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#EDFAC4 — Pale Vivid Green

#EDFAC4 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 #EDFAC4 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.

#EDFAC4 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.

#EDFAC4 · RGB 237, 250, 196

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Color values

HEX#EDFAC4
RGB237, 250, 196
HSL74°, 84%, 87%
HSV74°, 22%, 98%
CMYK5%, 0%, 22%, 2%
XYZ79.07, 90.36, 65.50
Yxy90.36, 0.3366, 0.3846
CIE-Lab96.15, -13.13, 24.52
Hunter Lab95.06, -12.99, 21.30

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 98% · Blue 77%

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 #EDFAC4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EDFAC4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EDFAC4

.text { color: #EDFAC4; }
.background { background-color: #EDFAC4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDFAC4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 250, 196); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(74, 84%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDFAC4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 250, 196, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDFAC4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 250, 196, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDFAC4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDFAC4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EDFAC4

#E1F69C#D5F372#CAEF4D#BEEC27#AAD813#89AE0F#6B880C#4E6309#2C3805#0F1302

Tints of #EDFAC4

#EEFAC7#F0FBCB#F1FBD0#F2FBD5#F4FCD9#F4FCD9#F5FCDE#F7FDE3#F8FDE8#F9FDEC

Tones of #EDFAC4

#EBF6C6#E8F2CA#E6EECE#E4EAD2#E2E6D6#E0E2DA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFC2FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.10:1 Fails
Against black text19.07:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDFAC4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDFAC4

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 #EDFAC4: ·

How #EDFAC4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F3F3D1Deuteranopia · #F2F1D4Tritanopia · #EEDBDE

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 #EDFAC4 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff5b5b
#FF5B5B · #F0FFC3 · #9CCFFF · #685AFF
Palette B5e18b
#B5E18B · #F0FFC2 · #EAE6BC · #28396C
Palette Eb5a3c
#EB5A3C · #DF9755 · #E7D283 · #EDF4C2
Palette Eefabd
#EEFABD · #A0D585 · #6984A9 · #263B6A
Palette 281c59
#281C59 · #4E8D9C · #85C79A · #EDF7BD
Palette Ea907a
#EA907A · #FBC687 · #F4F7C5 · #AACDBE

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDFAC3  ·  #EDFAC5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDFAC4?

#EDFAC4 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 237, 250, 196). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDFAC4?

#EDFAC4 is RGB 237, 250, 196 — HSL 74°, 84%, 87% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 22%, 2%.

What colors go with #EDFAC4?

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

Can I use #EDFAC4 for text?

Black text on #EDFAC4 has a contrast ratio of 19.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.10:1.