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#BDCD9E — Light Muted Green

#BDCD9E 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 #BDCD9E 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.

#BDCD9E 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 #AD9DCD; it also sits naturally between #CDC59D and #A5CD9D. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BDCD9E · RGB 189, 205, 158

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Color values

HEX#BDCD9E
RGB189, 205, 158
HSL80°, 32%, 71%
HSV80°, 23%, 80%
CMYK8%, 0%, 23%, 20%
XYZ48.99, 56.95, 40.76
Yxy56.95, 0.3339, 0.3882
CIE-Lab80.15, -13.56, 21.64
Hunter Lab75.47, -12.35, 17.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 80% · Blue 62%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 23% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BDCD9E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BDCD9E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BDCD9E

.text { color: #BDCD9E; }
.background { background-color: #BDCD9E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BDCD9E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 205, 158); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(80, 32%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BDCD9E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 205, 158, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BDCD9E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 205, 158, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BDCD9E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BDCD9E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BDCD9E

#ADC186#9FB672#8FAA5A#7C944C#6B8042#576836#44512A#30391D#1F2513#0B0D07

Tints of #BDCD9E

#C4D2A7#C8D5AE#CFDBB8#D4DEBF#DBE3C9#DFE7D0#E6ECDA#EAEFE1#F1F5EB#F6F8F2

Tones of #BDCD9E

#BCC9A1#BBC6A4#B9C2A8#B9BFAB#B7BCAE#B6B9B1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AD9DCD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.69:1 Fails
Against black text12.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #BDCD9E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BDCD9E

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 #BDCD9E: ·

How #BDCD9E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C4C4A9Deuteranopia · #C3C2ACTritanopia · #BEB2B4

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 #BDCD9E rather than the exact color:

Palette E7cccc
#E7CCCC · #EDE8DC · #A5B68D · #C1CFA1
Palette 9ab17a
#9AB17A · #C3CC9B · #E4DFB5 · #FBE8CE
Palette Fef3e2
#FEF3E2 · #BEC6A0 · #708871 · #606676
Palette 35858e
#35858E · #7DA78C · #C2D099 · #E6EEC9
Silent Harbor
#B7A593 · #BDC8A4 · #4D9E57 · #64A09C
Vintage Tempest
#BDC798 · #88BD7D · #438864 · #4A7E85

Similar colors

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

#C1CFA1#C3CC9B#BEC6A0#C2D099#BDC8A4#BDC798#B5CDA3#B5CB99#C6CF9B#B4CA9A#B9C4A1#BFCBA8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BDCD9D  ·  #BDCD9F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BDCD9E?

#BDCD9E is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 189, 205, 158). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BDCD9E?

#BDCD9E is RGB 189, 205, 158 — HSL 80°, 32%, 71% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 23%, 20%.

What colors go with #BDCD9E?

Its complement is #AD9DCD; analogous partners are #CDC59D and #A5CD9D. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BDCD9E for text?

Black text on #BDCD9E has a contrast ratio of 12.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.69:1.