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#BCDEAC — Light Muted Green

#BCDEAC 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 #BCDEAC 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.

#BCDEAC 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 #CEABDE; it also sits naturally between #D4DEAB and #ABDEB4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCDEAC · RGB 188, 222, 172

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Color values

HEX#BCDEAC
RGB188, 222, 172
HSL101°, 43%, 77%
HSV101°, 23%, 87%
CMYK15%, 0%, 23%, 13%
XYZ54.31, 65.91, 48.89
Yxy65.91, 0.3211, 0.3898
CIE-Lab84.95, -20.24, 20.91
Hunter Lab81.19, -18.63, 17.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 87% · Blue 67%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 23% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BCDEAC

.text { color: #BCDEAC; }
.background { background-color: #BCDEAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCDEAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 222, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(101, 43%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCDEAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 222, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCDEAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 222, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCDEAC

#A6D392#8FC874#7ABE5B#67AF46#58963C#477830#385F26#29451C#182810#090F06

Tints of #BCDEAC

#C1E0B2#C7E3BA#CDE6C1#D3E9C8#D9ECD0#DCEED3#E1F0DB#E7F3E2#EDF6E9#F3F9F0

Tones of #BCDEAC

#BCDAAF#BED7B2#BFD3B6#C0CFBA#C2CBBD#C3C8C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEABDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.18:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCDEAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCDEAC

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 #BCDEAC: ·

How #BCDEAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCBB8Deuteranopia · #C9C6BBTritanopia · #BEC2C4

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 #BCDEAC 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
Mellow Solace
#811D8D · #DB4FD4 · #37C127 · #BAE8AC
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#BAE8AC#C1E2A4#B9D4AA#B3E2A7#BCD9A2#B5E6A8#B3D8A8#B7E5B4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCDEAB  ·  #BCDEAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCDEAC?

#BCDEAC is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 188, 222, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCDEAC?

#BCDEAC is RGB 188, 222, 172 — HSL 101°, 43%, 77% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 23%, 13%.

What colors go with #BCDEAC?

Its complement is #CEABDE; analogous partners are #D4DEAB and #ABDEB4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCDEAC for text?

Black text on #BCDEAC has a contrast ratio of 14.18:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.