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#BCDBAC — Light Muted Green

#BCDBAC 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 #BCDBAC 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.

#BCDBAC 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 #CCADDB; it also sits naturally between #D4DBAD and #ADDBB5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCDBAC · RGB 188, 219, 172

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Color values

HEX#BCDBAC
RGB188, 219, 172
HSL100°, 39%, 77%
HSV100°, 21%, 86%
CMYK14%, 0%, 21%, 14%
XYZ53.52, 64.33, 48.63
Yxy64.33, 0.3215, 0.3864
CIE-Lab84.14, -18.76, 19.78
Hunter Lab80.21, -17.25, 16.44

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 86% · Blue 67%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 21% · Key 14%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BCDBAC

.text { color: #BCDBAC; }
.background { background-color: #BCDBAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCDBAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 219, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(100, 39%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCDBAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 219, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCDBAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 219, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCDBAC

#A9D095#92C478#7DB95F#6AAA4B#5B9140#497533#3A5C28#2A431E#182711#090E06

Tints of #BCDBAC

#C2DEB5#C8E1BC#CEE5C3#D4E8CA#DAEBD1#DCECD4#E2EFDC#E8F3E3#EEF6EA#F3F9F1

Tones of #BCDBAC

#BED8B1#BFD5B4#C0D1B7#C1CEBA#C2CBBE#C3C8C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCADDB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.51:1 Fails
Against black text13.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCDBAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCDBAC

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 #BCDBAC: ·

How #BCDBAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9CAB7Deuteranopia · #C8C5BATritanopia · #BEC0C2

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 #BCDBAC rather than the exact color:

Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51
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#C4DFAA#C1E0A6#BCD9A2#B3D8A8#BAD8B6#BBE2B4#C4D7B2#C1E2A4#C7DCA7#B3E2A7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCDBAB  ·  #BCDBAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCDBAC?

#BCDBAC is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 188, 219, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCDBAC?

#BCDBAC is RGB 188, 219, 172 — HSL 100°, 39%, 77% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 21%, 14%.

What colors go with #BCDBAC?

Its complement is #CCADDB; analogous partners are #D4DBAD and #ADDBB5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCDBAC for text?

Black text on #BCDBAC has a contrast ratio of 13.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.51:1.