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#BECFA2 — Light Muted Green

#BECFA2 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 #BECFA2 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.

#BECFA2 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 #B2A1CE; it also sits naturally between #CEC9A1 and #A6CEA1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BECFA2 · RGB 190, 207, 162

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Color values

HEX#BECFA2
RGB190, 207, 162
HSL83°, 32%, 72%
HSV83°, 22%, 81%
CMYK8%, 0%, 22%, 19%
XYZ50.07, 58.18, 42.77
Yxy58.18, 0.3315, 0.3852
CIE-Lab80.84, -13.60, 20.49
Hunter Lab76.28, -12.43, 16.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 81% · Blue 64%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 22% · Key 19%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BECFA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BECFA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BECFA2

.text { color: #BECFA2; }
.background { background-color: #BECFA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BECFA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 207, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(83, 32%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BECFA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 207, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BECFA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 207, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BECFA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BECFA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BECFA2

#ACC289#9CB672#8EAC5D#7B974E#688042#556836#42512A#313D1F#1E2513#0B0D07

Tints of #BECFA2

#C2D2A7#C9D7B2#CDDBB8#D5E0C2#D9E3C9#DEE7D0#E5ECDA#EAEFE1#F1F5EB#F6F8F2

Tones of #BECFA2

#BCCBA4#BBC8A7#BBC4AB#BAC2AE#B9BEB1#B8BBB4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B2A1CE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.66:1 Fails
Against black text12.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #BECFA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BECFA2

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 #BECFA2: ·

How #BECFA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C6ADDeuteranopia · #C4C3B0Tritanopia · #BFB5B7

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 #BECFA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette E7cccc
#E7CCCC · #EDE8DC · #A5B68D · #C1CFA1
Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41
Silent Harbor
#B7A593 · #BDC8A4 · #4D9E57 · #64A09C
Palette 9ab17a
#9AB17A · #C3CC9B · #E4DFB5 · #FBE8CE
Palette Fef3e2
#FEF3E2 · #BEC6A0 · #708871 · #606676
Palette Faebe0
#FAEBE0 · #C9E4C5 · #B5CDA3 · #C1AC95

Similar colors

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

#C1CFA1#BFCBA8#BDC8A4#C3CC9B#BEC6A0#B5CDA3#C2D099#BCD9A2#C8CFA0#BAC7A7#C6CF9B#B9D4AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BECFA1  ·  #BECFA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BECFA2?

#BECFA2 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 190, 207, 162). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BECFA2?

#BECFA2 is RGB 190, 207, 162 — HSL 83°, 32%, 72% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 22%, 19%.

What colors go with #BECFA2?

Its complement is #B2A1CE; analogous partners are #CEC9A1 and #A6CEA1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BECFA2 for text?

Black text on #BECFA2 has a contrast ratio of 12.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.