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#BCEEB3 — Pale Green

#BCEEB3 is a green color we call Pale 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 #BCEEB3 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.

#BCEEB3 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 #E5B4EE; it also sits naturally between #DAEEB4 and #B4EEC8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCEEB3 · RGB 188, 238, 179

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Color values

HEX#BCEEB3
RGB188, 238, 179
HSL111°, 63%, 82%
HSV111°, 25%, 93%
CMYK21%, 0%, 25%, 7%
XYZ59.45, 75.10, 54.01
Yxy75.10, 0.3153, 0.3983
CIE-Lab89.44, -26.87, 23.47
Hunter Lab86.66, -24.95, 19.72

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 93% · Blue 70%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 25% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BCEEB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCEEB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCEEB3

.text { color: #BCEEB3; }
.background { background-color: #BCEEB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCEEB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 238, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(111, 63%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCEEB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 238, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCEEB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 238, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCEEB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCEEB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCEEB3

#9FE693#82DF72#68D855#4BD133#3DB329#329121#267019#1D5313#11320B#061104

Tints of #BCEEB3

#C1EFB8#C8F1C1#CCF2C5#D3F4CD#D7F5D1#DAF6D5#E2F7DE#E5F8E2#EDFAEA#F0FBEE

Tones of #BCEEB3

#C0EAB8#C3E6BC#C6E2C1#C8DDC5#CBD9C9#CED5CD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5B4EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.31:1 Fails
Against black text16.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCEEB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCEEB3

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 #BCEEB3: ·

How #BCEEB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2C1Deuteranopia · #CFCBC5Tritanopia · #BFCDCF

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 Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCEEB3 rather than the exact color:

Lucky Ruby Zephyr
#5B1585 · #8D47E2 · #60CB20 · #BBEDAF
Cosmic Mosaic
#C0EFAE · #C1EED8 · #DDEEF6 · #B5AFEC
Palette Ffb534
#FFB534 · #FBF6EE · #C1F2B0 · #65B741
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3
Frozen Solace
#F0F0C2 · #BEEABA · #D3F6F0 · #B2C0EA
Cosmic Solace
#20C41E · #1B1DB2 · #E55658 · #B5EAB0

Similar colors

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

#BBEDAF#C0EFAE#C1F2B0#C3F2B3#BEEABA#B5EAB0#BDF1BB#C3F3B6#C4EAB5#BAE8AC#B7E5B4#B1F1B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCEEB2  ·  #BCEEB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCEEB3?

#BCEEB3 is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 188, 238, 179). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCEEB3?

#BCEEB3 is RGB 188, 238, 179 — HSL 111°, 63%, 82% — CMYK 21%, 0%, 25%, 7%.

What colors go with #BCEEB3?

Its complement is #E5B4EE; analogous partners are #DAEEB4 and #B4EEC8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCEEB3 for text?

Black text on #BCEEB3 has a contrast ratio of 16.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.