Palettes / Colors / #BEE8A1

#BEE8A1 — Light Green

#BEE8A1 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 #BEE8A1 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.

#BEE8A1 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 #CAA1E8; it also sits naturally between #E2E8A1 and #A1E8A7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 91% · Blue 63%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 9%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BEE8A1

.text { color: #BEE8A1; }
.background { background-color: #BEE8A1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEE8A1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 232, 161); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(95, 61%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEE8A1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 232, 161, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEE8A1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 232, 161, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEE8A1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEE8A1">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAA1E8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BEE8A1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEE8A1

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:

How #BEE8A1 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEE8A1 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEE8A1?

#BEE8A1 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 190, 232, 161). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEE8A1?

#BEE8A1 is RGB 190, 232, 161 — HSL 95°, 61%, 77% — CMYK 18%, 0%, 31%, 9%.

What colors go with #BEE8A1?

Its complement is #CAA1E8; analogous partners are #E2E8A1 and #A1E8A7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEE8A1 for text?

Black text on #BEE8A1 has a contrast ratio of 15.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.38:1.