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#BEECA2 — Light Green

#BEECA2 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 #BEECA2 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.

#BEECA2 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 #D0A2EC; it also sits naturally between #E3ECA2 and #A2ECAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEECA2 · RGB 190, 236, 162

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Color values

HEX#BEECA2
RGB190, 236, 162
HSL97°, 66%, 78%
HSV97°, 31%, 93%
CMYK19%, 0%, 31%, 7%
XYZ57.75, 73.55, 45.33
Yxy73.55, 0.3270, 0.4164
CIE-Lab88.71, -27.83, 31.19
Hunter Lab85.76, -25.69, 24.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 93% · Blue 64%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BEECA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEECA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEECA2

.text { color: #BEECA2; }
.background { background-color: #BEECA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEECA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 236, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(97, 66%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEECA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 236, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEECA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 236, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEECA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEECA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEECA2

#AAE684#92DF62#7ED945#68CB2A#58AE24#49901D#386E17#295010#182F0A#091103

Tints of #BEECA2

#C4EEAA#CAEFB3#CDF0B7#D3F2C0#D9F4C8#DFF5D0#E5F7D9#E7F8DD#EDFAE6#F3FCEE

Tones of #BEECA2

#BFE7A7#C1E1AD#C2DCB2#C3D7B7#C4D2BC#C6CCC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D0A2EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEECA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEECA2

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 #BEECA2: ·

How #BEECA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2B4Deuteranopia · #CFCCB8Tritanopia · #C0C2C5

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 #BEECA2 rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Palette 347928
#347928 · #C0EBA6 · #FFFBE6 · #FCCD2A
Palette 70198a
#70198A · #BB8FA9 · #C1EA9F · #F6F1F8
Palette Bbeaa6
#BBEAA6 · #E3C878 · #ED9A73 · #E688A1
Palette Ff5555
#FF5555 · #FF937E · #C1E59F · #A3D78A
Palette C5f0a4
#C5F0A4 · #35B0AB · #226B80 · #F34573

Similar colors

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

#BFEE9E#C0EBA6#C1EA9F#BBEAA6#C1E59F#C5F0A4#C3E7A9#C1E2A4#C5EBAA#C8EDA6#BCE29E#C7F2A4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEECA1  ·  #BEECA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEECA2?

#BEECA2 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 190, 236, 162). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEECA2?

#BEECA2 is RGB 190, 236, 162 — HSL 97°, 66%, 78% — CMYK 19%, 0%, 31%, 7%.

What colors go with #BEECA2?

Its complement is #D0A2EC; analogous partners are #E3ECA2 and #A2ECAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEECA2 for text?

Black text on #BEECA2 has a contrast ratio of 15.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.