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#BFCAAA — Light Dusty Green

#BFCAAA 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 #BFCAAA 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.

#BFCAAA 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 #B5AACA; it also sits naturally between #CAC5AA and #AFCAAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFCAAA · RGB 191, 202, 170

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Color values

HEX#BFCAAA
RGB191, 202, 170
HSL81°, 23%, 73%
HSV81°, 16%, 79%
CMYK5%, 0%, 16%, 21%
XYZ49.86, 56.22, 46.25
Yxy56.22, 0.3273, 0.3691
CIE-Lab79.74, -9.41, 14.72
Hunter Lab74.98, -8.64, 12.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 79% · Blue 67%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 16% · Key 21%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BFCAAA

.text { color: #BFCAAA; }
.background { background-color: #BFCAAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFCAAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 202, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(81, 23%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFCAAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 202, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFCAAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 202, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BFCAAA

#AEBC94#9EAE7E#8DA168#7B8D58#6A7A4D#57643F#444E31#313823#1E2316#0B0D08

Tints of #BFCAAA

#C4CEB1#CBD4BA#D0D8C0#D4DCC7#DBE2D0#E0E5D6#E5E9DC#EAEDE3#F1F3EC#F6F7F2

Tones of #BFCAAA

#BEC8AC#BDC5AF#BDC3B1#BCC1B3#BCBFB5#BBBCB8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B5AACA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.72:1 Fails
Against black text12.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFCAAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFCAAA

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 #BFCAAA: ·

How #BFCAAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C4C4B2Deuteranopia · #C3C2B4Tritanopia · #C0B8B9

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 #BFCAAA rather than the exact color:

Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41
Tender Ruby Drift
#BBC5A9 · #37844C · #599EAC · #6159B8
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC
Silent Harbor
#B7A593 · #BDC8A4 · #4D9E57 · #64A09C
Palette D97d55
#D97D55 · #F4E9D7 · #B8C4A9 · #6FA4AF
Palette A0937d
#A0937D · #E7D4B5 · #F6E6CB · #B6C7AA

Similar colors

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

#BFCBA8#BBC5A9#BAC7A7#BDC8A4#B8C4A9#B6C7AA#BBC3A4#C9CAAC#C1CFA1#BEC6A0#B9D4AA#C4C1A4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFCAA9  ·  #BFCAAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFCAAA?

#BFCAAA is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 191, 202, 170). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFCAAA?

#BFCAAA is RGB 191, 202, 170 — HSL 81°, 23%, 73% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 16%, 21%.

What colors go with #BFCAAA?

Its complement is #B5AACA; analogous partners are #CAC5AA and #AFCAAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFCAAA for text?

Black text on #BFCAAA has a contrast ratio of 12.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.72:1.