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#BFEC97 — Light Green

#BFEC97 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 #BFEC97 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.

#BFEC97 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 #C598EC; it also sits naturally between #E9EC98 and #98EC9A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFEC97 · RGB 191, 236, 151

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Color values

HEX#BFEC97
RGB191, 236, 151
HSL92°, 69%, 76%
HSV92°, 36%, 93%
CMYK19%, 0%, 36%, 7%
XYZ57.07, 73.30, 40.42
Yxy73.30, 0.3341, 0.4292
CIE-Lab88.59, -29.01, 36.59
Hunter Lab85.62, -26.70, 28.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 93% · Blue 59%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 36% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFEC97 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFEC97 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFEC97

.text { color: #BFEC97; }
.background { background-color: #BFEC97; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFEC97; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 236, 151); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(92, 69%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFEC97; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 236, 151, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFEC97; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 236, 151, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFEC97">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFEC97">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFEC97

#ACE679#9AE15B#84DB39#72CB25#61AC20#508E1A#3F7015#2C4E0E#1B2F09#0A1103

Tints of #BFEC97

#C4EEA0#CAEFA9#CFF1B1#D4F2BA#DAF4C3#DFF6CB#E4F7D4#EAF9DD#EFFAE5#F4FCEE

Tones of #BFEC97

#BFE69E#C0E0A4#C0DAAA#C1D4AF#C1CEB6#C1C8BC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C598EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFEC97: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFEC97

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 #BFEC97: ·

How #BFEC97 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D3ACDeuteranopia · #D0CDB1Tritanopia · #C1BCBF

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 #BFEC97 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Palette 70198a
#70198A · #BB8FA9 · #C1EA9F · #F6F1F8
Crimson Aurora
#DEF5C7 · #C7F19C · #6DC11B · #29450C
Palette Ff5555
#FF5555 · #FF937E · #C1E59F · #A3D78A
Tender Ruby Dusk
#631FBC · #875CE4 · #81CA22 · #C7E79D

Similar colors

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

#C5E898#BFEE9E#C1EA9F#C7F19C#C1E59F#C7E79D#B9E78E#BCE29E#B1EC9A#CAF39E#C5F0A4#C0EBA6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFEC96  ·  #BFEC98 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFEC97?

#BFEC97 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 191, 236, 151). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFEC97?

#BFEC97 is RGB 191, 236, 151 — HSL 92°, 69%, 76% — CMYK 19%, 0%, 36%, 7%.

What colors go with #BFEC97?

Its complement is #C598EC; analogous partners are #E9EC98 and #98EC9A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFEC97 for text?

Black text on #BFEC97 has a contrast ratio of 15.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.