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#BCFFAF — Pale Vivid Green

#BCFFAF 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 #BCFFAF 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.

#BCFFAF 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 #F1ADFF; it also sits naturally between #E4FFAD and #ADFFC9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCFFAF · RGB 188, 255, 175

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Color values

HEX#BCFFAF
RGB188, 255, 175
HSL110°, 100%, 84%
HSV110°, 31%, 100%
CMYK26%, 0%, 31%, 0%
XYZ64.24, 85.31, 53.64
Yxy85.31, 0.3162, 0.4199
CIE-Lab94.02, -35.42, 31.73
Hunter Lab92.36, -33.07, 26.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 100% · Blue 69%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BCFFAF

.text { color: #BCFFAF; }
.background { background-color: #BCFFAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCFFAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 255, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(110, 100%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCFFAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 255, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCFFAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 255, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCFFAF

#99FF85#77FF5C#55FF33#33FF0A#25E000#1FB800#188F00#116600#0A3D00#031400

Tints of #BCFFAF

#BFFFB3#C3FFB8#CCFFC2#D0FFC7#D5FFCC#D9FFD1#DDFFD6#E5FFE0#EAFFE5#EEFFEB

Tones of #BCFFAF

#BFF9B3#C3F3B9#C7EDBF#CBE8C5#CEE2CA#D2DCD0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F1ADFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.16:1 Fails
Against black text18.06:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCFFAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCFFAF

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 #BCFFAF: ·

How #BCFFAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9DAC2Deuteranopia · #D5D0C7Tritanopia · #BFD2D5

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCFFAF rather than the exact color:

Palette 477d7f
#477D7F · #1F5357 · #64BD97 · #C2FFBB
Palette Ffb534
#FFB534 · #FBF6EE · #C1F2B0 · #65B741
Burning Ruby Cascade
#AD3415 · #E6AD32 · #D5EC64 · #C4F4A9
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3
Silent Ruby Aurora
#B715CE · #EA2FD4 · #4EEB37 · #C3F3B6

Similar colors

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

#C2FFBB#C1F2B0#C4F4A9#B6FFA1#C3F2B3#C3F3B6#C0EFAE#AEF4B1#BBEDAF#B1F1B2#BDF1BB#B2EFAC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCFFAE  ·  #BCFFB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCFFAF?

#BCFFAF is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 188, 255, 175). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCFFAF?

#BCFFAF is RGB 188, 255, 175 — HSL 110°, 100%, 84% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 31%, 0%.

What colors go with #BCFFAF?

Its complement is #F1ADFF; analogous partners are #E4FFAD and #ADFFC9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCFFAF for text?

Black text on #BCFFAF has a contrast ratio of 18.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.16:1.