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#BFCAAD — Light Dusty Green

#BFCAAD 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 #BFCAAD 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.

#BFCAAD 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 #B9AFCB; it also sits naturally between #CBC7AF and #B2CBAF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFCAAD · RGB 191, 202, 173

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Color values

HEX#BFCAAD
RGB191, 202, 173
HSL83°, 21%, 74%
HSV83°, 14%, 79%
CMYK5%, 0%, 14%, 21%
XYZ50.15, 56.33, 47.77
Yxy56.33, 0.3251, 0.3652
CIE-Lab79.80, -8.92, 13.21
Hunter Lab75.06, -8.20, 11.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 79% · Blue 68%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 14% · Key 21%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BFCAAD

.text { color: #BFCAAD; }
.background { background-color: #BFCAAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFCAAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 202, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(83, 21%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFCAAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 202, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFCAAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 202, 173, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BFCAAD

#AFBD99#9EAE84#8DA06E#7B8E5D#68784F#566340#434D32#303824#1D2216#0B0C08

Tints of #BFCAAD

#C5CFB5#CAD3BB#D1D9C4#D6DDCB#DBE1D1#DFE5D7#E4E9DD#ECEFE6#F0F3EC#F5F7F3

Tones of #BFCAAD

#BFC9B1#BFC7B3#BFC5B5#BEC3B7#BEC1B9#BDBFBB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B9AFCB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.71:1 Fails
Against black text12.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFCAAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFCAAD

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 #BFCAAD: ·

How #BFCAAD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C4C4B4Deuteranopia · #C3C2B6Tritanopia · #C0BABB

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 #BFCAAD 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 A0937d
#A0937D · #E7D4B5 · #F6E6CB · #B6C7AA
Palette 7f2020
#7F2020 · #869B7E · #C9CAAC · #F6F3EB

Similar colors

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

#BFCBA8#BBC5A9#BAC7A7#BDC8A4#B6C7AA#C9CAAC#B8C4A9#C1D0B5#B8CFB3#B9D4AA#B6CEB4#BBC3A4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFCAAC  ·  #BFCAAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFCAAD?

#BFCAAD is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 191, 202, 173). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFCAAD?

#BFCAAD is RGB 191, 202, 173 — HSL 83°, 21%, 74% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 14%, 21%.

What colors go with #BFCAAD?

Its complement is #B9AFCB; analogous partners are #CBC7AF and #B2CBAF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFCAAD for text?

Black text on #BFCAAD has a contrast ratio of 12.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.71:1.