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#DCFAEB — Pale Green

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

#DCFAEB is a cool 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 #FADBEB; it also sits naturally between #DBFADB and #DBFAFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCFAEB · RGB 220, 250, 235

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Color values

HEX#DCFAEB
RGB220, 250, 235
HSL150°, 75%, 92%
HSV150°, 12%, 98%
CMYK12%, 0%, 6%, 2%
XYZ78.70, 89.59, 91.74
Yxy89.59, 0.3027, 0.3445
CIE-Lab95.82, -12.49, 3.90
Hunter Lab94.65, -12.36, 3.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 98% · Blue 92%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 6% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DCFAEB

.text { color: #DCFAEB; }
.background { background-color: #DCFAEB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCFAEB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 250, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(150, 75%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCFAEB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 250, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCFAEB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 250, 235, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DCFAEB

#B3F4D4#8BEEBD#67E9A8#3FE491#1FD67A#19AE63#13864D#0E6238#083A21#03120A

Tints of #DCFAEB

#DBFAEB#E0FBED#E0FBED#E4FBF0#E4FBF0#E4FBF0#E9FCF2#E9FCF2#EDFCF5#EDFCF5

Tones of #DCFAEB

#DEF8EB#E0F6EB#E2F3EB#E4F1EB#E6EFEB#E8EDEB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FADBEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCFAEB: #000000.

How #DCFAEB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E9E9EFDeuteranopia · #E7E5F0Tritanopia · #DEF1F2

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 #DCFAEB rather than the exact color:

Palette 1fab89
#1FAB89 · #62D2A2 · #9DF3C4 · #D7FBE8
Palette Ddf4e7
#DDF4E7 · #67C090 · #26667F · #124170
Palette Def5e5
#DEF5E5 · #BCEAD5 · #9ED5C5 · #8EC3B0
Palette 9a1f40
#9A1F40 · #D9455F · #74D4C0 · #DEF4F0
Palette Dff2eb
#DFF2EB · #B9E5E8 · #7AB2D3 · #4A628A
Palette 473472
#473472 · #53629E · #87BAC3 · #D6F4ED

Similar colors

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

#D7FBE8#DDF4E7#DEF5E5#DEF4F0#DFF2EB#D6F4ED#D9F7E3#E0FBE2#DCF2F1#DFF4F3#D9F0ED#D9FFF4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCFAEA  ·  #DCFAEC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCFAEB?

#DCFAEB is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 220, 250, 235). Its closest standard named color is HoneyDew.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCFAEB?

#DCFAEB is RGB 220, 250, 235 — HSL 150°, 75%, 92% — CMYK 12%, 0%, 6%, 2%.

What colors go with #DCFAEB?

Its complement is #FADBEB; analogous partners are #DBFADB and #DBFAFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCFAEB for text?

Black text on #DCFAEB has a contrast ratio of 18.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.