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#BCDCA3 — Light Muted Green

#BCDCA3 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 #BCDCA3 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.

#BCDCA3 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 #C3A3DC; it also sits naturally between #D8DCA3 and #A3DCA6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCDCA3 · RGB 188, 220, 163

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Color values

HEX#BCDCA3
RGB188, 220, 163
HSL94°, 45%, 75%
HSV94°, 26%, 86%
CMYK15%, 0%, 26%, 14%
XYZ52.94, 64.52, 44.31
Yxy64.52, 0.3273, 0.3988
CIE-Lab84.24, -20.66, 24.61
Hunter Lab80.33, -18.93, 19.88

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 86% · Blue 64%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 14%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BCDCA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCDCA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCDCA3

.text { color: #BCDCA3; }
.background { background-color: #BCDCA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCDCA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 220, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(94, 45%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCDCA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 220, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCDCA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 220, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCDCA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCDCA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCDCA3

#A9D289#96C86F#83BE55#71AE42#609438#4D762D#3C5C23#2B4319#1A290F#0A0F06

Tints of #BCDCA3

#C1DFAA#C6E2B1#CCE4B9#D1E7C0#D9EBCB#DFEED3#E4F1DA#E9F4E1#EFF7E9#F4F9F0

Tones of #BCDCA3

#BCD8A6#BDD4AB#BDD0AF#BECBB3#BEC8B7#BFC3BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3A3DC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.51:1 Fails
Against black text13.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCDCA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCDCA3

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 #BCDCA3: ·

How #BCDCA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CACAB1Deuteranopia · #C8C6B4Tritanopia · #BEBCBE

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCDCA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E
Palette 6256ca
#6256CA · #86D293 · #C1E2A4 · #FDFAD9
Palette F7a4a4
#F7A4A4 · #FEBE8C · #FFFBC1 · #B6E2A1
Palette Ff5555
#FF5555 · #FF937E · #C1E59F · #A3D78A

Similar colors

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

#BCD9A2#C1E0A6#BCE29E#C1E2A4#B6E2A1#C1E59F#B9D4AA#C4DFAA#B3D8A8#C5D89D#B3E2A7#C7DCA7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCDCA2  ·  #BCDCA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCDCA3?

#BCDCA3 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 188, 220, 163). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCDCA3?

#BCDCA3 is RGB 188, 220, 163 — HSL 94°, 45%, 75% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 26%, 14%.

What colors go with #BCDCA3?

Its complement is #C3A3DC; analogous partners are #D8DCA3 and #A3DCA6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCDCA3 for text?

Black text on #BCDCA3 has a contrast ratio of 13.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.51:1.