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#BCFFA4 — Pale Vivid Green

#BCFFA4 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 #BCFFA4 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.

#BCFFA4 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.

#BCFFA4 · RGB 188, 255, 164

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Color values

HEX#BCFFA4
RGB188, 255, 164
HSL104°, 100%, 82%
HSV104°, 36%, 100%
CMYK26%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ63.20, 84.89, 48.18
Yxy84.89, 0.3220, 0.4325
CIE-Lab93.84, -37.02, 36.97
Hunter Lab92.14, -34.42, 29.57

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 #BCFFA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCFFA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCFFA4

.text { color: #BCFFA4; }
.background { background-color: #BCFFA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCFFA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 255, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(104, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCFFA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 255, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCFFA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 255, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCFFA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCFFA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCFFA4

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

Tints of #BCFFA4

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

Tones of #BCFFA4

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

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E7A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.98:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCFFA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCFFA4

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 #BCFFA4: ·

How #BCFFA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9DABADeuteranopia · #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 #BCFFA4 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#AEF4A4#BFEE9E#C1F2B0#C3FF93#C0EFAE#CAF2A1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCFFA3  ·  #BCFFA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCFFA4?

#BCFFA4 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 188, 255, 164). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCFFA4?

#BCFFA4 is RGB 188, 255, 164 — HSL 104°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #BCFFA4?

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

Can I use #BCFFA4 for text?

Black text on #BCFFA4 has a contrast ratio of 17.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.