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#BECABC — Light Dusty Green

#BECABC 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 #BECABC 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.

#BECABC 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 #C7BAC9; it also sits naturally between #C4C9BA and #BAC9C0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BECABC · RGB 190, 202, 188

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Color values

HEX#BECABC
RGB190, 202, 188
HSL111°, 12%, 76%
HSV111°, 7%, 79%
CMYK6%, 0%, 7%, 21%
XYZ51.43, 56.82, 55.83
Yxy56.82, 0.3135, 0.3463
CIE-Lab80.08, -6.68, 5.57
Hunter Lab75.38, -6.19, 4.93

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 79% · Blue 74%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 7% · Key 21%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BECABC

.text { color: #BECABC; }
.background { background-color: #BECABC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BECABC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 202, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(111, 12%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BECABC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 202, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BECABC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 202, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BECABC

#A9B9A6#96AA92#80987C#6E8669#5D725A#4D5E4A#3D4A3A#2A3328#1A1F19#090B09

Tints of #BECABC

#C2CEC0#C8D2C6#CDD7CC#D3DBD1#D8E0D7#DEE4DD#E3E9E2#E9EDE8#EEF2EE#F4F6F4

Tones of #BECABC

#BEC8BC#BEC7BC#BFC6BE#C0C5BF#C1C4C0#C1C3C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C7BAC9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.70:1 Fails
Against black text12.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #BECABC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BECABC

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 #BECABC: ·

How #BECABC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C3C3BFDeuteranopia · #C3C2C0Tritanopia · #BFC2C3

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 #BECABC rather than the exact color:

Palette E7e0c9
#E7E0C9 · #C1CFC0 · #6B7AA1 · #11324D
Palette B6ae9f
#B6AE9F · #C5C7BC · #DEDED1 · #FBF3D1
Palette B6cbbd
#B6CBBD · #754E1A · #CBA35C · #F8E1B7
Palette Bfc6c4
#BFC6C4 · #E8E2D8 · #6F8F72 · #F2A65A
Palette 99a98f
#99A98F · #C1D0B5 · #D6E8DB · #FFF8DE
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #BDD2B6 · #A2B29F · #798777

Similar colors

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

#C1CFC0#C5C7BC#B6CBBD#BFC6C4#C1D0B5#BDD2B6#BAD1C2#C7CFB7#B5CFB7#B6C4B6#B8CFB3#B6CEB4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BECABB  ·  #BECABD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BECABC?

#BECABC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 190, 202, 188). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BECABC?

#BECABC is RGB 190, 202, 188 — HSL 111°, 12%, 76% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 7%, 21%.

What colors go with #BECABC?

Its complement is #C7BAC9; analogous partners are #C4C9BA and #BAC9C0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BECABC for text?

Black text on #BECABC has a contrast ratio of 12.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.70:1.