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#DEFEBD — Pale Vivid Green

#DEFEBD is a green color we call Pale Vivid Green, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #DEFEBD 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.

#DEFEBD 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 #DEBEFE; it also sits naturally between #FEFEBE and #BEFEBE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DEFEBD · RGB 222, 254, 189

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Color values

HEX#DEFEBD
RGB222, 254, 189
HSL90°, 97%, 87%
HSV90°, 26%, 100%
CMYK13%, 0%, 26%, 0%
XYZ74.75, 90.09, 61.59
Yxy90.09, 0.3301, 0.3979
CIE-Lab96.03, -21.37, 27.75
Hunter Lab94.91, -20.78, 23.67

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 100% · Blue 74%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DEFEBD

.text { color: #DEFEBD; }
.background { background-color: #DEFEBD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEFEBD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 254, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(90, 97%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEFEBD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 254, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEFEBD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 254, 189, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DEFEBD

#C9FD96#B3FD68#9EFC40#8AFB18#75E704#5EBA03#4A9202#366902#1F3C01#0A1400

Tints of #DEFEBD

#E0FEC3#E3FEC8#E6FECD#E8FED2#EBFED7#EBFED7#EDFEDC#F0FFE1#F2FFE6#F5FFEB

Tones of #DEFEBD

#DEF9C2#DEF5C7#DEF0CC#DEECD0#DEE7D5#DEE2D9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DEBEFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.10:1 Fails
Against black text19.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #DEFEBD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEFEBD

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 #DEFEBD: ·

How #DEFEBD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECCDDeuteranopia · #EAE8D1Tritanopia · #E0D9DC

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Feffde
#FEFFDE · #DDFFBC · #91C788 · #52734D
Palette Ddffbb
#DDFFBB · #C7E9B0 · #B3C99C · #A4BC92
Palette 001a6e
#001A6E · #074799 · #009990 · #E1FFBB
Palette Dcffb7
#DCFFB7 · #FF6868 · #FFBB64 · #FFEAA7
Palette Def9c4
#DEF9C4 · #9CDBA6 · #50B498 · #468585
Palette E5fcc2
#E5FCC2 · #9DE0AD · #45ADA8 · #547980

Similar colors

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

#DDFFBC#DDFFBB#E1FFBB#DCFFB7#DEF9C4#E5FCC2#E7FBBE#E0F9B5#D8FFC5#D8F8B7#E8FFC1#DDF3BE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEFEBC  ·  #DEFEBE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEFEBD?

#DEFEBD is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 222, 254, 189). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEFEBD?

#DEFEBD is RGB 222, 254, 189 — HSL 90°, 97%, 87% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 26%, 0%.

What colors go with #DEFEBD?

Its complement is #DEBEFE; analogous partners are #FEFEBE and #BEFEBE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEFEBD for text?

Black text on #DEFEBD has a contrast ratio of 19.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.10:1.