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#EEF5CC — Pale Green

#EEF5CC is a green color we call Pale 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 #EEF5CC 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.

#EEF5CC 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 #D3CCF5; it also sits naturally between #F5E7CC and #DAF5CC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEF5CC · RGB 238, 245, 204

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Color values

HEX#EEF5CC
RGB238, 245, 204
HSL70°, 67%, 88%
HSV70°, 17%, 96%
CMYK3%, 0%, 17%, 4%
XYZ78.81, 87.84, 69.93
Yxy87.84, 0.3331, 0.3713
CIE-Lab95.09, -9.12, 18.99
Hunter Lab93.72, -9.05, 16.89

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 96% · Blue 80%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEF5CC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEF5CC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEF5CC

.text { color: #EEF5CC; }
.background { background-color: #EEF5CC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEF5CC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 245, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(70, 67%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEF5CC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 245, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEF5CC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 245, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEF5CC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEF5CC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEF5CC

#E3EEAA#D6E784#CBE061#BED83B#AAC427#8CA220#6B7B18#4D5912#2C330A#0F1103

Tints of #EEF5CC

#EFF6D0#F1F7D4#F1F7D4#F2F7D9#F4F8DD#F5F9E1#F7FAE5#F7FAE5#F8FBEA#F9FCEE

Tones of #EEF5CC

#ECF2CF#EAEFD2#E8ECD5#E6E9D8#E4E6DB#E2E3DD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D3CCF5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.13:1 Fails
Against black text18.57:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEF5CC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEF5CC

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 #EEF5CC: ·

How #EEF5CC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F1F1D6Deuteranopia · #F1F0D8Tritanopia · #EEDEDF

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 #EEF5CC rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff9d9d
#FF9D9D · #FFC5AA · #EEF8CD · #BBF1D2
Mellow Ruby Drift
#EDF6D0 · #E4F3B4 · #8EAF22 · #596E17
Modern Ruby Bloom
#F0F4C8 · #C9DA2A · #919D20 · #3C410B
Crimson Ruby Summit
#F1F2C9 · #DEE27E · #BBC12E · #494C10
Palette 443627
#443627 · #D98324 · #EFDCAB · #F2F6D0
Palette 556b2f
#556B2F · #8FA31E · #C6D870 · #EFF5D2

Similar colors

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

#EEF8CD#EDF6D0#F0F4C8#F1F2C9#F2F6D0#EFF5D2#F3F2C9#F3F1CE#E7F4CC#E8F2CF#F3F0CA#F4F3C8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEF5CB  ·  #EEF5CD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEF5CC?

#EEF5CC is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 238, 245, 204). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEF5CC?

#EEF5CC is RGB 238, 245, 204 — HSL 70°, 67%, 88% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 17%, 4%.

What colors go with #EEF5CC?

Its complement is #D3CCF5; analogous partners are #F5E7CC and #DAF5CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEF5CC for text?

Black text on #EEF5CC has a contrast ratio of 18.57:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.13:1.