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#BFDAA4 — Light Muted Green

#BFDAA4 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 #BFDAA4 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.

#BFDAA4 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 #BFA4DA; it also sits naturally between #DADAA4 and #A4DAA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFDAA4 · RGB 191, 218, 164

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Color values

HEX#BFDAA4
RGB191, 218, 164
HSL90°, 42%, 75%
HSV90°, 25%, 85%
CMYK12%, 0%, 25%, 15%
XYZ53.26, 63.90, 44.65
Yxy63.90, 0.3291, 0.3949
CIE-Lab83.91, -18.45, 23.68
Hunter Lab79.94, -16.96, 19.20

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 #BFDAA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFDAA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFDAA4

.text { color: #BFDAA4; }
.background { background-color: #BFDAA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFDAA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 218, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(90, 42%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFDAA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 218, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFDAA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 218, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFDAA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFDAA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFDAA4

#ADD08B#9CC572#8ABB58#78AA46#66913B#52742F#405B25#2E411B#1C2810#0A0E06

Tints of #BFDAA4

#C4DDAC#C9E0B3#CFE3BA#D4E6C1#DBEACC#E0EDD4#E6F0DB#EBF3E2#F0F6E9#F5F9F1

Tones of #BFDAA4

#BFD6A8#BFD2AC#BFCFB0#BFCBB4#BFC7B8#BFC3BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFA4DA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.52:1 Fails
Against black text13.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFDAA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFDAA4

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 #BFDAA4: ·

How #BFDAA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCBB1Deuteranopia · #C9C7B4Tritanopia · #C0BBBE

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 · #8BC34ABootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFDAA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette 6256ca
#6256CA · #86D293 · #C1E2A4 · #FDFAD9
Palette Ffc5c5
#FFC5C5 · #FFEBD8 · #C7DCA7 · #89B9AD
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD
Palette F6f0d7
#F6F0D7 · #C5D89D · #9CAB84 · #89986D

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFDAA3  ·  #BFDAA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFDAA4?

#BFDAA4 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 191, 218, 164). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFDAA4?

#BFDAA4 is RGB 191, 218, 164 — HSL 90°, 42%, 75% — CMYK 12%, 0%, 25%, 15%.

What colors go with #BFDAA4?

Its complement is #BFA4DA; analogous partners are #DADAA4 and #A4DAA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFDAA4 for text?

Black text on #BFDAA4 has a contrast ratio of 13.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.