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#BECFA8 — Light Dusty Green

#BECFA8 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 #BECFA8 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.

#BECFA8 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 #BAA9D0; it also sits naturally between #D0CDA9 and #ACD0A9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BECFA8 · RGB 190, 207, 168

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Color values

HEX#BECFA8
RGB190, 207, 168
HSL86°, 29%, 74%
HSV86°, 19%, 81%
CMYK8%, 0%, 19%, 19%
XYZ50.62, 58.40, 45.65
Yxy58.40, 0.3273, 0.3776
CIE-Lab80.96, -12.66, 17.48
Hunter Lab76.42, -11.61, 14.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 81% · Blue 66%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #BECFA8 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BECFA8 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BECFA8

.text { color: #BECFA8; }
.background { background-color: #BECFA8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BECFA8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 207, 168); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(86, 29%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BECFA8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 207, 168, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BECFA8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 207, 168, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BECFA8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BECFA8">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BECFA8

#AEC392#9DB77B#8CAA64#7A9753#678047#55693A#42522D#303B21#1D2414#0B0D07

Tints of #BECFA8

#C4D4B0#C9D7B7#D0DDC0#D5E0C7#DAE4CE#DFE7D4#E4EBDB#EBF1E5#F0F4EB#F5F8F2

Tones of #BECFA8

#BFCDAC#BFCBAF#BEC8B1#BEC5B5#BDC2B7#BDBFBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BAA9D0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.66:1 Fails
Against black text12.68:1 AAA

Best text color on #BECFA8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BECFA8

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 #BECFA8: ·

How #BECFA8 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C6B1Deuteranopia · #C4C3B4Tritanopia · #BFB9BB

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 · #8BC34ABootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BECFA8 rather than the exact color:

Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Palette E7cccc
#E7CCCC · #EDE8DC · #A5B68D · #C1CFA1
Silent Harbor
#B7A593 · #BDC8A4 · #4D9E57 · #64A09C
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC
Palette Faebe0
#FAEBE0 · #C9E4C5 · #B5CDA3 · #C1AC95

Similar colors

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

#BFCBA8#B9D4AA#C1CFA1#BDC8A4#BAC7A7#B5CDA3#BBC5A9#BFD8AF#B6C7AA#BCD9A2#BEC6A0#B8CFB3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BECFA7  ·  #BECFA9 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BECFA8?

#BECFA8 is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 190, 207, 168). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BECFA8?

#BECFA8 is RGB 190, 207, 168 — HSL 86°, 29%, 74% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 19%, 19%.

What colors go with #BECFA8?

Its complement is #BAA9D0; analogous partners are #D0CDA9 and #ACD0A9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BECFA8 for text?

Black text on #BECFA8 has a contrast ratio of 12.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.