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#CAEF80 — Light Vivid Green

#CAEF80 is a green color we call Light Vivid 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 #CAEF80 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.

#CAEF80 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 #A580EF; it also sits naturally between #EFDD80 and #92EF80. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAEF80 · RGB 202, 239, 128

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Color values

HEX#CAEF80
RGB202, 239, 128
HSL80°, 78%, 72%
HSV80°, 46%, 94%
CMYK15%, 0%, 46%, 6%
XYZ59.12, 75.85, 31.95
Yxy75.85, 0.3542, 0.4544
CIE-Lab89.79, -29.18, 49.50
Hunter Lab87.09, -27.01, 35.80

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 94% · Blue 50%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 46% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CAEF80 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAEF80 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAEF80

.text { color: #CAEF80; }
.background { background-color: #CAEF80; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAEF80; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 239, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(80, 78%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAEF80; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 239, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAEF80; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 239, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAEF80">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAEF80">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAEF80

#BDEB60#B0E740#A4E425#91CC19#7AAC15#648D11#4D6D0D#3A520A#233206#0D1202

Tints of #CAEF80

#CEF089#D4F297#D7F3A0#DDF5AD#E1F6B6#E5F7BF#EAF9CD#EEFAD6#F4FCE4#F7FDED

Tones of #CAEF80

#C8E788#C5E090#C2D897#BFCFA0#BDC7A8#BABFB0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A580EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.17:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAEF80: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAEF80

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 #CAEF80: ·

How #CAEF80 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADA9BDeuteranopia · #D8D5A1Tritanopia · #CCB0B5

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CAEF80 rather than the exact color:

Electric Opal
#E88EB4 · #E26749 · #DFBC29 · #C4F086
Misty Aurora
#C3EA85 · #6AD95B · #6FE299 · #74DECF
Palette Df826c
#DF826C · #F8FFD2 · #D0F288 · #8ADAB2
Palette Fff67e
#FFF67E · #BFEA7C · #9BCF53 · #416D19
Amber Solace
#719D13 · #C5EE74 · #8B5EEB · #C6A7EE
Palette 27e1ce
#27E1CE · #EFFFB7 · #D6EC78 · #FF98DA

Similar colors

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

#C4F086#C3EA85#D0F288#BFEA7C#C5EE74#D6EC78#D8E983#C6E377#BEE581#CDE990#D3E971#CCE490

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAEF7F  ·  #CAEF81 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAEF80?

#CAEF80 is Light Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 202, 239, 128). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAEF80?

#CAEF80 is RGB 202, 239, 128 — HSL 80°, 78%, 72% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 46%, 6%.

What colors go with #CAEF80?

Its complement is #A580EF; analogous partners are #EFDD80 and #92EF80. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAEF80 for text?

Black text on #CAEF80 has a contrast ratio of 16.17:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.