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#BDFD91 — Light Vivid Green

#BDFD91 is a green color we call Light 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 #BDFD91 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.

#BDFD91 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 #D291FD; it also sits naturally between #F2FD91 and #91FD9C. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BDFD91 · RGB 189, 253, 145

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Color values

HEX#BDFD91
RGB189, 253, 145
HSL96°, 96%, 78%
HSV96°, 43%, 99%
CMYK25%, 0%, 43%, 1%
XYZ61.22, 83.11, 39.60
Yxy83.11, 0.3328, 0.4519
CIE-Lab93.06, -38.29, 45.28
Hunter Lab91.17, -35.36, 34.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 99% · Blue 57%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 43% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BDFD91 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BDFD91 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BDFD91

.text { color: #BDFD91; }
.background { background-color: #BDFD91; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BDFD91; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 253, 145); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(96, 96%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BDFD91; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 253, 145, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BDFD91; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 253, 145, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BDFD91">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BDFD91">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BDFD91

#A7FC6E#8FFB46#79FB23#63F005#54CD04#46AA03#368203#275F02#173701#081400

Tints of #BDFD91

#C2FD9B#C8FDA5#CBFDAA#D1FDB4#D7FEBE#DEFEC8#E4FED2#E7FED7#EDFEE1#F3FFEB

Tones of #BDFD91

#BEF599#BFEEA0#C1E6A8#C2DEB0#C4D6B8#C5CFBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D291FD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #BDFD91: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BDFD91

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 #BDFD91: ·

How #BDFD91 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D9ABDeuteranopia · #D5D0B1Tritanopia · #C0C0C4

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BDFD91 rather than the exact color:

Palette C3ff93
#C3FF93 · #FFDB5C · #FFAF61 · #FF70AB
Palette 074173
#074173 · #1679AB · #5DEBD7 · #C5FF95
Palette Fbf46d
#FBF46D · #B4FE98 · #77E4D4 · #998CEB
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Electric Opal
#E88EB4 · #E26749 · #DFBC29 · #C4F086
Crimson Aurora
#DEF5C7 · #C7F19C · #6DC11B · #29450C

Similar colors

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

#C3FF93#C5FF95#B4FE98#B6FFA1#C4F086#C7F19C#BFEE9E#B1F09B#AFEF97#CAF39E#B5FF7D#B9E78E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BDFD90  ·  #BDFD92 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BDFD91?

#BDFD91 is Light Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 189, 253, 145). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BDFD91?

#BDFD91 is RGB 189, 253, 145 — HSL 96°, 96%, 78% — CMYK 25%, 0%, 43%, 1%.

What colors go with #BDFD91?

Its complement is #D291FD; analogous partners are #F2FD91 and #91FD9C. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BDFD91 for text?

Black text on #BDFD91 has a contrast ratio of 17.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.