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#BFCCBA — Light Dusty Green

#BFCCBA 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 #BFCCBA 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.

#BFCCBA 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 #C6B9CB; it also sits naturally between #C7CBB9 and #B9CBBD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFCCBA · RGB 191, 204, 186

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Color values

HEX#BFCCBA
RGB191, 204, 186
HSL103°, 15%, 76%
HSV103°, 9%, 80%
CMYK6%, 0%, 9%, 20%
XYZ51.94, 57.81, 54.87
Yxy57.81, 0.3155, 0.3511
CIE-Lab80.63, -7.73, 7.45
Hunter Lab76.03, -7.16, 6.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 80% · Blue 73%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BFCCBA

.text { color: #BFCCBA; }
.background { background-color: #BFCCBA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFCCBA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 204, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(103, 15%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFCCBA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 204, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFCCBA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 204, 186, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BFCCBA

#ABBCA4#98AD90#829B78#708A66#5F7557#4F6148#3E4C38#2B3527#1A2018#0A0C09

Tints of #BFCCBA

#C3CFBE#C9D4C4#CED8CA#D4DCD0#D9E1D6#DEE5DC#E4E9E2#E9EEE8#EFF2ED#F4F6F3

Tones of #BFCCBA

#BECABA#BFC9BB#BFC7BC#C0C5BE#C1C4BF#C1C3C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C6B9CB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.67:1 Fails
Against black text12.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFCCBA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFCCBA

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 #BFCCBA: ·

How #BFCCBA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C5BEDeuteranopia · #C4C3BFTritanopia · #C0C2C3

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 #BFCCBA rather than the exact color:

Palette 99a98f
#99A98F · #C1D0B5 · #D6E8DB · #FFF8DE
Palette E7e0c9
#E7E0C9 · #C1CFC0 · #6B7AA1 · #11324D
Palette F8ede3
#F8EDE3 · #BDD2B6 · #A2B29F · #798777
Palette B6ae9f
#B6AE9F · #C5C7BC · #DEDED1 · #FBF3D1
Palette F7f7e8
#F7F7E8 · #C7CFB7 · #9DAD7F · #557174
Palette B6cbbd
#B6CBBD · #754E1A · #CBA35C · #F8E1B7

Similar colors

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

#C1D0B5#C1CFC0#BDD2B6#C5C7BC#C7CFB7#B6CBBD#B8CFB3#BAD1C2#B5CFB7#BBD6B8#B6CEB4#BFC6C4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFCCB9  ·  #BFCCBB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFCCBA?

#BFCCBA is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 191, 204, 186). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFCCBA?

#BFCCBA is RGB 191, 204, 186 — HSL 103°, 15%, 76% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 9%, 20%.

What colors go with #BFCCBA?

Its complement is #C6B9CB; analogous partners are #C7CBB9 and #B9CBBD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFCCBA for text?

Black text on #BFCCBA has a contrast ratio of 12.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.67:1.