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#BECFAA — Light Dusty Green

#BECFAA 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 #BECFAA 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.

#BECFAA 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 #BBAACF; it also sits naturally between #CFCEAA and #ABCFAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BECFAA · RGB 190, 207, 170

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Color values

HEX#BECFAA
RGB190, 207, 170
HSL88°, 28%, 74%
HSV88°, 18%, 81%
CMYK8%, 0%, 18%, 19%
XYZ50.80, 58.48, 46.64
Yxy58.48, 0.3258, 0.3750
CIE-Lab81.00, -12.33, 16.48
Hunter Lab76.47, -11.32, 13.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 81% · Blue 67%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 18% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BECFAA

.text { color: #BECFAA; }
.background { background-color: #BECFAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BECFAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 207, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(88, 28%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BECFAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 207, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BECFAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 207, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BECFAA

#ACC293#9BB67C#89A966#779654#657F48#53683B#41522E#2F3B21#1D2414#0A0D07

Tints of #BECFAA

#C3D3B1#C8D7B7#CFDCC1#D4E0C8#D9E3CE#DEE7D5#E3EBDB#EBF0E5#F0F4EB#F5F8F2

Tones of #BECFAA

#BECDAD#BECAAF#BDC7B2#BDC5B5#BDC2B7#BDBFBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BBAACF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.65:1 Fails
Against black text12.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #BECFAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BECFAA

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 #BECFAA: ·

How #BECFAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C6B3Deuteranopia · #C4C3B5Tritanopia · #BFBABC

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 #BECFAA rather than the exact color:

Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Silent Harbor
#B7A593 · #BDC8A4 · #4D9E57 · #64A09C
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC
Palette E7cccc
#E7CCCC · #EDE8DC · #A5B68D · #C1CFA1
Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85

Similar colors

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

#BFCBA8#B9D4AA#BDC8A4#BAC7A7#C1CFA1#BFD8AF#BBC5A9#B8CFB3#B6C7AA#C1D0B5#B5CDA3#B4CFB0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BECFA9  ·  #BECFAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BECFAA?

#BECFAA is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 190, 207, 170). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BECFAA?

#BECFAA is RGB 190, 207, 170 — HSL 88°, 28%, 74% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 18%, 19%.

What colors go with #BECFAA?

Its complement is #BBAACF; analogous partners are #CFCEAA and #ABCFAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BECFAA for text?

Black text on #BECFAA has a contrast ratio of 12.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.65:1.