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#BEFEAE — Pale Vivid Green

#BEFEAE 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 #BEFEAE 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.

#BEFEAE 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 #EEAEFE; it also sits naturally between #E6FEAE and #AEFEC6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEFEAE · RGB 190, 254, 174

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Color values

HEX#BEFEAE
RGB190, 254, 174
HSL108°, 98%, 84%
HSV108°, 31%, 100%
CMYK25%, 0%, 31%, 0%
XYZ64.32, 84.89, 53.04
Yxy84.89, 0.3180, 0.4197
CIE-Lab93.83, -34.46, 32.00
Hunter Lab92.13, -32.21, 26.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 100% · Blue 68%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BEFEAE

.text { color: #BEFEAE; }
.background { background-color: #BEFEAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEFEAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 254, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(108, 98%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEFEAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 254, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEFEAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 254, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BEFEAE

#9EFE86#7DFD5D#5DFD35#3DFD0D#2EDE02#26B602#1D8D01#156501#0D3D01#041400

Tints of #BEFEAE

#C2FEB3#C6FEB8#CEFEC2#D2FEC7#D7FECD#DBFFD2#DFFFD7#E7FFE1#EBFFE6#EFFFEB

Tones of #BEFEAE

#C2F8B4#C5F3BA#C8EDBF#CCE7C5#CFE2CB#D3DCD0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEAEFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.98:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEFEAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEFEAE

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 #BEFEAE: ·

How #BEFEAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADAC1Deuteranopia · #D6D1C6Tritanopia · #C1D1D4

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Ffb534
#FFB534 · #FBF6EE · #C1F2B0 · #65B741
Burning Ruby Cascade
#AD3415 · #E6AD32 · #D5EC64 · #C4F4A9
Palette 477d7f
#477D7F · #1F5357 · #64BD97 · #C2FFBB
Gentle Ruby Horizon
#62109C · #C260EF · #68DA16 · #C3F2B3
Silent Ruby Aurora
#B715CE · #EA2FD4 · #4EEB37 · #C3F3B6
Cosmic Mosaic
#C0EFAE · #C1EED8 · #DDEEF6 · #B5AFEC

Similar colors

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

#C1F2B0#C4F4A9#C2FFBB#C3F2B3#C3F3B6#C0EFAE#B6FFA1#BBEDAF#C7F2A4#BDF1BB#C5F0A4#B1F1B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEFEAD  ·  #BEFEAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEFEAE?

#BEFEAE is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 190, 254, 174). Its closest standard named color is PaleGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEFEAE?

#BEFEAE is RGB 190, 254, 174 — HSL 108°, 98%, 84% — CMYK 25%, 0%, 31%, 0%.

What colors go with #BEFEAE?

Its complement is #EEAEFE; analogous partners are #E6FEAE and #AEFEC6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEFEAE for text?

Black text on #BEFEAE has a contrast ratio of 17.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.