Palettes / Colors / #BFDEAF

#BFDEAF — Light Muted Green

#BFDEAF 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 #BFDEAF 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.

#BFDEAF is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CFAFDE; it also sits naturally between #D7DEAF and #AFDEB7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 87% · Blue 69%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 21% · Key 13%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BFDEAF

.text { color: #BFDEAF; }
.background { background-color: #BFDEAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFDEAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 222, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(100, 42%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFDEAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 222, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFDEAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 222, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BFDEAF

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFAFDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BFDEAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFDEAF

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:

How #BFDEAF looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFDEAE  ·  #BFDEB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFDEAF?

#BFDEAF is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 191, 222, 175). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFDEAF?

#BFDEAF is RGB 191, 222, 175 — HSL 100°, 42%, 78% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 21%, 13%.

What colors go with #BFDEAF?

Its complement is #CFAFDE; analogous partners are #D7DEAF and #AFDEB7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFDEAF for text?

Black text on #BFDEAF has a contrast ratio of 14.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.