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#DEFFD4 — Pale Vivid Green

#DEFFD4 is a green color we call Pale Vivid Green, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: beige (#F5F5DC) — not an exact match. CSS beige gives you #F5F5DC, a different color; use #DEFFD4 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.

#DEFFD4 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 #F5D6FF; it also sits naturally between #F4FFD6 and #D6FFE1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DEFFD4 · RGB 222, 255, 212

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Color values

HEX#DEFFD4
RGB222, 255, 212
HSL106°, 100%, 92%
HSV106°, 17%, 100%
CMYK13%, 0%, 17%, 0%
XYZ77.77, 91.80, 75.91
Yxy91.80, 0.3168, 0.3740
CIE-Lab96.74, -18.29, 17.04
Hunter Lab95.81, -17.96, 15.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 100% · Blue 83%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DEFFD4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DEFFD4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DEFFD4

.text { color: #DEFFD4; }
.background { background-color: #DEFFD4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEFFD4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 255, 212); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(106, 100%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEFFD4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 255, 212, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEFFD4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 255, 212, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DEFFD4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DEFFD4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DEFFD4

#BDFFA8#99FF7A#7AFF52#57FF24#39F500#2EC700#249900#1A7000#0F4200#051400

Tints of #DEFFD4

#E0FFD6#E4FFDB#E4FFDB#E8FFE0#E8FFE0#E8FFE0#EBFFE5#EBFFE5#EFFFEB#EFFFEB

Tones of #DEFFD4

#E1FCD9#E3F9DC#E4F6DF#E6F3E2#E7F1E5#E9EDE8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F5D6FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.08:1 Fails
Against black text19.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #DEFFD4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEFFD4

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 #DEFFD4: ·

How #DEFFD4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECEDDEDeuteranopia · #EAE8E1Tritanopia · #E0E7E8

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 #DEFFD4 rather than the exact color:

Palette F7c8e0
#F7C8E0 · #DFFFD8 · #B4E4FF · #95BDFF
Palette 3e5f44
#3E5F44 · #5E936C · #93DA97 · #E8FFD7
Dreamy Orchard
#D9F7CF · #8CEA6C · #71E24B · #2C7712
Palette F9b2d7
#F9B2D7 · #CFECF3 · #DAF9DE · #F6FFDC
Palette Ff75a0
#FF75A0 · #FCE38A · #EAFFD0 · #95E1D3
Golden Ruby Terrace
#DBF2D4 · #69CC48 · #49992E · #1E3E14

Similar colors

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

#DFFFD8#E8FFD7#D9F7CF#DAF9DE#EAFFD0#DBF2D4#D9F9DF#EBFFD8#E3F2D6#D3F6D1#E0FBE2#E0F8C7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEFFD3  ·  #DEFFD5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEFFD4?

#DEFFD4 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 222, 255, 212). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEFFD4?

#DEFFD4 is RGB 222, 255, 212 — HSL 106°, 100%, 92% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 17%, 0%.

What colors go with #DEFFD4?

Its complement is #F5D6FF; analogous partners are #F4FFD6 and #D6FFE1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEFFD4 for text?

Black text on #DEFFD4 has a contrast ratio of 19.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.