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#CAEE90 — Light Green

#CAEE90 is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #CAEE90 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.

#CAEE90 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 #B491EE; it also sits naturally between #EEE391 and #9CEE91. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAEE90 · RGB 202, 238, 144

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Color values

HEX#CAEE90
RGB202, 238, 144
HSL83°, 73%, 75%
HSV83°, 39%, 93%
CMYK15%, 0%, 39%, 7%
XYZ59.97, 75.72, 37.84
Yxy75.72, 0.3456, 0.4364
CIE-Lab89.73, -26.89, 41.68
Hunter Lab87.02, -25.01, 31.56

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 93% · Blue 56%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 39% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CAEE90 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAEE90 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAEE90

.text { color: #CAEE90; }
.background { background-color: #CAEE90; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAEE90; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 238, 144); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(83, 73%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAEE90; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 238, 144, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAEE90; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 238, 144, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAEE90">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAEE90">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAEE90

#BBE972#ACE453#9EDF34#8CCF20#77B01C#5F8D16#4B6E11#364F0C#213108#0C1203

Tints of #CAEE90

#CEEF9A#D3F1A2#D7F2AB#DBF3B4#E1F5C1#E6F7CA#EAF8D3#EEF9DC#F2FBE5#F7FCED

Tones of #CAEE90

#C9E797#C7E09E#C5DAA4#C4D3AB#C2CDB2#C1C6B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B491EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.14:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAEE90: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAEE90

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 #CAEE90: ·

How #CAEE90 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADAA7Deuteranopia · #D8D5ACTritanopia · #CCB9BD

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CAEE90 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffd4d4
#FFD4D4 · #FFFFE8 · #CDE990 · #AACB73
Palette F2f4b2
#F2F4B2 · #CCE490 · #0C907D · #0D627A
Palette Df826c
#DF826C · #F8FFD2 · #D0F288 · #8ADAB2
Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Electric Opal
#E88EB4 · #E26749 · #DFBC29 · #C4F086
Palette 72bf78
#72BF78 · #A0D683 · #D3EE98 · #FEFF9F

Similar colors

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

#CDE990#CCE490#D0F288#C5E898#C4F086#D3EE98#C7F19C#C3EA85#CEE397#CAF39E#C7E79D#CCDF92

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAEE8F  ·  #CAEE91 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAEE90?

#CAEE90 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 202, 238, 144). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAEE90?

#CAEE90 is RGB 202, 238, 144 — HSL 83°, 73%, 75% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 39%, 7%.

What colors go with #CAEE90?

Its complement is #B491EE; analogous partners are #EEE391 and #9CEE91. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAEE90 for text?

Black text on #CAEE90 has a contrast ratio of 16.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.