 and #A9DAB0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCDBAA · RGB 188, 219, 170

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Color values

HEX#BCDBAA
RGB188, 219, 170
HSL98°, 40%, 76%
HSV98°, 22%, 86%
CMYK14%, 0%, 22%, 14%
XYZ53.33, 64.26, 47.62
Yxy64.26, 0.3228, 0.3890
CIE-Lab84.10, -19.08, 20.77
Hunter Lab80.16, -17.53, 17.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 86% · Blue 67%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 22% · Key 14%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BCDBAA

.text { color: #BCDBAA; }
.background { background-color: #BCDBAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCDBAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 219, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(98, 40%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCDBAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 219, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCDBAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 219, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCDBAA

#A8D090#94C577#7DB95B#6BA848#5B8F3D#4B7632#3B5D28#29401C#192711#090E06

Tints of #BCDBAA

#C1DDB0#C7E0B8#CCE3BF#D2E7C6#D7EACD#DDEDD4#E3F0DB#E8F3E2#EEF6EA#F4F9F1

Tones of #BCDBAA

#BCD7AD#BDD4B0#BED0B4#BFCCB7#C0C9BB#C1C5BE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C8A9DA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.52:1 Fails
Against black text13.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCDBAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCDBAA

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 #BCDBAA: ·

How #BCDBAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9CAB6Deuteranopia · #C8C5B9Tritanopia · #BEBFC1

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 #BCDBAA rather than the exact color:

Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD
Palette 3d8d7a
#3D8D7A · #B3D8A8 · #FBFFE4 · #A3D1C6

Similar colors

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

#BFD8AF#B9D4AA#C1E0A6#BCD9A2#C4DFAA#B3D8A8#C1E2A4#C7DCA7#B3E2A7#C4D7B2#BBE2B4#BAD8B6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCDBA9  ·  #BCDBAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCDBAA?

#BCDBAA is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 188, 219, 170). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCDBAA?

#BCDBAA is RGB 188, 219, 170 — HSL 98°, 40%, 76% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 22%, 14%.

What colors go with #BCDBAA?

Its complement is #C8A9DA; analogous partners are #D4DAA9 and #A9DAB0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCDBAA for text?

Black text on #BCDBAA has a contrast ratio of 13.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.