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#BFCEAC — Light Dusty Green

#BFCEAC 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 #BFCEAC 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.

#BFCEAC 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 #BAABCE; it also sits naturally between #CECCAB and #AECEAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFCEAC · RGB 191, 206, 172

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Color values

HEX#BFCEAC
RGB191, 206, 172
HSL86°, 26%, 74%
HSV86°, 17%, 81%
CMYK7%, 0%, 17%, 19%
XYZ51.00, 58.20, 47.57
Yxy58.20, 0.3253, 0.3712
CIE-Lab80.85, -11.14, 15.22
Hunter Lab76.29, -10.25, 12.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 81% · Blue 67%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 19%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BFCEAC

.text { color: #BFCEAC; }
.background { background-color: #BFCEAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFCEAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 206, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(86, 26%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFCEAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 206, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFCEAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 206, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BFCEAC

#AEC195#9DB47E#8BA668#799457#677D4A#54673C#42502F#2F3A22#1D2315#0B0D08

Tints of #BFCEAC

#C4D2B2#C9D5B8#D0DBC2#D5DFC8#DAE3CF#DFE6D5#E4EADC#EBF0E5#F0F4EC#F5F7F2

Tones of #BFCEAC

#BFCBAE#BEC9B0#BEC7B3#BEC4B5#BDC1B8#BDBFBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BAABCE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.66:1 Fails
Against black text12.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFCEAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFCEAC

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 #BFCEAC: ·

How #BFCEAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C6B4Deuteranopia · #C5C4B6Tritanopia · #C0BBBC

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 #BFCEAC rather than the exact color:

Palette Bfcba8
#BFCBA8 · #5B8A72 · #56776C · #464F41
Palette 5a827e
#5A827E · #84AE92 · #B9D4AA · #FAFFCA
Palette 99a98f
#99A98F · #C1D0B5 · #D6E8DB · #FFF8DE
Tender Ruby
#F6E2E9 · #FEFAF3 · #B8CFB3 · #84A282
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC
Silent Harbor
#B7A593 · #BDC8A4 · #4D9E57 · #64A09C

Similar colors

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

#BFCBA8#B9D4AA#C1D0B5#B8CFB3#BAC7A7#BDC8A4#BBC5A9#BFD8AF#C9CAAC#BDD2B6#C1CFA1#B6C7AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFCEAB  ·  #BFCEAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFCEAC?

#BFCEAC is Light Dusty Green, a green color (RGB 191, 206, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFCEAC?

#BFCEAC is RGB 191, 206, 172 — HSL 86°, 26%, 74% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 17%, 19%.

What colors go with #BFCEAC?

Its complement is #BAABCE; analogous partners are #CECCAB and #AECEAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFCEAC for text?

Black text on #BFCEAC has a contrast ratio of 12.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.