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#BDCFAC — Light Dusty Green

#BDCFAC is a green color we call Light Dusty 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 #BDCFAC 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.

#BDCFAC 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 #BDABCF; it also sits naturally between #CECFAB and #ABCFAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BDCFAC · RGB 189, 207, 172

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Color values

HEX#BDCFAC
RGB189, 207, 172
HSL91°, 27%, 74%
HSV91°, 17%, 81%
CMYK9%, 0%, 17%, 19%
XYZ50.75, 58.42, 47.63
Yxy58.42, 0.3236, 0.3726
CIE-Lab80.97, -12.37, 15.37
Hunter Lab76.43, -11.35, 12.87

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 81% · Blue 67%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BDCFAC

.text { color: #BDCFAC; }
.background { background-color: #BDCFAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BDCFAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 207, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(91, 27%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BDCFAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 207, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BDCFAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 207, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BDCFAC

#AAC294#98B57D#86A867#749556#637E49#51683C#3F512F#2D3A22#1C2414#0A0D07

Tints of #BDCFAC

#C1D2B1#C6D6B8#CEDCC1#D3DFC8#D8E3CE#DEE7D5#E3EBDB#EAF0E5#F0F4EC#F5F8F2

Tones of #BDCFAC

#BCCCAD#BCC9B0#BCC7B3#BCC5B5#BDC2B7#BDBFBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDABCF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.66:1 Fails
Against black text12.68:1 AAA

Best text color on #BDCFAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BDCFAC

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 #BDCFAC: ·

How #BDCFAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C5B4Deuteranopia · #C4C2B7Tritanopia · #BEBBBD

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 #BDCFAC rather than the exact color:

Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Tender Ruby
#F6E2E9 · #FEFAF3 · #B8CFB3 · #84A282
Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Palette E5e3c9
#E5E3C9 · #B4CFB0 · #94B49F · #789395
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC

Similar colors

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

#BFCBA8#B9D4AA#B8CFB3#BFD8AF#B4CFB0#BAC7A7#C1D0B5#BDD2B6#BDC8A4#BBC5A9#B6CEB4#B6C7AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BDCFAB  ·  #BDCFAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BDCFAC?

#BDCFAC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 189, 207, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BDCFAC?

#BDCFAC is RGB 189, 207, 172 — HSL 91°, 27%, 74% — CMYK 9%, 0%, 17%, 19%.

What colors go with #BDCFAC?

Its complement is #BDABCF; analogous partners are #CECFAB and #ABCFAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BDCFAC for text?

Black text on #BDCFAC has a contrast ratio of 12.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.