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#BFDAA3 — Light Muted Green

#BFDAA3 is a green color we call Light Muted 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 #BFDAA3 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.

#BFDAA3 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 #BEA4DB; it also sits naturally between #DBDAA4 and #A5DBA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFDAA3 · RGB 191, 218, 163

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Color values

HEX#BFDAA3
RGB191, 218, 163
HSL89°, 43%, 75%
HSV89°, 25%, 85%
CMYK12%, 0%, 25%, 15%
XYZ53.17, 63.86, 44.17
Yxy63.86, 0.3298, 0.3962
CIE-Lab83.89, -18.60, 24.17
Hunter Lab79.91, -17.09, 19.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 85% · Blue 64%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 25% · Key 15%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFDAA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFDAA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFDAA3

.text { color: #BFDAA3; }
.background { background-color: #BFDAA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFDAA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 218, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(89, 43%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFDAA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 218, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFDAA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 218, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFDAA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFDAA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFDAA3

#AFD08A#9DC671#8BBC57#7AAB44#67923A#53752F#415B24#2F421A#1C2810#0A0F06

Tints of #BFDAA3

#C5DEAB#CAE0B2#CFE3BA#D4E6C1#DCEBCC#E1EED3#E6F0DB#EBF3E2#F0F6E9#F5F9F0

Tones of #BFDAA3

#C0D7A8#C0D3AB#C0CFAF#C0CBB4#C0C7B8#BFC3BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEA4DB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.52:1 Fails
Against black text13.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFDAA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFDAA3

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 #BFDAA3: ·

How #BFDAA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCBB0Deuteranopia · #C9C7B4Tritanopia · #C0BBBD

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFDAA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette 6256ca
#6256CA · #86D293 · #C1E2A4 · #FDFAD9
Palette F6f0d7
#F6F0D7 · #C5D89D · #9CAB84 · #89986D
Palette Ffc5c5
#FFC5C5 · #FFEBD8 · #C7DCA7 · #89B9AD
Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E

Similar colors

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

#BCD9A2#C1E0A6#C1E2A4#C5D89D#C7DCA7#BCE29E#C4DFAA#C7DB9C#B9D4AA#C1CFA1#C1E59F#BFD8AF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFDAA2  ·  #BFDAA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFDAA3?

#BFDAA3 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 191, 218, 163). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFDAA3?

#BFDAA3 is RGB 191, 218, 163 — HSL 89°, 43%, 75% — CMYK 12%, 0%, 25%, 15%.

What colors go with #BFDAA3?

Its complement is #BEA4DB; analogous partners are #DBDAA4 and #A5DBA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFDAA3 for text?

Black text on #BFDAA3 has a contrast ratio of 13.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.