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#BBFCA2 — Light Vivid Green

#BBFCA2 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 #BBFCA2 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.

#BBFCA2 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E2A1FC; it also sits naturally between #E8FCA1 and #A1FCB5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBFCA2 · RGB 187, 252, 162

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Color values

HEX#BBFCA2
RGB187, 252, 162
HSL103°, 94%, 81%
HSV103°, 36%, 99%
CMYK26%, 0%, 36%, 1%
XYZ61.83, 82.79, 46.90
Yxy82.79, 0.3228, 0.4323
CIE-Lab92.92, -36.28, 36.75
Hunter Lab90.99, -33.62, 29.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 99% · Blue 64%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 36% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBFCA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBFCA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBFCA2

.text { color: #BBFCA2; }
.background { background-color: #BBFCA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBFCA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 252, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(103, 94%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBFCA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 252, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBFCA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 252, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBFCA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBFCA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBFCA2

#9EFB79#85FA57#68F92F#4CF708#41D507#35AD05#298604#1D5E03#123B02#061401

Tints of #BBFCA2

#C2FCAB#C6FDB0#CDFDBA#D0FDBF#D8FDC9#DBFDCE#E2FED7#E6FEDC#EDFEE6#F1FEEB

Tones of #BBFCA2

#BEF6A7#C0EFAE#C3E9B4#C6E2BB#C9DCC1#CCD5C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2A1FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBFCA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBFCA2

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 #BBFCA2: ·

How #BBFCA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D8B8Deuteranopia · #D3CFBDTritanopia · #BEC9CD

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBFCA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB
Burning Ruby Cascade
#AD3415 · #E6AD32 · #D5EC64 · #C4F4A9
Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488
Palette E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2

Similar colors

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

#B6FFA1#B4FE98#C4F4A9#BFEE9E#AEF4A4#C7F2A4#C5F0A4#C5FF95#B1F09B#C3FF93#C7F19C#CAF39E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBFCA1  ·  #BBFCA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBFCA2?

#BBFCA2 is Light Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 187, 252, 162). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBFCA2?

#BBFCA2 is RGB 187, 252, 162 — HSL 103°, 94%, 81% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 36%, 1%.

What colors go with #BBFCA2?

Its complement is #E2A1FC; analogous partners are #E8FCA1 and #A1FCB5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBFCA2 for text?

Black text on #BBFCA2 has a contrast ratio of 17.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.