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#EBFAE5 — Pale Green

#EBFAE5 is a green color we call Pale Green, closest to the named color HoneyDew (#F0FFF0). It belongs to the green family.

#EBFAE5 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 #F4E5FA; it also sits naturally between #F6FAE5 and #E5FAEA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBFAE5 · RGB 235, 250, 229

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Color values

HEX#EBFAE5
RGB235, 250, 229
HSL103°, 68%, 94%
HSV103°, 8%, 98%
CMYK6%, 0%, 8%, 2%
XYZ82.59, 91.69, 87.47
Yxy91.69, 0.3155, 0.3503
CIE-Lab96.69, -8.62, 8.38
Hunter Lab95.76, -8.63, 7.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 98% · Blue 90%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 8% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBFAE5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBFAE5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBFAE5

.text { color: #EBFAE5; }
.background { background-color: #EBFAE5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBFAE5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 250, 229); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(103, 68%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBFAE5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 250, 229, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBFAE5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 250, 229, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBFAE5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBFAE5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBFAE5

#CDF3BF#B0EB98#92E472#74DD4B#58D228#48AB21#388519#285E12#17380B#071103

Tints of #EBFAE5

#EBFAE5#EBFAE5#EEFBEA#EEFBEA#EEFBEA#EEFBEA#EEFBEA#F2FCEE#F2FCEE#F2FCEE

Tones of #EBFAE5

#ECF9E7#ECF7E8#EDF6EA#EEF4EB#EEF3ED#EFF1EE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F4E5FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.09:1 Fails
Against black text19.34:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBFAE5: #000000.

How #EBFAE5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F1F2EADeuteranopia · #F1F0EBTritanopia · #ECEEEF

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 #EBFAE5 rather than the exact color:

Palette A28b55
#A28B55 · #86AB89 · #CBE2B5 · #E7FBE6
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0
Palette 780c28
#780C28 · #CAE0BC · #EAFAEA · #6E8E59
Palette 399918
#399918 · #ECFFE6 · #FFAAAA · #FF7777
Palette 00e0ff
#00E0FF · #74F9FF · #A6FFF2 · #E8FFE8
Palette Ecf4e8
#ECF4E8 · #CBF3BB · #ABE7B2 · #93BFC7

Similar colors

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

#E7FBE6#EDF6E5#EAFAEA#ECFFE6#E8FFE8#ECF4E8#F1F8E8#E8F5E9#EDFFEA#EBF3E8#EEF2E6#EDFFEC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBFAE4  ·  #EBFAE6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBFAE5?

#EBFAE5 is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 235, 250, 229). Its closest standard named color is HoneyDew.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBFAE5?

#EBFAE5 is RGB 235, 250, 229 — HSL 103°, 68%, 94% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 8%, 2%.

What colors go with #EBFAE5?

Its complement is #F4E5FA; analogous partners are #F6FAE5 and #E5FAEA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBFAE5 for text?

Black text on #EBFAE5 has a contrast ratio of 19.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.09:1.