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#DEFF50 — Light Vivid Green

#DEFF50 is a green color we call Light Vivid Green, closest to the named color GreenYellow (#ADFF2F). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: greenyellow (#ADFF2F) — not an exact match. CSS greenyellow gives you #ADFF2F, a different color; use #DEFF50 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.

#DEFF50 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 #7152FF; it also sits naturally between #FFC852 and #89FF52. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DEFF50 · RGB 222, 255, 80

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Color values

HEX#DEFF50
RGB222, 255, 80
HSL71°, 100%, 66%
HSV71°, 69%, 100%
CMYK13%, 0%, 69%, 0%
XYZ67.33, 87.63, 20.95
Yxy87.63, 0.3828, 0.4981
CIE-Lab95.00, -32.74, 75.92
Hunter Lab93.61, -30.91, 48.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 100% · Blue 31%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 69% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DEFF50 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DEFF50 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DEFF50

.text { color: #DEFF50; }
.background { background-color: #DEFF50; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEFF50; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 255, 80); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(71, 100%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEFF50; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 255, 80, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEFF50; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 255, 80, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DEFF50">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DEFF50">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DEFF50

#DAFF33#D4FF14#C4F000#ABD100#92B300#799400#607500#435200#2A3300#111400

Tints of #DEFF50

#E2FF61#E5FF70#E8FF80#EAFF8F#EDFF9E#F0FFAD#F3FFBD#F6FFCC#F8FFDB#FBFFEB

Tones of #DEFF50

#D8F35E#CFE66B#C8DA77#C0CE83#B8C18F#B0B49C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7152FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.13:1 Fails
Against black text18.53:1 AAA

Best text color on #DEFF50: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEFF50

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 #DEFF50: ·

How #DEFF50 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECED7ADeuteranopia · #EAE885Tritanopia · #E09CA3

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DEFF50 rather than the exact color:

Ruby Lagoon
#1F06AC · #0F42C0 · #5882E8 · #E3EF4F
Amber Garden
#8CAA0F · #E3F04A · #5835EE · #9E92EF
Cosmic Saffron
#0D1721 · #FA2F47 · #FF33CD · #EAFD43
Gentle Horizon
#111D2B · #98FE31 · #36F83D · #EFFD4A
Gentle Ruby Saffron
#2B0C2D · #CCFB51 · #F92B29 · #73FB43
Palette 39b1d1
#39B1D1 · #D6FB61 · #F6850C · #DE3E3E

Similar colors

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

#E3EF4F#E3F04A#EAFD43#EFFD4A#CCFB51#D6FB61#E3ED4B#D7FE3D#E9EE57#F0FF42#F1FF5E#EBED58

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEFF4F  ·  #DEFF51 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEFF50?

#DEFF50 is Light Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 222, 255, 80). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEFF50?

#DEFF50 is RGB 222, 255, 80 — HSL 71°, 100%, 66% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 69%, 0%.

What colors go with #DEFF50?

Its complement is #7152FF; analogous partners are #FFC852 and #89FF52. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEFF50 for text?

Black text on #DEFF50 has a contrast ratio of 18.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.13:1.