Palettes / Colors / #BCEDBA

#BCEDBA — Pale Green

#BCEDBA is a green color we call Pale Green, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BCEDBA 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.

#BCEDBA 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 #ECBAED; it also sits naturally between #D5EDBA and #BAEDD2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 93% · Blue 73%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 22% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BCEDBA

.text { color: #BCEDBA; }
.background { background-color: #BCEDBA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCEDBA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 237, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(118, 59%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCEDBA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 237, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCEDBA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 237, 186, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCEDBA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECBAED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCEDBA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCEDBA

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:

How #BCEDBA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCEDB9  ·  #BCEDBB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCEDBA?

#BCEDBA is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 188, 237, 186). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCEDBA?

#BCEDBA is RGB 188, 237, 186 — HSL 118°, 59%, 83% — CMYK 21%, 0%, 22%, 7%.

What colors go with #BCEDBA?

Its complement is #ECBAED; analogous partners are #D5EDBA and #BAEDD2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCEDBA for text?

Black text on #BCEDBA has a contrast ratio of 15.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.