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#BFEF93 — Light Green

#BFEF93 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 #BFEF93 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.

#BFEF93 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 #C395EF; it also sits naturally between #EEEF95 and #95EF96. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFEF93 · RGB 191, 239, 147

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Color values

HEX#BFEF93
RGB191, 239, 147
HSL91°, 74%, 76%
HSV91°, 38%, 94%
CMYK20%, 0%, 38%, 6%
XYZ57.62, 74.92, 39.03
Yxy74.92, 0.3358, 0.4367
CIE-Lab89.35, -30.94, 39.58
Hunter Lab86.55, -28.46, 30.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 94% · Blue 58%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 38% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFEF93 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFEF93 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFEF93

.text { color: #BFEF93; }
.background { background-color: #BFEF93; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFEF93; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 239, 147); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(91, 74%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFEF93; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 239, 147, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFEF93; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 239, 147, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFEF93">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFEF93">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFEF93

#AEEA75#9CE656#87E133#75D11F#63B11B#529216#417311#2D500C#1B3107#0A1203

Tints of #BFEF93

#C6F09D#CBF2A6#D0F3AF#D5F4B8#DAF6C1#E0F7CA#E5F8D3#EAFADC#EFFBE4#F5FCED

Tones of #BFEF93

#C1E89B#C1E2A1#C1DCA8#C1D5AE#C1CFB5#C2C9BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C395EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.31:1 Fails
Against black text15.98:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFEF93: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFEF93

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 #BFEF93: ·

How #BFEF93 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D4A9Deuteranopia · #D1CDAFTritanopia · #C1BBBF

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 #BFEF93 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Cosmic Breeze
#C8EDA6 · #B9E78E · #69A82F · #4E7B23
Crimson Aurora
#DEF5C7 · #C7F19C · #6DC11B · #29450C
Palette 70198a
#70198A · #BB8FA9 · #C1EA9F · #F6F1F8
Electric Opal
#E88EB4 · #E26749 · #DFBC29 · #C4F086

Similar colors

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

#C5E898#BFEE9E#B9E78E#C7F19C#C1EA9F#C4F086#C7E79D#C3EA85#CDE990#C1E59F#B1EC9A#CAF39E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFEF92  ·  #BFEF94 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFEF93?

#BFEF93 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 191, 239, 147). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFEF93?

#BFEF93 is RGB 191, 239, 147 — HSL 91°, 74%, 76% — CMYK 20%, 0%, 38%, 6%.

What colors go with #BFEF93?

Its complement is #C395EF; analogous partners are #EEEF95 and #95EF96. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFEF93 for text?

Black text on #BFEF93 has a contrast ratio of 15.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.