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#BCFFA5 — Pale Vivid Green

#BCFFA5 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 #BCFFA5 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.

#BCFFA5 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 #E8A3FF; it also sits naturally between #E8FFA3 and #A3FFBA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCFFA5 · RGB 188, 255, 165

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Color values

HEX#BCFFA5
RGB188, 255, 165
HSL105°, 100%, 82%
HSV105°, 35%, 100%
CMYK26%, 0%, 35%, 0%
XYZ63.29, 84.93, 48.65
Yxy84.93, 0.3215, 0.4314
CIE-Lab93.85, -36.88, 36.50
Hunter Lab92.16, -34.30, 29.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 100% · Blue 65%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 35% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BCFFA5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCFFA5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCFFA5

.text { color: #BCFFA5; }
.background { background-color: #BCFFA5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCFFA5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 255, 165); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(105, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCFFA5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 255, 165, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCFFA5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 255, 165, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCFFA5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCFFA5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCFFA5

#9CFF7A#7DFF52#62FF2E#44FF05#37DB00#2DB300#228A00#1A6600#0F3D00#051400

Tints of #BCFFA5

#BEFFA8#C6FFB3#C9FFB8#D1FFC2#D5FFC7#D9FFCC#E0FFD6#E4FFDB#ECFFE5#F0FFEB

Tones of #BCFFA5

#BDF9AA#C1F2B1#C4EBB7#C7E5BD#CADEC4#CED8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E8A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCFFA5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCFFA5

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 #BCFFA5: ·

How #BCFFA5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9DABBDeuteranopia · #D5D0C0Tritanopia · #BFCCD0

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 #BCFFA5 rather than the exact color:

Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Burning Ruby Cascade
#AD3415 · #E6AD32 · #D5EC64 · #C4F4A9
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB
Palette E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2
Palette C5f0a4
#C5F0A4 · #35B0AB · #226B80 · #F34573
Palette Ffb534
#FFB534 · #FBF6EE · #C1F2B0 · #65B741

Similar colors

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

#B6FFA1#C4F4A9#B4FE98#C7F2A4#C5F0A4#C1F2B0#AEF4A4#C5FF95#BFEE9E#C0EFAE#C3FF93#CAF2A1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCFFA4  ·  #BCFFA6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCFFA5?

#BCFFA5 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 188, 255, 165). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCFFA5?

#BCFFA5 is RGB 188, 255, 165 — HSL 105°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 35%, 0%.

What colors go with #BCFFA5?

Its complement is #E8A3FF; analogous partners are #E8FFA3 and #A3FFBA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCFFA5 for text?

Black text on #BCFFA5 has a contrast ratio of 17.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.