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#BCFEA1 — Light Vivid Green

#BCFEA1 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 #BCFEA1 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.

#BCFEA1 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 #E39FFE; it also sits naturally between #E9FE9F and #9FFEB4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCFEA1 · RGB 188, 254, 161

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Color values

HEX#BCFEA1
RGB188, 254, 161
HSL103°, 98%, 81%
HSV103°, 37%, 100%
CMYK26%, 0%, 37%, 0%
XYZ62.61, 84.15, 46.66
Yxy84.15, 0.3237, 0.4350
CIE-Lab93.51, -36.99, 38.03
Hunter Lab91.73, -34.33, 30.18

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 100% · Blue 63%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 37% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BCFEA1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCFEA1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCFEA1

.text { color: #BCFEA1; }
.background { background-color: #BCFEA1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCFEA1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 254, 161); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(103, 98%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCFEA1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 254, 161, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCFEA1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 254, 161, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCFEA1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCFEA1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCFEA1

#9DFE77#83FD53#66FD2B#49FC03#3FD902#33B102#288801#1C6001#123D01#061400

Tints of #BCFEA1

#C1FEA9#C5FEAE#CCFEB8#D0FEBD#D7FEC7#DBFECD#E2FFD7#E6FFDC#EDFFE6#F0FFEB

Tones of #BCFEA1

#BDF7A6#C0F0AD#C3EAB3#C6E3BA#C9DCC1#CCD5C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E39FFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.83:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCFEA1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCFEA1

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 #BCFEA1: ·

How #BCFEA1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D9B8Deuteranopia · #D5D0BDTritanopia · #BFC9CD

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCFEA1 rather than the exact color:

Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB
Palette 074173
#074173 · #1679AB · #5DEBD7 · #C5FF95
Burning Ruby Cascade
#AD3415 · #E6AD32 · #D5EC64 · #C4F4A9
Palette C3ff93
#C3FF93 · #FFDB5C · #FFAF61 · #FF70AB
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:

#B6FFA1#B4FE98#C5FF95#C4F4A9#C3FF93#BFEE9E#C7F2A4#C5F0A4#AEF4A4#C7F19C#CAF39E#CAF2A1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCFEA0  ·  #BCFEA2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCFEA1?

#BCFEA1 is Light Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 188, 254, 161). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCFEA1?

#BCFEA1 is RGB 188, 254, 161 — HSL 103°, 98%, 81% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 37%, 0%.

What colors go with #BCFEA1?

Its complement is #E39FFE; analogous partners are #E9FE9F and #9FFEB4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCFEA1 for text?

Black text on #BCFEA1 has a contrast ratio of 17.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.