Information about #BCDCA7 color

#BCDCA7 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BCDCA7 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(188, 220, 167) — 73.7% red, 86.3% green, 65.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 0 / 21 / 14. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BCDCA7 reads as a pleasantly vivid chartreuse and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Madang (#B7E3A8). Slightly further away sit Light Grey Green (#B7E1A1) and Sprout (#C1D7B0).

In RGB terms — rgb(188, 220, 167) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BCDCA7: 13.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.5:1 for white. No one has named #BCDCA7 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BCDCA7 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BCDCA7 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BCDCA7

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Madang color link
Madang

#B7E3A8

Sprout color link
Sprout

#C1D7B0

Pixie Green color link
Pixie Green

#BBCDA5

Green Thumb color link
Green Thumb

#B5EAAA

Light Sage color link
Light Sage

#BCECAC

Cooled Green color link
Cooled Green

#C4D3B4

Pale Leaf color link
Pale Leaf

#BDCAA8

Celadon color link
Celadon

#ACE1AF

Green Mist color link
Green Mist

#CBD3B0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BCDCA7
  • RGB188, 220, 167
  • CMYK13, 0, 21, 14
  • CSSrgb(188, 220, 167)
  • HSL96°, 43%, 76%
  • HSL Precise96.226°, 43.089%, 75.882%
  • HSV96°, 24%, 86%
  • HSB96°, 24%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.655
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.863, 0.655)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.863, 0.655, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.863, 0.655)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB65.5%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBCDCA7
  • DECIMAL ID12377255
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01