Palettes / Colors / #BFDEC6

#BFDEC6 — Light Muted Green

#BFDEC6 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 #BFDEC6 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.

#BFDEC6 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 #DEBFD7; it also sits naturally between #C7DEBF and #BFDED6. 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 78%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 11% · Key 13%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BFDEC6

.text { color: #BFDEC6; }
.background { background-color: #BFDEC6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFDEC6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 222, 198); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(134, 32%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFDEC6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 222, 198, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFDEC6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 222, 198, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFDEC6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFDEC6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFDEC6

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #DEBFD7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BFDEC6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFDEC6

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 #BFDEC6 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 #BFDEC6 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

← #BFDEC5  ·  #BFDEC7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFDEC6?

#BFDEC6 is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 191, 222, 198). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFDEC6?

#BFDEC6 is RGB 191, 222, 198 — HSL 134°, 32%, 81% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 11%, 13%.

What colors go with #BFDEC6?

Its complement is #DEBFD7; analogous partners are #C7DEBF and #BFDED6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFDEC6 for text?

Black text on #BFDEC6 has a contrast ratio of 14.48:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.45:1.