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#BDDDA2 — Light Muted Green

#BDDDA2 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 #BDDDA2 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.

#BDDDA2 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 #C2A2DD; it also sits naturally between #DADDA2 and #A2DDA5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BDDDA2 · RGB 189, 221, 162

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Color values

HEX#BDDDA2
RGB189, 221, 162
HSL93°, 46%, 75%
HSV93°, 27%, 87%
CMYK14%, 0%, 27%, 13%
XYZ53.36, 65.14, 43.94
Yxy65.14, 0.3285, 0.4010
CIE-Lab84.56, -20.95, 25.57
Hunter Lab80.71, -19.21, 20.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 87% · Blue 64%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 27% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BDDDA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BDDDA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BDDDA2

.text { color: #BDDDA2; }
.background { background-color: #BDDDA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BDDDA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 221, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(93, 46%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BDDDA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 221, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BDDDA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 221, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BDDDA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BDDDA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BDDDA2

#AAD388#97C96E#84C054#72AF41#619537#4E772C#3D5D22#2C4319#1B290F#0A0F06

Tints of #BDDDA2

#C2DFA9#C7E2B1#CCE5B8#D2E8C0#DAECCB#DFEED2#E4F1DA#EAF4E1#EFF7E9#F4F9F0

Tones of #BDDDA2

#BDD8A6#BDD4AA#BED0AF#BECCB3#BEC8B7#BFC4BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C2A2DD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.50:1 Fails
Against black text14.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #BDDDA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BDDDA2

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 #BDDDA2: ·

How #BDDDA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCBB0Deuteranopia · #C9C7B4Tritanopia · #BFBCBE

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 #BDDDA2 rather than the exact color:

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

#BCD9A2#C1E0A6#BCE29E#C1E2A4#B6E2A1#C1E59F#C5D89D#C4DFAA#C7DCA7#C7DB9C#B3E2A7#B3D8A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BDDDA1  ·  #BDDDA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BDDDA2?

#BDDDA2 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 189, 221, 162). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BDDDA2?

#BDDDA2 is RGB 189, 221, 162 — HSL 93°, 46%, 75% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 27%, 13%.

What colors go with #BDDDA2?

Its complement is #C2A2DD; analogous partners are #DADDA2 and #A2DDA5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BDDDA2 for text?

Black text on #BDDDA2 has a contrast ratio of 14.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.