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#DAFBEA — Pale Vivid Green

#DAFBEA is a green color we call Pale Vivid Green, closest to the named color HoneyDew (#F0FFF0). It belongs to the green family.

#DAFBEA 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 #FBDAEB; it also sits naturally between #DBFBDA and #DAFBFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAFBEA · RGB 218, 251, 234

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Color values

HEX#DAFBEA
RGB218, 251, 234
HSL149°, 80%, 92%
HSV149°, 13%, 98%
CMYK13%, 0%, 7%, 2%
XYZ78.26, 89.84, 91.06
Yxy89.84, 0.3020, 0.3467
CIE-Lab95.93, -13.82, 4.55
Hunter Lab94.78, -13.64, 4.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 98% · Blue 92%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 7% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DAFBEA

.text { color: #DAFBEA; }
.background { background-color: #DAFBEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAFBEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 251, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(149, 80%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAFBEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 251, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAFBEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 251, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DAFBEA

#B1F6D2#88F2BB#63EEA6#3AE98E#18DC77#14B361#0F8A4A#0B6537#073C20#02120A

Tints of #DAFBEA

#DAFBEA#DFFBED#DFFBED#E3FCEF#E3FCEF#E3FCEF#E8FCF2#E8FCF2#EDFDF5#EDFDF5

Tones of #DAFBEA

#DDF9EA#DFF6EA#E1F4EA#E4F2EA#E6EFEA#E8EDEB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FBDAEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.97:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAFBEA: #000000.

How #DAFBEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E9EEDeuteranopia · #E6E4EFTritanopia · #DCF1F2

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 1fab89
#1FAB89 · #62D2A2 · #9DF3C4 · #D7FBE8
Gentle Ruby Mirage
#EFC6B0 · #D4E2B8 · #D9F7E3 · #BAE0F0
Palette Ddf4e7
#DDF4E7 · #67C090 · #26667F · #124170
Palette 473472
#473472 · #53629E · #87BAC3 · #D6F4ED
Palette Def5e5
#DEF5E5 · #BCEAD5 · #9ED5C5 · #8EC3B0
Palette Ace1af
#ACE1AF · #B0EBB4 · #BFF6C3 · #E0FBE2

Similar colors

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

#D7FBE8#D9F7E3#DDF4E7#D6F4ED#DEF5E5#E0FBE2#DEF4F0#DFF2EB#D3F6F0#D1F8EF#D9FFF4#D9F9DF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAFBE9  ·  #DAFBEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAFBEA?

#DAFBEA is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 218, 251, 234). Its closest standard named color is HoneyDew.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAFBEA?

#DAFBEA is RGB 218, 251, 234 — HSL 149°, 80%, 92% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 7%, 2%.

What colors go with #DAFBEA?

Its complement is #FBDAEB; analogous partners are #DBFBDA and #DAFBFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAFBEA for text?

Black text on #DAFBEA has a contrast ratio of 18.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.