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#EDFAC3 — Pale Vivid Green

#EDFAC3 is a green color we call Pale Vivid Green, closest to the named color LemonChiffon (#FFFACD). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lemonchiffon (#FFFACD) — not an exact match. CSS lemonchiffon gives you #FFFACD, a different color; use #EDFAC3 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.

#EDFAC3 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 #CFC2FA; it also sits naturally between #FAEBC2 and #D1FAC2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDFAC3 · RGB 237, 250, 195

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Color values

HEX#EDFAC3
RGB237, 250, 195
HSL74°, 85%, 87%
HSV74°, 22%, 98%
CMYK5%, 0%, 22%, 2%
XYZ78.96, 90.32, 64.90
Yxy90.32, 0.3372, 0.3857
CIE-Lab96.13, -13.28, 25.01
Hunter Lab95.03, -13.13, 21.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 98% · Blue 76%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 22% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EDFAC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EDFAC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EDFAC3

.text { color: #EDFAC3; }
.background { background-color: #EDFAC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDFAC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 250, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(74, 85%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDFAC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 250, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDFAC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 250, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDFAC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDFAC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EDFAC3

#E2F79C#D5F471#CAF04C#BFED26#AAD912#89AF0E#6B890B#4E6308#2C3905#0F1302

Tints of #EDFAC3

#EEFAC6#F0FBCB#F1FBD0#F2FCD5#F4FCD9#F4FCD9#F5FCDE#F7FDE3#F8FDE7#F9FDEC

Tones of #EDFAC3

#EBF6C6#E9F2CA#E7EECE#E4EAD2#E2E6D6#E0E2DA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFC2FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.10:1 Fails
Against black text19.06:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDFAC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDFAC3

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 #EDFAC3: ·

How #EDFAC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F3F3D0Deuteranopia · #F2F1D4Tritanopia · #EEDBDD

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 #EDFAC3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff5b5b
#FF5B5B · #F0FFC3 · #9CCFFF · #685AFF
Palette B5e18b
#B5E18B · #F0FFC2 · #EAE6BC · #28396C
Palette Eefabd
#EEFABD · #A0D585 · #6984A9 · #263B6A
Palette Eb5a3c
#EB5A3C · #DF9755 · #E7D283 · #EDF4C2
Palette 281c59
#281C59 · #4E8D9C · #85C79A · #EDF7BD
Palette 0278ae
#0278AE · #51DACF · #9EF5CF · #E8FFC1

Similar colors

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

#F0FFC3#F0FFC2#EEFABD#EDF4C2#EDF7BD#E8FFC1#F4F7C5#E7FBBE#F1F3C2#E5FCC2#F0F4C8#EAF2C3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDFAC2  ·  #EDFAC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDFAC3?

#EDFAC3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 237, 250, 195). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDFAC3?

#EDFAC3 is RGB 237, 250, 195 — HSL 74°, 85%, 87% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 22%, 2%.

What colors go with #EDFAC3?

Its complement is #CFC2FA; analogous partners are #FAEBC2 and #D1FAC2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDFAC3 for text?

Black text on #EDFAC3 has a contrast ratio of 19.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.10:1.