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#ECFCD4 — Pale Vivid Green

#ECFCD4 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 #ECFCD4 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.

#ECFCD4 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 #E4D4FC; it also sits naturally between #FCF8D4 and #D8FCD4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECFCD4 · RGB 236, 252, 212

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Color values

HEX#ECFCD4
RGB236, 252, 212
HSL84°, 87%, 91%
HSV84°, 16%, 99%
CMYK6%, 0%, 16%, 1%
XYZ81.29, 92.21, 75.80
Yxy92.21, 0.3261, 0.3699
CIE-Lab96.90, -12.06, 17.41
Hunter Lab96.02, -12.00, 15.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 99% · Blue 83%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 16% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECFCD4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECFCD4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECFCD4

.text { color: #ECFCD4; }
.background { background-color: #ECFCD4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECFCD4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 252, 212); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(84, 87%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECFCD4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 252, 212, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECFCD4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 252, 212, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECFCD4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECFCD4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECFCD4

#D9F9A9#C8F683#B5F358#A2F02D#90E510#75BA0D#5A8F0A#3F6407#273E04#0C1301

Tints of #ECFCD4

#EEFCD9#EEFCD9#F0FDDE#F0FDDE#F2FDE2#F2FDE2#F4FDE7#F4FDE7#F7FEEC#F7FEEC

Tones of #ECFCD4

#EBF9D7#EBF6DA#EAF4DD#EAF1E0#E9EEE2#E9EBE5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E4D4FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.08:1 Fails
Against black text19.44:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECFCD4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECFCD4

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 #ECFCD4: ·

How #ECFCD4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F3F3DEDeuteranopia · #F2F1E0Tritanopia · #EDE5E7

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 #ECFCD4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 8dbcc7
#8DBCC7 · #A4CCD9 · #C4E1E6 · #EBFFD8
Palette Ff75a0
#FF75A0 · #FCE38A · #EAFFD0 · #95E1D3
Palette 3e5f44
#3E5F44 · #5E936C · #93DA97 · #E8FFD7
Palette 4a4466
#4A4466 · #6EADBC · #9FCBAD · #F1F7D4
Mellow Ruby Drift
#EDF6D0 · #E4F3B4 · #8EAF22 · #596E17
Palette 556b2f
#556B2F · #8FA31E · #C6D870 · #EFF5D2

Similar colors

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

#EBFFD8#EAFFD0#E8FFD7#F1F7D4#EDF6D0#EFF5D2#F1FADA#ECF4D6#EEF8CD#F4F8D3#F2F7D9#F2F6D0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECFCD3  ·  #ECFCD5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECFCD4?

#ECFCD4 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 236, 252, 212). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECFCD4?

#ECFCD4 is RGB 236, 252, 212 — HSL 84°, 87%, 91% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 16%, 1%.

What colors go with #ECFCD4?

Its complement is #E4D4FC; analogous partners are #FCF8D4 and #D8FCD4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECFCD4 for text?

Black text on #ECFCD4 has a contrast ratio of 19.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.