Light green

#bcdfa0

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light green is a light green that feels open. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Light green color values

Every conversion for #bcdfa0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcdfa0

RGB188, 223, 160

HSL93, 50%, 75%

HSV93, 28%, 87%

CMYK16%, 0%, 28%, 13%

Lab85.0, -22.58, 27.2

XYZ53.47, 66.0, 43.18

Decimal12378016

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone358 C

Shades of light green

#a9d686 #97cd6b #84c451 #72b53d #629b34 #51802b #406622 #304c19 #1f3111 #0e1708

Tints of light green

#c2e2a8 #c8e5b0 #cde7b8 #d3eac1 #d9edc9 #dff0d1 #e4f2d9 #eaf5e1 #f0f8e9 #f6fbf2

Colors that go with light green

Complementary#c3a0df Analogous#dcdfa0 Analogous#a0dfa3 Triadic#a0bcdf Triadic#dfa0bc Split complementary#a3a0df Split complementary#dfa0dc

Light green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 0, 28, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcdfa0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 0 28 13

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 4 30 19

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light green in css

Copy #bcdfa0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcdfa0; }
.text { color: #bcdfa0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcdfa0; }

How light green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bcdfa0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcdfa0 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bcdfa0 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light green? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bcdfa0 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bcdfa0 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.