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#BFEC98 — Light Green

#BFEC98 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 #BFEC98 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.

#BFEC98 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.

#BFEC98 · RGB 191, 236, 152

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Color values

HEX#BFEC98
RGB191, 236, 152
HSL92°, 69%, 76%
HSV92°, 36%, 93%
CMYK19%, 0%, 36%, 7%
XYZ57.15, 73.33, 40.85
Yxy73.33, 0.3336, 0.4280
CIE-Lab88.61, -28.88, 36.11
Hunter Lab85.64, -26.58, 28.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 93% · Blue 60%

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 #BFEC98 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFEC98 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFEC98

.text { color: #BFEC98; }
.background { background-color: #BFEC98; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFEC98; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 236, 152); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(92, 69%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFEC98; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 236, 152, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFEC98; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 236, 152, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFEC98">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFEC98">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFEC98

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

Tints of #BFEC98

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

Tones of #BFEC98

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

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C598EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFEC98: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFEC98

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 #BFEC98: ·

How #BFEC98 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 · #C1BCC0

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 #BFEC98 rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Palette 70198a
#70198A · #BB8FA9 · #C1EA9F · #F6F1F8
Palette Ff5555
#FF5555 · #FF937E · #C1E59F · #A3D78A
Crimson Aurora
#DEF5C7 · #C7F19C · #6DC11B · #29450C
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:

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFEC97  ·  #BFEC99 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFEC98?

#BFEC98 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 191, 236, 152). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFEC98?

#BFEC98 is RGB 191, 236, 152 — HSL 92°, 69%, 76% — CMYK 19%, 0%, 36%, 7%.

What colors go with #BFEC98?

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

Can I use #BFEC98 for text?

Black text on #BFEC98 has a contrast ratio of 15.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.