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#BCFFA2 — Pale Vivid Green

#BCFFA2 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 #BCFFA2 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.

#BCFFA2 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 #E5A3FF; it also sits naturally between #EBFFA3 and #A3FFB7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCFFA2 · RGB 188, 255, 162

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Color values

HEX#BCFFA2
RGB188, 255, 162
HSL103°, 100%, 82%
HSV103°, 36%, 100%
CMYK26%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ63.02, 84.82, 47.23
Yxy84.82, 0.3231, 0.4348
CIE-Lab93.81, -37.30, 37.92
Hunter Lab92.10, -34.65, 30.16

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 #BCFFA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCFFA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCFFA2

.text { color: #BCFFA2; }
.background { background-color: #BCFFA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCFFA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 255, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(103, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCFFA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 255, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCFFA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 255, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCFFA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCFFA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCFFA2

#A0FF7A#83FF52#69FF2E#4CFF05#3EDB00#33B300#278A00#1D6600#113D00#061400

Tints of #BCFFA2

#C1FFA8#C8FFB3#CCFFB8#D3FFC2#D7FFC7#DAFFCC#E2FFD6#E5FFDB#EDFFE5#F0FFEB

Tones of #BCFFA2

#C0F9AA#C3F2B1#C6EBB7#C9E5BD#CBDEC4#CED8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.96:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCFFA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCFFA2

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 #BCFFA2: ·

How #BCFFA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9DAB9Deuteranopia · #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 #BCFFA2 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 074173
#074173 · #1679AB · #5DEBD7 · #C5FF95
Palette C3ff93
#C3FF93 · #FFDB5C · #FFAF61 · #FF70AB
Palette E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCFFA1  ·  #BCFFA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCFFA2?

#BCFFA2 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 188, 255, 162). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCFFA2?

#BCFFA2 is RGB 188, 255, 162 — HSL 103°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #BCFFA2?

Its complement is #E5A3FF; analogous partners are #EBFFA3 and #A3FFB7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCFFA2 for text?

Black text on #BCFFA2 has a contrast ratio of 17.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.