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#BCE8BA Color

#BCE8BA is rgb(188, 232, 186) in RGB, hsl(117, 50%, 82%) in HSL, and about cmyk(19%, 0%, 20%, 9%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Light Moss Green (#ADDFAD), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 4.78. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#BCE8BA
HEX#BCE8BA
RGBrgb(188, 232, 186)
HSLhsl(117, 50%, 82%)
HSVhsv(117, 20%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(19%, 0%, 20%, 9%)
OKLCHoklch(88.8% 0.077 143.8)
LABlab(87.98% -21.23 17.58)
LCHlch(87.98% 27.56 140.38)

What #BCE8BA Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #BCE8BA, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#BCE8BA Channel Values

How #BCE8BA breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 188 · G 232 · B 1868-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 117° · S 50% · L 82%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 117° · S 20% · V 91%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 19% · M 0% · Y 20% · K 9%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.36:1 vs white · 15.39:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #BCE8BA background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.36:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text15.39:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #BCE8BA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #BCE8BA; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Tints & Shades of #BCE8BA

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #BCE8BA.

How #BCE8BA Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#BCE8BA
Protanopia#E1E1BA
Protanomaly#D3E4BA
Deuteranopia#DBDBBB
Deuteranomaly#CFE0BB
Tritanopia#C3E3E3
Tritanomaly#C0E5D4
Achromatopsia#DDDDDD

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #BCE8BA in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-bce8ba: #BCE8BA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #BCE8BA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-bce8ba': '#BCE8BA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.737, green: 0.910, blue: 0.729)
Android XML<color name="color_bce8ba">#BCE8BA</color>
SVG fillfill="#BCE8BA"

More Green Colors

#BCE8BA sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#BCE8BA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #BCE8BA?

#BCE8BA is a lightest green — rgb(188, 232, 186) in RGB and hsl(117, 50%, 82%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Light Moss Green (#ADDFAD), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 4.78.

What is the RGB value of #BCE8BA?

#BCE8BA is rgb(188, 232, 186) — red 188, green 232, and blue 186 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #BCE8BA?

#BCE8BA converts to approximately cmyk(19%, 0%, 20%, 9%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #BCE8BA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #BCE8BA scores 1.36:1 against white and 15.39:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #BCE8BA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #BCE8BA is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkseagreen (#8FBC8F) at a CIE76 distance of 15.89, which is visibly different.

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