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#BFEE95 — Light Green

#BFEE95 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 #BFEE95 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.

#BFEE95 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 #C596EE; it also sits naturally between #EBEE96 and #96EE99. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFEE95 · RGB 191, 238, 149

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Color values

HEX#BFEE95
RGB191, 238, 149
HSL92°, 72%, 76%
HSV92°, 37%, 93%
CMYK20%, 0%, 37%, 7%
XYZ57.49, 74.40, 39.76
Yxy74.40, 0.3349, 0.4334
CIE-Lab89.11, -30.22, 38.27
Hunter Lab86.25, -27.80, 29.44

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 93% · Blue 58%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 37% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFEE95 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFEE95 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFEE95

.text { color: #BFEE95; }
.background { background-color: #BFEE95; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFEE95; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 238, 149); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(92, 72%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFEE95; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 238, 149, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFEE95; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 238, 149, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFEE95">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFEE95">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFEE95

#ACE977#99E458#84DE35#72CE22#61AF1D#509118#3F7213#2C4F0D#1B3008#0A1203

Tints of #BFEE95

#C4EF9F#CAF1A7#CFF2B0#D4F4B9#DAF5C2#DFF6CA#E4F8D3#EAF9DC#EFFBE5#F4FCED

Tones of #BFEE95

#BFE89C#C0E1A3#C0DBA9#C1D5AF#C1CFB5#C1C8BC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C596EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.32:1 Fails
Against black text15.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFEE95: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFEE95

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 #BFEE95: ·

How #BFEE95 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D3D4ABDeuteranopia · #D1CDB0Tritanopia · #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 #BFEE95 rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Palette 70198a
#70198A · #BB8FA9 · #C1EA9F · #F6F1F8
Crimson Aurora
#DEF5C7 · #C7F19C · #6DC11B · #29450C
Cosmic Breeze
#C8EDA6 · #B9E78E · #69A82F · #4E7B23
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#C7F19C#B9E78E#C7E79D#C1E59F#B1EC9A#CAF39E#BCE29E#B1F09B#CDE990

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFEE94  ·  #BFEE96 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFEE95?

#BFEE95 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 191, 238, 149). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFEE95?

#BFEE95 is RGB 191, 238, 149 — HSL 92°, 72%, 76% — CMYK 20%, 0%, 37%, 7%.

What colors go with #BFEE95?

Its complement is #C596EE; analogous partners are #EBEE96 and #96EE99. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFEE95 for text?

Black text on #BFEE95 has a contrast ratio of 15.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.