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#BCFFA3 — Pale Vivid Green

#BCFFA3 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 #BCFFA3 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.

#BCFFA3 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 #E7A3FF; it also sits naturally between #EAFFA3 and #A3FFB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCFFA3 · RGB 188, 255, 163

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Color values

HEX#BCFFA3
RGB188, 255, 163
HSL104°, 100%, 82%
HSV104°, 36%, 100%
CMYK26%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ63.11, 84.86, 47.70
Yxy84.86, 0.3225, 0.4337
CIE-Lab93.82, -37.16, 37.45
Hunter Lab92.12, -34.53, 29.87

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 #BCFFA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCFFA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCFFA3

.text { color: #BCFFA3; }
.background { background-color: #BCFFA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCFFA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 255, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(104, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCFFA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 255, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCFFA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 255, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCFFA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCFFA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCFFA3

#9EFF7A#80FF52#66FF2E#48FF05#3ADB00#30B300#258A00#1B6600#103D00#051400

Tints of #BCFFA3

#BFFFA8#C7FFB3#CBFFB8#D2FFC2#D6FFC7#DAFFCC#E1FFD6#E5FFDB#ECFFE5#F0FFEB

Tones of #BCFFA3

#BFF9AA#C2F2B1#C5EBB7#C8E5BD#CBDEC4#CED8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E7A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.97:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCFFA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCFFA3

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 #BCFFA3: ·

How #BCFFA3 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 · #D5D0BFTritanopia · #BFCBCF

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 #BCFFA3 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 E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2
Palette C3ff93
#C3FF93 · #FFDB5C · #FFAF61 · #FF70AB

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCFFA2  ·  #BCFFA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCFFA3?

#BCFFA3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 188, 255, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCFFA3?

#BCFFA3 is RGB 188, 255, 163 — HSL 104°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #BCFFA3?

Its complement is #E7A3FF; analogous partners are #EAFFA3 and #A3FFB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCFFA3 for text?

Black text on #BCFFA3 has a contrast ratio of 17.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.