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#BECFAC — Light Dusty Green

#BECFAC 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 #BECFAC 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.

#BECFAC 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 #BCABCF; it also sits naturally between #CFCEAB and #ABCFAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BECFAC · RGB 190, 207, 172

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Color values

HEX#BECFAC
RGB190, 207, 172
HSL89°, 27%, 74%
HSV89°, 17%, 81%
CMYK8%, 0%, 17%, 19%
XYZ50.99, 58.55, 47.64
Yxy58.55, 0.3244, 0.3725
CIE-Lab81.04, -12.01, 15.48
Hunter Lab76.52, -11.04, 12.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 81% · Blue 67%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BECFAC

.text { color: #BECFAC; }
.background { background-color: #BECFAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BECFAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 207, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(89, 27%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BECFAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 207, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BECFAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 207, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BECFAC

#ACC294#9AB57D#88A867#769556#647E49#52683C#40512F#2E3A22#1C2414#0A0D07

Tints of #BECFAC

#C2D2B1#C7D6B8#CFDCC1#D4DFC8#D9E3CE#DEE7D5#E3EBDB#EBF0E5#F0F4EC#F5F8F2

Tones of #BECFAC

#BDCCAD#BDC9B0#BDC7B3#BDC5B5#BDC2B7#BDBFBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BCABCF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.65:1 Fails
Against black text12.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #BECFAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BECFAC

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 #BECFAC: ·

How #BECFAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C6B4Deuteranopia · #C4C3B7Tritanopia · #BFBBBD

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 #BECFAC rather than the exact color:

Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Tender Ruby
#F6E2E9 · #FEFAF3 · #B8CFB3 · #84A282
Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Palette 99a98f
#99A98F · #C1D0B5 · #D6E8DB · #FFF8DE
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC

Similar colors

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

#BFCBA8#B9D4AA#B8CFB3#BFD8AF#C1D0B5#BAC7A7#BDD2B6#BDC8A4#B4CFB0#BBC5A9#B6CEB4#C1CFA1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BECFAB  ·  #BECFAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BECFAC?

#BECFAC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 190, 207, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BECFAC?

#BECFAC is RGB 190, 207, 172 — HSL 89°, 27%, 74% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 17%, 19%.

What colors go with #BECFAC?

Its complement is #BCABCF; analogous partners are #CFCEAB and #ABCFAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BECFAC for text?

Black text on #BECFAC has a contrast ratio of 12.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.65:1.