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#BCDDAC — Light Muted Green

#BCDDAC 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 #BCDDAC 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.

#BCDDAC 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 #CDACDD; it also sits naturally between #D5DDAC and #ACDDB4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCDDAC · RGB 188, 221, 172

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Color values

HEX#BCDDAC
RGB188, 221, 172
HSL100°, 42%, 77%
HSV100°, 22%, 87%
CMYK15%, 0%, 22%, 13%
XYZ54.04, 65.38, 48.80
Yxy65.38, 0.3212, 0.3887
CIE-Lab84.68, -19.75, 20.53
Hunter Lab80.86, -18.17, 17.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 87% · Blue 67%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 22% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BCDDAC

.text { color: #BCDDAC; }
.background { background-color: #BCDDAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCDDAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 221, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(100, 42%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCDDAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 221, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCDDAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 221, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCDDAC

#A8D392#91C775#7CBC5C#69AE47#5A943D#487731#395E26#2A451C#182810#090E06

Tints of #BCDDAC

#C2E0B3#C8E3BA#CEE6C1#D3E9C9#D9ECD0#DCEDD4#E2F0DB#E8F3E2#EEF6E9#F3F9F1

Tones of #BCDDAC

#BDD9AF#BED6B3#C0D2B6#C1CFBA#C2CBBD#C3C8C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDACDD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.49:1 Fails
Against black text14.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCDDAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCDDAC

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 #BCDDAC: ·

How #BCDDAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CACBB8Deuteranopia · #C8C6BBTritanopia · #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 #BCDDAC rather than the exact color:

Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD
Scarlet Zephyr
#9530A0 · #C66AD2 · #66CE5B · #BBE2B4
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Palette 6256ca
#6256CA · #86D293 · #C1E2A4 · #FDFAD9

Similar colors

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

#BFD8AF#C1E0A6#C4DFAA#BBE2B4#B9D4AA#C1E2A4#BCD9A2#B3D8A8#BAE8AC#BAD8B6#B3E2A7#C4D7B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCDDAB  ·  #BCDDAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCDDAC?

#BCDDAC is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 188, 221, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCDDAC?

#BCDDAC is RGB 188, 221, 172 — HSL 100°, 42%, 77% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 22%, 13%.

What colors go with #BCDDAC?

Its complement is #CDACDD; analogous partners are #D5DDAC and #ACDDB4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCDDAC for text?

Black text on #BCDDAC has a contrast ratio of 14.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.49:1.