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#BFEC90 — Light Green

#BFEC90 is a green color we call Light 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 #BFEC90 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.

#BFEC90 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BE92ED; it also sits naturally between #EDEB92 and #93ED92. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFEC90 · RGB 191, 236, 144

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Color values

HEX#BFEC90
RGB191, 236, 144
HSL89°, 71%, 75%
HSV89°, 39%, 93%
CMYK19%, 0%, 39%, 7%
XYZ56.52, 73.08, 37.51
Yxy73.08, 0.3382, 0.4373
CIE-Lab88.49, -29.92, 39.94
Hunter Lab85.49, -27.46, 30.29

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 93% · Blue 56%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 39% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFEC90 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFEC90 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFEC90

.text { color: #BFEC90; }
.background { background-color: #BFEC90; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFEC90; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 236, 144); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(89, 71%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFEC90; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 236, 144, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFEC90; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 236, 144, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFEC90">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFEC90">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFEC90

#AFE773#9EE255#8CDD36#7BCD23#68AE1E#548C18#416D12#2F4E0D#1D3008#0A1103

Tints of #BFEC90

#C6EE9B#CBEFA3#D0F1AC#D5F2B5#DCF5C2#E1F6CB#E6F8D3#EBF9DC#F0FBE5#F5FCEE

Tones of #BFEC90

#C1E698#C0E09F#C0D9A5#C0D2AC#C0CCB3#BFC6B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BE92ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFEC90: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFEC90

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 #BFEC90: ·

How #BFEC90 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D3A6Deuteranopia · #D0CDACTritanopia · #C1B8BC

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

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFEC90 rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Breeze
#C8EDA6 · #B9E78E · #69A82F · #4E7B23
Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Electric Opal
#E88EB4 · #E26749 · #DFBC29 · #C4F086
Misty Aurora
#C3EA85 · #6AD95B · #6FE299 · #74DECF
Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Palette Ffd4d4
#FFD4D4 · #FFFFE8 · #CDE990 · #AACB73

Similar colors

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

#B9E78E#C5E898#C4F086#C3EA85#BFEE9E#CDE990#B6E388#C1EA9F#C7F19C#CCE490#B5E18B#C7E79D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFEC8F  ·  #BFEC91 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFEC90?

#BFEC90 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 191, 236, 144). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFEC90?

#BFEC90 is RGB 191, 236, 144 — HSL 89°, 71%, 75% — CMYK 19%, 0%, 39%, 7%.

What colors go with #BFEC90?

Its complement is #BE92ED; analogous partners are #EDEB92 and #93ED92. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFEC90 for text?

Black text on #BFEC90 has a contrast ratio of 15.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.