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#BCDFA2 — Light Muted Green

#BCDFA2 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 #BCDFA2 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.

#BCDFA2 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 #C3A0DE; it also sits naturally between #DADEA0 and #A0DEA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCDFA2 · RGB 188, 223, 162

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Color values

HEX#BCDFA2
RGB188, 223, 162
HSL94°, 49%, 75%
HSV94°, 27%, 87%
CMYK16%, 0%, 27%, 13%
XYZ53.65, 66.08, 44.11
Yxy66.08, 0.3275, 0.4033
CIE-Lab85.03, -22.28, 26.21
Hunter Lab81.29, -20.42, 21.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 87% · Blue 64%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 27% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BCDFA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCDFA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCDFA2

.text { color: #BCDFA2; }
.background { background-color: #BCDFA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCDFA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 223, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(94, 49%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCDFA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 223, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCDFA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 223, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCDFA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCDFA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCDFA2

#A8D585#95CC6B#82C350#70B33D#5F9834#4C7A2A#3C5F21#2B4417#1A2A0E#0A0F05

Tints of #BCDFA2

#C1E1A8#C6E4AF#CBE6B7#D1E9BE#D9EDCA#DEEFD1#E4F2D9#E9F5E1#EFF7E8#F4FAF0

Tones of #BCDFA2

#BCDAA4#BCD6A9#BDD1AD#BDCDB2#BEC8B6#BFC4BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3A0DE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.22:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCDFA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCDFA2

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 #BCDFA2: ·

How #BCDFA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCBB1Deuteranopia · #C9C7B4Tritanopia · #BEBCBF

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 #BCDFA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E
Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51
Palette 6256ca
#6256CA · #86D293 · #C1E2A4 · #FDFAD9
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
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:

#BCE29E#BCD9A2#C1E2A4#C1E0A6#B6E2A1#C1E59F#B3E2A7#C4DFAA#B5E6A8#BBEAA6#C5D89D#C7DCA7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCDFA1  ·  #BCDFA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCDFA2?

#BCDFA2 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 188, 223, 162). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCDFA2?

#BCDFA2 is RGB 188, 223, 162 — HSL 94°, 49%, 75% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 27%, 13%.

What colors go with #BCDFA2?

Its complement is #C3A0DE; analogous partners are #DADEA0 and #A0DEA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCDFA2 for text?

Black text on #BCDFA2 has a contrast ratio of 14.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.