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#BECCBE — Light Dusty Green

#BECCBE 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 #BECCBE 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.

#BECCBE 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 #CBBDCB; it also sits naturally between #C4CBBD and #BDCBC4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BECCBE · RGB 190, 204, 190

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Color values

HEX#BECCBE
RGB190, 204, 190
HSL120°, 12%, 77%
HSV120°, 7%, 80%
CMYK7%, 0%, 7%, 20%
XYZ52.12, 57.85, 57.13
Yxy57.85, 0.3119, 0.3462
CIE-Lab80.66, -7.36, 5.33
Hunter Lab76.06, -6.83, 4.74

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 80% · Blue 75%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 7% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BECCBE

.text { color: #BECCBE; }
.background { background-color: #BECCBE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BECCBE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 204, 190); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(120, 12%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BECCBE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 204, 190, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BECCBE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 204, 190, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BECCBE

#A9BCA9#92AA92#7E9A7E#6C896C#5C755C#4A5E4A#3A4A3A#2B362B#191F19#090B09

Tints of #BECCBE

#C3D0C3#C9D4C9#CED9CE#D4DDD4#DAE2DA#DDE4DD#E2E9E2#E8EDE8#EEF2EE#F4F6F4

Tones of #BECCBE

#BECABE#BFCABF#C0C8C0#C1C7C1#C3C6C3#C3C6C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CBBDCB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.67:1 Fails
Against black text12.57:1 AAA

Best text color on #BECCBE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BECCBE

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 #BECCBE: ·

How #BECCBE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C4C4C1Deuteranopia · #C3C2C2Tritanopia · #BFC4C5

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 #BECCBE rather than the exact color:

Palette E7e0c9
#E7E0C9 · #C1CFC0 · #6B7AA1 · #11324D
Palette F6f6c9
#F6F6C9 · #BAD1C2 · #4FA095 · #153462
Palette B6cbbd
#B6CBBD · #754E1A · #CBA35C · #F8E1B7
Palette Bfc6c4
#BFC6C4 · #E8E2D8 · #6F8F72 · #F2A65A
Palette B6ae9f
#B6AE9F · #C5C7BC · #DEDED1 · #FBF3D1
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#BAD1C2#B6CBBD#BFC6C4#C5C7BC#BDD2B6#C1D0B5#C7D3C0#C7CFB7#B5CFB7#BBD6B8#C5C5C5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BECCBD  ·  #BECCBF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BECCBE?

#BECCBE is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 190, 204, 190). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BECCBE?

#BECCBE is RGB 190, 204, 190 — HSL 120°, 12%, 77% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 7%, 20%.

What colors go with #BECCBE?

Its complement is #CBBDCB; analogous partners are #C4CBBD and #BDCBC4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BECCBE for text?

Black text on #BECCBE has a contrast ratio of 12.57:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.67:1.