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#BFEFA4 — Light Green

#BFEFA4 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 #BFEFA4 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.

#BFEFA4 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D3A4EF; it also sits naturally between #E5EFA4 and #A4EFAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFEFA4 · RGB 191, 239, 164

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Color values

HEX#BFEFA4
RGB191, 239, 164
HSL98°, 70%, 79%
HSV98°, 31%, 94%
CMYK20%, 0%, 31%, 6%
XYZ59.05, 75.49, 46.58
Yxy75.49, 0.3260, 0.4168
CIE-Lab89.62, -28.62, 31.41
Hunter Lab86.88, -26.50, 25.24

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 94% · Blue 64%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFEFA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFEFA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFEFA4

.text { color: #BFEFA4; }
.background { background-color: #BFEFA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFEFA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 239, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(98, 70%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFEFA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 239, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFEFA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 239, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFEFA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFEFA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFEFA4

#AAEA86#92E363#7DDE45#66D425#57B620#47931A#387515#27520F#193409#081103

Tints of #BFEFA4

#C6F0AD#C9F1B1#CFF3BA#D5F4C2#DBF6CB#DEF7CF#E4F8D8#EAFAE1#EDFAE5#F3FCEE

Tones of #BFEFA4

#C1EAA9#C2E4AF#C4DFB4#C5DAB9#C7D4BF#C8CFC4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D3A4EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.10:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFEFA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFEFA4

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 #BFEFA4: ·

How #BFEFA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D4B6Deuteranopia · #D1CDBBTritanopia · #C1C4C8

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFEFA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 347928
#347928 · #C0EBA6 · #FFFBE6 · #FCCD2A
Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Palette C5f0a4
#C5F0A4 · #35B0AB · #226B80 · #F34573
Palette Bbeaa6
#BBEAA6 · #E3C878 · #ED9A73 · #E688A1
Palette 70198a
#70198A · #BB8FA9 · #C1EA9F · #F6F1F8
Palette E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2

Similar colors

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

#C0EBA6#BFEE9E#C5F0A4#BBEAA6#C1EA9F#C7F2A4#C4F4A9#C5EBAA#C8EDA6#C0EFAE#C3E7A9#C1E59F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFEFA3  ·  #BFEFA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFEFA4?

#BFEFA4 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 191, 239, 164). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFEFA4?

#BFEFA4 is RGB 191, 239, 164 — HSL 98°, 70%, 79% — CMYK 20%, 0%, 31%, 6%.

What colors go with #BFEFA4?

Its complement is #D3A4EF; analogous partners are #E5EFA4 and #A4EFAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFEFA4 for text?

Black text on #BFEFA4 has a contrast ratio of 16.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.