Palettes / Colors / #BEE5BA

#BEE5BA — Light Muted Green

#BEE5BA 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 #BEE5BA 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.

#BEE5BA is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E0B9E4; it also sits naturally between #D3E4B9 and #B9E4CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 90% · Blue 73%

Cyan 17% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 19% · Key 10%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BEE5BA

.text { color: #BEE5BA; }
.background { background-color: #BEE5BA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEE5BA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 229, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(114, 45%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEE5BA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 229, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEE5BA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 229, 186, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEE5BA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEE5BA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E0B9E4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BEE5BA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEE5BA

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:

How #BEE5BA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEE5BA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEE5B9  ·  #BEE5BB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEE5BA?

#BEE5BA is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 190, 229, 186). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEE5BA?

#BEE5BA is RGB 190, 229, 186 — HSL 114°, 45%, 81% — CMYK 17%, 0%, 19%, 10%.

What colors go with #BEE5BA?

Its complement is #E0B9E4; analogous partners are #D3E4B9 and #B9E4CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEE5BA for text?

Black text on #BEE5BA has a contrast ratio of 15.11:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.39:1.