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#BFDCA2 — Light Muted Green

#BFDCA2 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 #BFDCA2 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.

#BFDCA2 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 #BFA3DC; it also sits naturally between #DCDCA3 and #A3DCA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFDCA2 · RGB 191, 220, 162

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Color values

HEX#BFDCA2
RGB191, 220, 162
HSL90°, 45%, 75%
HSV90°, 26%, 86%
CMYK13%, 0%, 26%, 14%
XYZ53.60, 64.87, 43.88
Yxy64.87, 0.3302, 0.3996
CIE-Lab84.42, -19.74, 25.41
Hunter Lab80.54, -18.14, 20.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 86% · Blue 64%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 14%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFDCA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFDCA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFDCA2

.text { color: #BFDCA2; }
.background { background-color: #BFDCA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFDCA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 220, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(90, 45%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFDCA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 220, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFDCA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 220, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFDCA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFDCA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFDCA2

#ADD289#9CC86F#8ABE55#78AE42#669438#52762D#405C23#2E4319#1C290F#0A0F06

Tints of #BFDCA2

#C4DFAA#C9E2B1#CFE4B9#D4E7C0#DBEBCB#E0EED3#E6F1DA#EBF4E1#F0F7E9#F5F9F0

Tones of #BFDCA2

#BFD8A6#BFD4AB#BFD0AF#BFCBB3#BFC8B7#BFC3BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFA3DC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.50:1 Fails
Against black text13.97:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFDCA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFDCA2

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 #BFDCA2: ·

How #BFDCA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CCCCB0Deuteranopia · #CAC8B3Tritanopia · #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 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFDCA2 rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#BCD9A2#C1E0A6#C1E2A4#BCE29E#C5D89D#C7DCA7#C1E59F#C4DFAA#C7DB9C#B6E2A1#CBE0A3#B9D4AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFDCA1  ·  #BFDCA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFDCA2?

#BFDCA2 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 191, 220, 162). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFDCA2?

#BFDCA2 is RGB 191, 220, 162 — HSL 90°, 45%, 75% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 26%, 14%.

What colors go with #BFDCA2?

Its complement is #BFA3DC; analogous partners are #DCDCA3 and #A3DCA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFDCA2 for text?

Black text on #BFDCA2 has a contrast ratio of 13.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.