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#BEEA97 — Light Green

#BEEA97 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 #BEEA97 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.

#BEEA97 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 #C295E9; it also sits naturally between #E7E995 and #95E998. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEEA97 · RGB 190, 234, 151

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Color values

HEX#BEEA97
RGB190, 234, 151
HSL92°, 66%, 75%
HSV92°, 35%, 92%
CMYK19%, 0%, 35%, 8%
XYZ56.24, 72.03, 40.22
Yxy72.03, 0.3338, 0.4275
CIE-Lab87.98, -28.42, 35.78
Hunter Lab84.87, -26.10, 27.72

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 92% · Blue 59%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 35% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BEEA97 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEEA97 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEEA97

.text { color: #BEEA97; }
.background { background-color: #BEEA97; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEEA97; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 234, 151); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(92, 66%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEEA97; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 234, 151, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEEA97; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 234, 151, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEEA97">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEEA97">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEEA97

#AAE378#97DD5A#85D73C#73C729#62A923#4E871C#3D6A16#2C4C10#1B2F0A#0A1103

Tints of #BEEA97

#C2EB9E#C7EDA6#CCEFAF#D2F0B7#DAF3C4#DFF5CC#E4F6D5#EAF8DD#EFFAE6#F4FCEE

Tones of #BEEA97

#BDE49B#BDDDA1#BED7A7#BED1AD#BECBB3#BFC5BA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C295E9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.36:1 Fails
Against black text15.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEEA97: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEEA97

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 #BEEA97: ·

How #BEEA97 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D1ABDeuteranopia · #CFCBB0Tritanopia · #C0BBBE

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 #BEEA97 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Palette 70198a
#70198A · #BB8FA9 · #C1EA9F · #F6F1F8
Palette Ff5555
#FF5555 · #FF937E · #C1E59F · #A3D78A
Cosmic Breeze
#C8EDA6 · #B9E78E · #69A82F · #4E7B23
Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E

Similar colors

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

#C5E898#BFEE9E#C1EA9F#C1E59F#B9E78E#BCE29E#C7E79D#C7F19C#B1EC9A#B1F09B#B6E2A1#C0EBA6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEEA96  ·  #BEEA98 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEEA97?

#BEEA97 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 190, 234, 151). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEEA97?

#BEEA97 is RGB 190, 234, 151 — HSL 92°, 66%, 75% — CMYK 19%, 0%, 35%, 8%.

What colors go with #BEEA97?

Its complement is #C295E9; analogous partners are #E7E995 and #95E998. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEEA97 for text?

Black text on #BEEA97 has a contrast ratio of 15.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.36:1.