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#BEFEA6 — Pale Vivid Green

#BEFEA6 is a green color we call Pale Vivid 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 #BEFEA6 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.

#BEFEA6 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 #E6A4FE; it also sits naturally between #E9FEA4 and #A4FEB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEFEA6 · RGB 190, 254, 166

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Color values

HEX#BEFEA6
RGB190, 254, 166
HSL104°, 98%, 82%
HSV104°, 35%, 100%
CMYK25%, 0%, 35%, 0%
XYZ63.56, 84.58, 49.05
Yxy84.58, 0.3223, 0.4289
CIE-Lab93.70, -35.62, 35.82
Hunter Lab91.97, -33.19, 28.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 100% · Blue 65%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 35% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BEFEA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEFEA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEFEA6

.text { color: #BEFEA6; }
.background { background-color: #BEFEA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEFEA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 254, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(104, 98%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEFEA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 254, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEFEA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 254, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEFEA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEFEA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEFEA6

#9EFE7C#81FD53#67FD30#49FD08#3CD902#30B102#258801#1C6501#113D01#061400

Tints of #BEFEA6

#C0FEA9#C7FEB3#CBFEB8#D2FEC2#D6FEC7#DAFECD#E1FFD7#E5FFDC#ECFFE6#F0FFEB

Tones of #BEFEA6

#BFF8AB#C2F1B1#C5EBB7#C8E4BE#CBDEC4#CED8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E6A4FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEFEA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEFEA6

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 #BEFEA6: ·

How #BEFEA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADABBDeuteranopia · #D6D1C0Tritanopia · #C1CCD0

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 #BEFEA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Burning Ruby Cascade
#AD3415 · #E6AD32 · #D5EC64 · #C4F4A9
Palette E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2
Palette C5f0a4
#C5F0A4 · #35B0AB · #226B80 · #F34573
Palette Ffb534
#FFB534 · #FBF6EE · #C1F2B0 · #65B741
Cosmic Mosaic
#C0EFAE · #C1EED8 · #DDEEF6 · #B5AFEC

Similar colors

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

#B6FFA1#C4F4A9#C7F2A4#C5F0A4#C1F2B0#C0EFAE#B4FE98#CAF2A1#BFEE9E#CAF39E#C3F2B3#C5FF95

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEFEA5  ·  #BEFEA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEFEA6?

#BEFEA6 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 190, 254, 166). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEFEA6?

#BEFEA6 is RGB 190, 254, 166 — HSL 104°, 98%, 82% — CMYK 25%, 0%, 35%, 0%.

What colors go with #BEFEA6?

Its complement is #E6A4FE; analogous partners are #E9FEA4 and #A4FEB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEFEA6 for text?

Black text on #BEFEA6 has a contrast ratio of 17.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.