Information about #BACB9E color

#BACB9E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BACB9E falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(186, 203, 158) — 72.9% red, 79.6% green, 62% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 7 / 0 / 18 / 20. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BACB9E reads as a mildly saturated 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 Soft Apple (#B8CA9D). Slightly further away sit Pixie Green (#BBCDA5) and Pale Leaf (#BDCAA8).

In RGB terms — rgb(186, 203, 158) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BACB9E: 12.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.7:1 for white. No one has named #BACB9E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BACB9E color variations

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

#BACB9E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BACB9E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BACB9E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BACB9E color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BACB9E 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BACB9E

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

Soft Apple color link
Soft Apple

#B8CA9D

Pixie Green color link
Pixie Green

#BBCDA5

Pale Leaf color link
Pale Leaf

#BDCAA8

Gooseberry color link
Gooseberry

#BFC298

Beryl Green color link
Beryl Green

#BCBFA8

Aspiring color link
Aspiring

#BBBBA1

Kidnapper color link
Kidnapper

#BFC0AB

Ash color link
Ash

#BEBAA7

Caraway color link
Caraway

#C7BFA8

Sisal color link
Sisal

#C5BAA0

Double Fossil color link
Double Fossil

#C2B89E

Thistle Green color link
Thistle Green

#CCCAA8

#BACB9E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BACB9E
  • RGB186, 203, 158
  • CMYK7, 0, 18, 20
  • CSSrgb(186, 203, 158)
  • HSL83°, 30%, 71%
  • HSL Precise82.667°, 30.201%, 70.784%
  • HSV83°, 22%, 80%
  • HSB83°, 22%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.796
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.620
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.796, 0.620)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.796, 0.620, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.796, 0.620)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB79.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB62%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBACB9E
  • DECIMAL ID12241822
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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