Information about #BCD0A9 color

#BCD0A9 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BCD0A9 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(188, 208, 169) — 73.7% red, 81.6% green, 66.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 8 / 0 / 15 / 18. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BCD0A9 reads as a softly balanced chartreuse and appears airy and pastel-like. 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 Pixie Green (#BBCDA5). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Pale Leaf (#BDCAA8) and Sprout (#C1D7B0).

In RGB terms — rgb(188, 208, 169) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BCD0A9: 12.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BCD0A9 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BCD0A9 color variations

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

#BCD0A9 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BCD0A9 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BCD0A9 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BCD0A9 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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#BCD0A9 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 #BCD0A9

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

Pixie Green color link
Pixie Green

#BBCDA5

Pale Leaf color link
Pale Leaf

#BDCAA8

Sprout color link
Sprout

#C1D7B0

Clay Ash color link
Clay Ash

#BDC8B3

Cooled Green color link
Cooled Green

#C4D3B4

Soft Apple color link
Soft Apple

#B8CA9D

Kidnapper color link
Kidnapper

#BFC0AB

Green Mist color link
Green Mist

#CBD3B0

Beryl Green color link
Beryl Green

#BCBFA8

Thistle Green color link
Thistle Green

#CCCAA8

Kangaroo color link
Kangaroo

#C5C3B0

Quarter Hillary color link
Quarter Hillary

#CAC5AC

#BCD0A9 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BCD0A9
  • RGB188, 208, 169
  • CMYK8, 0, 15, 18
  • CSSrgb(188, 208, 169)
  • HSL91°, 29%, 74%
  • HSL Precise90.769°, 29.323%, 73.922%
  • HSV91°, 19%, 82%
  • HSB91°, 19%, 82%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.816
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.663
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.816, 0.663)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.816, 0.663, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.816, 0.663)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB81.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB66.3%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBCD0A9
  • DECIMAL ID12374185
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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