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#BBEF7E — Light Vivid Green

#BBEF7E is a green color we call Light Vivid Green, closest to the named color PaleGreen (#98FB98). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegreen (#98FB98) — not an exact match. CSS palegreen gives you #98FB98, a different color; use #BBEF7E 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.

#BBEF7E is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #B480EF; it also sits naturally between #EFEC80 and #84EF80. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBEF7E · RGB 187, 239, 126

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Color values

HEX#BBEF7E
RGB187, 239, 126
HSL88°, 78%, 72%
HSV88°, 47%, 94%
CMYK22%, 0%, 47%, 6%
XYZ55.13, 73.80, 31.08
Yxy73.80, 0.3445, 0.4613
CIE-Lab88.83, -34.88, 49.06
Hunter Lab85.91, -31.71, 35.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 94% · Blue 49%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 47% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBEF7E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBEF7E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBEF7E

.text { color: #BBEF7E; }
.background { background-color: #BBEF7E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBEF7E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 239, 126); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(88, 78%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBEF7E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 239, 126, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBEF7E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 239, 126, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBEF7E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBEF7E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBEF7E

#AAEB60#99E740#8BE425#79CC19#66AC15#538D11#406D0D#30520A#1E3206#0B1202

Tints of #BBEF7E

#C0F089#C7F297#CCF3A0#D3F5AD#D8F6B6#DDF7BF#E4F9CD#E9FAD6#F0FCE4#F5FDED

Tones of #BBEF7E

#BBE788#BAE090#BAD897#B9CFA0#B9C7A8#B8BFB0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B480EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBEF7E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBEF7E

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 #BBEF7E: ·

How #BBEF7E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D299Deuteranopia · #CFCBA0Tritanopia · #BEAFB4

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBEF7E rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff67e
#FFF67E · #BFEA7C · #9BCF53 · #416D19
Palette B6eb7a
#B6EB7A · #F7F7EE · #FB7813 · #17706E
Golden Ruby Cascade
#C72B63 · #DA795E · #DBC770 · #BEE581
Misty Aurora
#C3EA85 · #6AD95B · #6FE299 · #74DECF
Electric Opal
#E88EB4 · #E26749 · #DFBC29 · #C4F086
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA

Similar colors

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

#BFEA7C#B6EB7A#BEE581#C3EA85#C4F086#B1EF75#B4E380#C5EE74#ADF180#B5E184#AFE47C#B6E388

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBEF7D  ·  #BBEF7F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBEF7E?

#BBEF7E is Light Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 187, 239, 126). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBEF7E?

#BBEF7E is RGB 187, 239, 126 — HSL 88°, 78%, 72% — CMYK 22%, 0%, 47%, 6%.

What colors go with #BBEF7E?

Its complement is #B480EF; analogous partners are #EFEC80 and #84EF80. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBEF7E for text?

Black text on #BBEF7E has a contrast ratio of 15.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.