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#BECDBA — Light Dusty Green

#BECDBA 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 #BECDBA 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.

#BECDBA 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 #CABBCE; it also sits naturally between #C8CEBB and #BBCEC0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BECDBA · RGB 190, 205, 186

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Color values

HEX#BECDBA
RGB190, 205, 186
HSL107°, 16%, 77%
HSV107°, 9%, 80%
CMYK7%, 0%, 9%, 20%
XYZ51.93, 58.15, 54.94
Yxy58.15, 0.3147, 0.3524
CIE-Lab80.82, -8.59, 7.71
Hunter Lab76.26, -7.95, 6.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 80% · Blue 73%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BECDBA

.text { color: #BECDBA; }
.background { background-color: #BECDBA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BECDBA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 205, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(107, 16%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BECDBA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 205, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BECDBA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 205, 186, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BECDBA

#ACBFA6#95AE8F#829F7A#6F8E67#5F7958#4D6247#3C4D38#2C3829#1A2118#090C09

Tints of #BECDBA

#C5D2C1#CAD6C7#D0DBCD#D5DFD3#DBE3D9#DEE5DC#E3EAE1#E9EEE7#EEF2ED#F4F6F3

Tones of #BECDBA

#C0CDBC#C1CBBE#C1CABF#C2C8C0#C3C7C1#C4C6C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CABBCE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.66:1 Fails
Against black text12.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #BECDBA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BECDBA

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 #BECDBA: ·

How #BECDBA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C4C5BFDeuteranopia · #C4C3C0Tritanopia · #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 #BECDBA rather than the exact color:

Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #BDD2B6 · #A2B29F · #798777
Palette 99a98f
#99A98F · #C1D0B5 · #D6E8DB · #FFF8DE
Palette E7e0c9
#E7E0C9 · #C1CFC0 · #6B7AA1 · #11324D
Palette B6cbbd
#B6CBBD · #754E1A · #CBA35C · #F8E1B7
Tender Ruby
#F6E2E9 · #FEFAF3 · #B8CFB3 · #84A282
Palette B6ae9f
#B6AE9F · #C5C7BC · #DEDED1 · #FBF3D1

Similar colors

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

#BDD2B6#C1D0B5#C1CFC0#B6CBBD#B8CFB3#C5C7BC#BBD6B8#C7CFB7#B5CFB7#BAD1C2#B6CEB4#BFC6C4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BECDB9  ·  #BECDBB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BECDBA?

#BECDBA is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 190, 205, 186). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BECDBA?

#BECDBA is RGB 190, 205, 186 — HSL 107°, 16%, 77% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 9%, 20%.

What colors go with #BECDBA?

Its complement is #CABBCE; analogous partners are #C8CEBB and #BBCEC0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BECDBA for text?

Black text on #BECDBA has a contrast ratio of 12.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.