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#BCDFA4 — Light Muted Green

#BCDFA4 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 #BCDFA4 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.

#BCDFA4 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 #C8A4DF; it also sits naturally between #D9DFA4 and #A4DFAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCDFA4 · RGB 188, 223, 164

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Color values

HEX#BCDFA4
RGB188, 223, 164
HSL96°, 48%, 76%
HSV96°, 26%, 87%
CMYK16%, 0%, 26%, 13%
XYZ53.83, 66.15, 45.05
Yxy66.15, 0.3262, 0.4008
CIE-Lab85.07, -21.98, 25.23
Hunter Lab81.33, -20.16, 20.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 87% · Blue 64%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BCDFA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCDFA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCDFA4

.text { color: #BCDFA4; }
.background { background-color: #BCDFA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCDFA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 223, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(96, 48%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCDFA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 223, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCDFA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 223, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCDFA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCDFA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCDFA4

#A8D68A#95CD70#7EC251#6CB13E#5C9735#4C7D2C#3C6222#294418#192A0F#090F05

Tints of #BCDFA4

#C2E2AC#C7E4B4#CDE7BB#D2EAC3#D8ECCA#DDEFD2#E3F2D9#E9F4E1#EEF7E8#F4FAF0

Tones of #BCDFA4

#BDDBA9#BED7AD#BED2B1#BFCFB5#C0CAB9#C1C6BE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C8A4DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.23:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCDFA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCDFA4

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 #BCDFA4: ·

How #BCDFA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCBB2Deuteranopia · #C9C7B6Tritanopia · #BEBEC0

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 · #8BC34ABootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCDFA4 rather than the exact color:

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

#C1E0A6#C1E2A4#BCD9A2#BCE29E#B6E2A1#C1E59F#B3E2A7#C4DFAA#B5E6A8#BBEAA6#C3E7A9#C7DCA7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCDFA3  ·  #BCDFA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCDFA4?

#BCDFA4 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 188, 223, 164). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCDFA4?

#BCDFA4 is RGB 188, 223, 164 — HSL 96°, 48%, 76% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 26%, 13%.

What colors go with #BCDFA4?

Its complement is #C8A4DF; analogous partners are #D9DFA4 and #A4DFAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCDFA4 for text?

Black text on #BCDFA4 has a contrast ratio of 14.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.