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#EEF2DF — Pale Muted Green

#EEF2DF is a green color we call Pale Muted 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 #EEF2DF 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.

#EEF2DF 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 #E3DEF2; it also sits naturally between #F2ECDE and #E4F2DE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEF2DF · RGB 238, 242, 223

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Color values

HEX#EEF2DF
RGB238, 242, 223
HSL73°, 42%, 91%
HSV73°, 8%, 95%
CMYK2%, 0%, 8%, 5%
XYZ80.33, 87.01, 82.37
Yxy87.01, 0.3217, 0.3484
CIE-Lab94.74, -4.60, 8.70
Hunter Lab93.28, -4.60, 8.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 95% · Blue 87%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 8% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEF2DF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEF2DF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEF2DF

.text { color: #EEF2DF; }
.background { background-color: #EEF2DF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEF2DF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 242, 223); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(73, 42%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEF2DF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 242, 223, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEF2DF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 242, 223, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEF2DF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEF2DF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEF2DF

#DCE4BE#CCD9A1#BBCB80#AABE60#98AE47#7B8D3A#5F6D2C#424C1F#292F13#0D0E06

Tints of #EEF2DF

#EFF3E2#EFF3E2#F1F5E6#F1F5E6#F3F6E9#F3F6E9#F5F8ED#F5F8ED#F7F9F1#F7F9F1

Tones of #EEF2DF

#EDF0E0#ECEFE1#EBEEE3#EAECE4#EAEBE5#E9E9E7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E3DEF2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.14:1 Fails
Against black text18.40:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEF2DF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEF2DF

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 #EEF2DF: ·

How #EEF2DF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0F0E4Deuteranopia · #F0EFE5Tritanopia · #EEE7E8

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 #EEF2DF rather than the exact color:

Palette 819a91
#819A91 · #A7C1A8 · #D1D8BE · #EEEFE0
Palette F1f3e0
#F1F3E0 · #D2DCB6 · #A1BC98 · #778873
Palette Ebf4dd
#EBF4DD · #90AB8B · #5A7863 · #3B4953
Palette Bbdce5
#BBDCE5 · #ECEEDF · #D9C4B0 · #CFAB8D
Palette 30364f
#30364F · #ACBAC4 · #E1D9BC · #F0F0DB
Palette F3f3e0
#F3F3E0 · #133E87 · #608BC1 · #CBDCEB

Similar colors

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

#EEEFE0#F1F3E0#EBF4DD#ECEEDF#F0F0DB#F3F3E0#F1EEDC#F4F2DE#F1F0E4#F4F4DF#EEF0E5#F0ECE2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEF2DE  ·  #EEF2E0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEF2DF?

#EEF2DF is Pale Muted Green, a green color (RGB 238, 242, 223). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEF2DF?

#EEF2DF is RGB 238, 242, 223 — HSL 73°, 42%, 91% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 8%, 5%.

What colors go with #EEF2DF?

Its complement is #E3DEF2; analogous partners are #F2ECDE and #E4F2DE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEF2DF for text?

Black text on #EEF2DF has a contrast ratio of 18.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.14:1.