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#BEECA3 — Light Green

#BEECA3 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 #BEECA3 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.

#BEECA3 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 #D1A2EC; it also sits naturally between #E2ECA2 and #A2ECAC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEECA3 · RGB 190, 236, 163

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Color values

HEX#BEECA3
RGB190, 236, 163
HSL98°, 66%, 78%
HSV98°, 31%, 93%
CMYK19%, 0%, 31%, 7%
XYZ57.84, 73.58, 45.80
Yxy73.58, 0.3264, 0.4152
CIE-Lab88.72, -27.69, 30.70
Hunter Lab85.78, -25.57, 24.63

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 #BEECA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEECA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEECA3

.text { color: #BEECA3; }
.background { background-color: #BEECA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEECA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 236, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(98, 66%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEECA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 236, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEECA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 236, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEECA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEECA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEECA3

#A8E684#90DF62#7BD945#65CB2A#56AE24#47901D#376E17#285010#172F0A#081103

Tints of #BEECA3

#C3EEAA#C9EFB3#CCF0B7#D2F2C0#D8F4C8#DEF5D0#E4F7D9#E7F8DD#EDFAE6#F3FCEE

Tones of #BEECA3

#BEE7A7#C0E1AD#C1DCB2#C3D7B7#C4D2BC#C6CCC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D1A2EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.72:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEECA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEECA3

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 #BEECA3: ·

How #BEECA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2B5Deuteranopia · #CFCCB9Tritanopia · #C0C3C6

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 #BEECA3 rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#C0EBA6#BBEAA6#C1EA9F#BFEE9E#C5F0A4#C1E59F#C3E7A9#C5EBAA#C8EDA6#C1E2A4#BAE8AC#C7F2A4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEECA2  ·  #BEECA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEECA3?

#BEECA3 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 190, 236, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEECA3?

#BEECA3 is RGB 190, 236, 163 — HSL 98°, 66%, 78% — CMYK 19%, 0%, 31%, 7%.

What colors go with #BEECA3?

Its complement is #D1A2EC; analogous partners are #E2ECA2 and #A2ECAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEECA3 for text?

Black text on #BEECA3 has a contrast ratio of 15.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.