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#BBFFAA — Pale Vivid Green

#BBFFAA 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 #BBFFAA 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.

#BBFFAA 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 #EEA8FF; it also sits naturally between #E5FFA8 and #A8FFC2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBFFAA · RGB 187, 255, 170

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Color values

HEX#BBFFAA
RGB187, 255, 170
HSL108°, 100%, 83%
HSV108°, 33%, 100%
CMYK27%, 0%, 33%, 0%
XYZ63.51, 84.99, 51.09
Yxy84.99, 0.3182, 0.4258
CIE-Lab93.88, -36.49, 34.03
Hunter Lab92.19, -33.97, 27.68

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 100% · Blue 67%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 33% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BBFFAA

.text { color: #BBFFAA; }
.background { background-color: #BBFFAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBFFAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 255, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(108, 100%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBFFAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 255, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBFFAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 255, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BBFFAA

#99FF80#78FF57#58FF2E#37FF05#2DE000#25B800#1D8F00#146600#0C3D00#041400

Tints of #BBFFAA

#BEFFAD#C6FFB8#CAFFBD#CEFFC2#D6FFCC#DAFFD1#DEFFD6#E2FFDB#EBFFE5#EFFFEB

Tones of #BBFFAA

#BDF9AE#C1F2B5#C5ECBB#C8E6C1#CCE0C7#D0DACE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEA8FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text18.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBFFAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBFFAA

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 #BBFFAA: ·

How #BBFFAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D9BFDeuteranopia · #D5CFC4Tritanopia · #BECFD2

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 #BBFFAA rather than the exact color:

Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Burning Ruby Cascade
#AD3415 · #E6AD32 · #D5EC64 · #C4F4A9
Palette Ffb534
#FFB534 · #FBF6EE · #C1F2B0 · #65B741
Cosmic Mosaic
#C0EFAE · #C1EED8 · #DDEEF6 · #B5AFEC
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3
Palette Fffdb7
#FFFDB7 · #AEF4A4 · #79B8D1 · #E36488

Similar colors

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

#B6FFA1#C4F4A9#C1F2B0#C0EFAE#C3F2B3#AEF4A4#C2FFBB#AEF4B1#B2EFAC#BBEDAF#C7F2A4#C3F3B6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBFFA9  ·  #BBFFAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBFFAA?

#BBFFAA is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 187, 255, 170). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBFFAA?

#BBFFAA is RGB 187, 255, 170 — HSL 108°, 100%, 83% — CMYK 27%, 0%, 33%, 0%.

What colors go with #BBFFAA?

Its complement is #EEA8FF; analogous partners are #E5FFA8 and #A8FFC2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBFFAA for text?

Black text on #BBFFAA has a contrast ratio of 18.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.