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#BFCCB3 — Light Dusty Green

#BFCCB3 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 #BFCCB3 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.

#BFCCB3 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 #C0B3CC; it also sits naturally between #CCCCB3 and #B3CCB3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFCCB3 · RGB 191, 204, 179

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Color values

HEX#BFCCB3
RGB191, 204, 179
HSL91°, 20%, 75%
HSV91°, 12%, 80%
CMYK6%, 0%, 12%, 20%
XYZ51.22, 57.52, 51.05
Yxy57.52, 0.3205, 0.3600
CIE-Lab80.47, -8.94, 10.95
Hunter Lab75.84, -8.26, 9.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 80% · Blue 70%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFCCB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFCCB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFCCB3

.text { color: #BFCCB3; }
.background { background-color: #BFCCB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFCCB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 204, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(91, 20%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFCCB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 204, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFCCB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 204, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFCCB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFCCB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFCCB3

#ADBE9D#9BAF88#89A172#779060#657A52#516241#3F4D33#2E3725#1C2216#0A0C08

Tints of #BFCCB3

#C4D0B9#C9D4BF#CED8C5#D3DCCB#DBE2D4#E0E7DA#E5EBE0#EAEFE7#F0F3ED#F5F7F3

Tones of #BFCCB3

#BFCAB4#BFC8B6#BFC6B8#BFC5BA#BFC3BB#BFC1BD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0B3CC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.68:1 Fails
Against black text12.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFCCB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFCCB3

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 #BFCCB3: ·

How #BFCCB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C5B9Deuteranopia · #C4C3BBTritanopia · #C0BEBF

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 #BFCCB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 99a98f
#99A98F · #C1D0B5 · #D6E8DB · #FFF8DE
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #BDD2B6 · #A2B29F · #798777
Tender Ruby
#F6E2E9 · #FEFAF3 · #B8CFB3 · #84A282
Palette 96a78d
#96A78D · #B6CEB4 · #D9E9CF · #F0F0F0
Palette F7f7e8
#F7F7E8 · #C7CFB7 · #9DAD7F · #557174
Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41

Similar colors

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

#C1D0B5#BDD2B6#B8CFB3#B6CEB4#C7CFB7#BFCBA8#B5CFB7#B4CFB0#BBD6B8#C5C7BC#C4D7B2#C9CAAC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFCCB2  ·  #BFCCB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFCCB3?

#BFCCB3 is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 191, 204, 179). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFCCB3?

#BFCCB3 is RGB 191, 204, 179 — HSL 91°, 20%, 75% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 12%, 20%.

What colors go with #BFCCB3?

Its complement is #C0B3CC; analogous partners are #CCCCB3 and #B3CCB3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFCCB3 for text?

Black text on #BFCCB3 has a contrast ratio of 12.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.68:1.