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#BCFE95 — Light Vivid Green

#BCFE95 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 #BCFE95 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.

#BCFE95 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 #D795FE; it also sits naturally between #F0FE95 and #95FEA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCFE95 · RGB 188, 254, 149

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Color values

HEX#BCFE95
RGB188, 254, 149
HSL98°, 98%, 79%
HSV98°, 41%, 100%
CMYK26%, 0%, 41%, 0%
XYZ61.61, 83.74, 41.35
Yxy83.74, 0.3300, 0.4485
CIE-Lab93.34, -38.58, 43.68
Hunter Lab91.51, -35.65, 33.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 100% · Blue 58%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 41% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BCFE95 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCFE95 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCFE95

.text { color: #BCFE95; }
.background { background-color: #BCFE95; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCFE95; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 254, 149); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(98, 98%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCFE95; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 254, 149, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCFE95; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 254, 149, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCFE95">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCFE95">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCFE95

#A5FE72#8BFD49#75FD26#5CF702#4FD402#40AC02#338801#246001#173D01#081400

Tints of #BCFE95

#C2FE9F#C5FEA4#CCFEAE#D2FEB8#D8FEC2#DCFEC7#E2FFD2#E8FFDC#ECFFE1#F2FFEB

Tones of #BCFE95

#BDF69C#BFEFA4#C1E7AB#C3E0B3#C5D8BA#C7D1C2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D795FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCFE95: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCFE95

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 #BCFE95: ·

How #BCFE95 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D9AEDeuteranopia · #D5D0B5Tritanopia · #BFC2C7

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCFE95 rather than the exact color:

Palette C3ff93
#C3FF93 · #FFDB5C · #FFAF61 · #FF70AB
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB
Palette 074173
#074173 · #1679AB · #5DEBD7 · #C5FF95
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Crimson Aurora
#DEF5C7 · #C7F19C · #6DC11B · #29450C
Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E

Similar colors

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

#C3FF93#B4FE98#C5FF95#B6FFA1#C7F19C#BFEE9E#B1F09B#CAF39E#AFEF97#B1EC9A#AAF49C#CAF2A1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCFE94  ·  #BCFE96 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCFE95?

#BCFE95 is Light Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 188, 254, 149). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCFE95?

#BCFE95 is RGB 188, 254, 149 — HSL 98°, 98%, 79% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 41%, 0%.

What colors go with #BCFE95?

Its complement is #D795FE; analogous partners are #F0FE95 and #95FEA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCFE95 for text?

Black text on #BCFE95 has a contrast ratio of 17.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.