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#BFDFAC — Light Muted Green

#BFDFAC 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 #BFDFAC 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.

#BFDFAC 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 #CBABDE; it also sits naturally between #D7DEAB and #ABDEB1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFDFAC · RGB 191, 223, 172

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Color values

HEX#BFDFAC
RGB191, 223, 172
HSL98°, 44%, 77%
HSV98°, 23%, 87%
CMYK14%, 0%, 23%, 13%
XYZ55.32, 66.83, 49.01
Yxy66.83, 0.3232, 0.3904
CIE-Lab85.42, -19.68, 21.58
Hunter Lab81.75, -18.19, 17.89

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 87% · Blue 67%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 23% · Key 13%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BFDFAC

.text { color: #BFDFAC; }
.background { background-color: #BFDFAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFDFAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 223, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(98, 44%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFDFAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 223, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFDFAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 223, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BFDFAC

#AAD491#93C973#7FBF5A#6CB045#5C973B#4A792F#3B5F25#2B461B#192810#090F06

Tints of #BFDFAC

#C3E1B2#C9E4B9#CFE7C1#D4EAC8#DAECCF#DDEED3#E3F1DA#E8F4E2#EEF6E9#F4F9F0

Tones of #BFDFAC

#BEDBAE#C0D7B2#C0D3B6#C1CFB9#C2CCBD#C3C8C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CBABDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.46:1 Fails
Against black text14.37:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFDFAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFDFAC

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 #BFDFAC: ·

How #BFDFAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CDCDB8Deuteranopia · #CBC9BBTritanopia · #C1C2C4

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD
Silent Dusk
#602282 · #A55ED4 · #96DA72 · #C1E0A6
Palette E1f0da
#E1F0DA · #D4E7C5 · #BFD8AF · #99BC85
Palette 6256ca
#6256CA · #86D293 · #C1E2A4 · #FDFAD9
Scarlet Zephyr
#9530A0 · #C66AD2 · #66CE5B · #BBE2B4
Vivid Garden
#468816 · #2064C4 · #DF3F81 · #C3E7A9

Similar colors

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

#C4DFAA#C1E0A6#BFD8AF#C1E2A4#BBE2B4#C3E7A9#C7DCA7#BAE8AC#C4D7B2#CADCAE#BCD9A2#C9DBB2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFDFAB  ·  #BFDFAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFDFAC?

#BFDFAC is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 191, 223, 172). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFDFAC?

#BFDFAC is RGB 191, 223, 172 — HSL 98°, 44%, 77% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 23%, 13%.

What colors go with #BFDFAC?

Its complement is #CBABDE; analogous partners are #D7DEAB and #ABDEB1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFDFAC for text?

Black text on #BFDFAC has a contrast ratio of 14.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.46:1.