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#BBFEB3 — Pale Vivid Green

#BBFEB3 is a green color we call Pale 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 #BBFEB3 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.

#BBFEB3 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 #F6B4FE; it also sits naturally between #E0FEB4 and #B4FED1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBFEB3 · RGB 187, 254, 179

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Color values

HEX#BBFEB3
RGB187, 254, 179
HSL114°, 97%, 85%
HSV114°, 30%, 100%
CMYK26%, 0%, 30%, 0%
XYZ64.07, 84.70, 55.62
Yxy84.70, 0.3135, 0.4144
CIE-Lab93.76, -34.67, 29.36
Hunter Lab92.03, -32.38, 24.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 100% · Blue 70%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 30% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBFEB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBFEB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBFEB3

.text { color: #BBFEB3; }
.background { background-color: #BBFEB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBFEB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 254, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(114, 97%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBFEB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 254, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBFEB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 254, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBFEB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBFEB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBFEB3

#97FD8B#73FD63#4EFC3B#2AFB13#1AE203#15B503#108D02#0B6402#073C01#021400

Tints of #BBFEB3

#C0FEB9#C4FEBE#C9FEC3#CDFEC8#D6FED2#DBFED7#DFFEDC#E4FFE1#E8FFE6#EDFFEB

Tones of #BBFEB3

#BFF8B9#C4F3BE#C8EEC4#CCE9C9#D0E3CE#D4DED3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F6B4FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.94:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBFEB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBFEB3

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 #BBFEB3: ·

How #BBFEB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D9C5Deuteranopia · #D4CFCATritanopia · #BED3D7

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BBFEB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 477d7f
#477D7F · #1F5357 · #64BD97 · #C2FFBB
Palette Ffb534
#FFB534 · #FBF6EE · #C1F2B0 · #65B741
Silent Ruby Aurora
#B715CE · #EA2FD4 · #4EEB37 · #C3F3B6
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Palette F2ffdf
#F2FFDF · #B1F1B2 · #1E757B · #424D69

Similar colors

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

#C2FFBB#C1F2B0#C3F3B6#C3F2B3#BDF1BB#B1F1B2#AEF4B1#C0EFAE#C4F4A9#BBEDAF#BFF6C3#B6FFA1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBFEB2  ·  #BBFEB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBFEB3?

#BBFEB3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 187, 254, 179). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBFEB3?

#BBFEB3 is RGB 187, 254, 179 — HSL 114°, 97%, 85% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 30%, 0%.

What colors go with #BBFEB3?

Its complement is #F6B4FE; analogous partners are #E0FEB4 and #B4FED1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBFEB3 for text?

Black text on #BBFEB3 has a contrast ratio of 17.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.