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#EBFAEA — Pale Green

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

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: honeydew (#F0FFF0) — not an exact match. CSS honeydew gives you #F0FFF0, a different color; use #EBFAEA 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.

#EBFAEA 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 #F9EAFA; it also sits naturally between #F3FAEA and #EAFAF1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBFAEA · RGB 235, 250, 234

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Color values

HEX#EBFAEA
RGB235, 250, 234
HSL116°, 62%, 95%
HSV116°, 6%, 98%
CMYK6%, 0%, 6%, 2%
XYZ83.30, 91.97, 91.20
Yxy91.97, 0.3126, 0.3451
CIE-Lab96.81, -7.76, 5.97
Hunter Lab95.90, -7.79, 5.74

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 98% · Blue 92%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EBFAEA

.text { color: #EBFAEA; }
.background { background-color: #EBFAEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBFAEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 250, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(116, 62%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBFAEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 250, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBFAEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 250, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBFAEA

#C8F1C5#A5E9A0#82E07B#5ED756#3BCF30#2FA527#25801E#1A5B15#0F360D#051104

Tints of #EBFAEA

#EBFAEA#EBFAEA#EBFAEA#EBFAEA#EFFBEE#EFFBEE#EFFBEE#EFFBEE#EFFBEE#EFFBEE

Tones of #EBFAEA

#ECF9EB#EDF8ED#EEF7EE#EFF6EF#F0F5F0#F1F3F1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F9EAFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.08:1 Fails
Against black text19.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBFAEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBFAEA

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 #EBFAEA: ·

How #EBFAEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F1F2EEDeuteranopia · #F1F0EFTritanopia · #ECF1F2

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 #EBFAEA rather than the exact color:

Palette 780c28
#780C28 · #CAE0BC · #EAFAEA · #6E8E59
Palette Edffea
#EDFFEA · #75DAAD · #216353 · #7A4D1D
Palette A28b55
#A28B55 · #86AB89 · #CBE2B5 · #E7FBE6
Palette Caf7e3
#CAF7E3 · #EDFFEC · #F6DFEB · #E4BAD4
Palette E8f5e9
#E8F5E9 · #A5D6A7 · #66BB6A · #1B5E20
Palette 00e0ff
#00E0FF · #74F9FF · #A6FFF2 · #E8FFE8

Similar colors

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

#EAFAEA#EDFFEA#E7FBE6#EDFFEC#E8F5E9#E8FFE8#ECF4E8#ECFFE6#F1F8E8#EDF6E5#EBF3E8#EDFFF0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBFAE9  ·  #EBFAEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBFAEA?

#EBFAEA is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 235, 250, 234). Its closest standard named color is HoneyDew.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBFAEA?

#EBFAEA is RGB 235, 250, 234 — HSL 116°, 62%, 95% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 6%, 2%.

What colors go with #EBFAEA?

Its complement is #F9EAFA; analogous partners are #F3FAEA and #EAFAF1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBFAEA for text?

Black text on #EBFAEA has a contrast ratio of 19.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.