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#BCFEA3 — Pale Vivid Green

#BCFEA3 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 #BCFEA3 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.

#BCFEA3 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 #E6A4FE; it also sits naturally between #E9FEA4 and #A4FEB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCFEA3 · RGB 188, 254, 163

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Color values

HEX#BCFEA3
RGB188, 254, 163
HSL104°, 98%, 82%
HSV104°, 36%, 100%
CMYK26%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ62.79, 84.22, 47.60
Yxy84.22, 0.3227, 0.4328
CIE-Lab93.55, -36.71, 37.08
Hunter Lab91.77, -34.10, 29.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 100% · Blue 64%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BCFEA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCFEA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCFEA3

.text { color: #BCFEA3; }
.background { background-color: #BCFEA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCFEA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 254, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(104, 98%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCFEA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 254, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCFEA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 254, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCFEA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCFEA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCFEA3

#9EFE7C#81FD53#67FD30#49FD08#3CD902#30B102#258801#1C6501#113D01#061400

Tints of #BCFEA3

#C0FEA9#C7FEB3#CBFEB8#D2FEC2#D6FEC7#DAFECD#E1FFD7#E5FFDC#ECFFE6#F0FFEB

Tones of #BCFEA3

#BFF8AB#C2F1B1#C5EBB7#C8E4BE#CBDEC4#CED8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E6A4FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCFEA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCFEA3

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 #BCFEA3: ·

How #BCFEA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D9B9Deuteranopia · #D5D0BETritanopia · #BFCACE

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 #BCFEA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB
Burning Ruby Cascade
#AD3415 · #E6AD32 · #D5EC64 · #C4F4A9
Palette E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2
Palette C5f0a4
#C5F0A4 · #35B0AB · #226B80 · #F34573
Palette 074173
#074173 · #1679AB · #5DEBD7 · #C5FF95

Similar colors

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

#B6FFA1#B4FE98#C4F4A9#C7F2A4#C5F0A4#C5FF95#BFEE9E#AEF4A4#C3FF93#C1F2B0#C7F19C#CAF39E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCFEA2  ·  #BCFEA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCFEA3?

#BCFEA3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 188, 254, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCFEA3?

#BCFEA3 is RGB 188, 254, 163 — HSL 104°, 98%, 82% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #BCFEA3?

Its complement is #E6A4FE; analogous partners are #E9FEA4 and #A4FEB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCFEA3 for text?

Black text on #BCFEA3 has a contrast ratio of 17.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.