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#EEFBC3 — Pale Vivid Green

#EEFBC3 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 #EEFBC3 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.

#EEFBC3 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 #CEC1FB; it also sits naturally between #FBEBC1 and #D0FBC1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEFBC3 · RGB 238, 251, 195

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Color values

HEX#EEFBC3
RGB238, 251, 195
HSL74°, 88%, 87%
HSV74°, 22%, 98%
CMYK5%, 0%, 22%, 2%
XYZ79.61, 91.11, 65.02
Yxy91.11, 0.3377, 0.3865
CIE-Lab96.46, -13.41, 25.47
Hunter Lab95.45, -13.28, 22.05

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 #EEFBC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEFBC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEFBC3

.text { color: #EEFBC3; }
.background { background-color: #EEFBC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEFBC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 251, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(74, 88%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEFBC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 251, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEFBC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 251, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEFBC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEFBC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEFBC3

#E3F99A#D6F66F#CCF349#C1F122#ACDD0E#8BB10B#6D8B09#4F6506#2D3A04#0F1301

Tints of #EEFBC3

#EFFBC5#F0FCCA#F1FCCF#F3FCD4#F4FDD9#F4FDD9#F6FDDD#F7FDE2#F8FDE7#FAFEEC

Tones of #EEFBC3

#EBF7C5#E9F3C9#E7EECD#E5EAD1#E2E6D6#E0E2DA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEC1FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.09:1 Fails
Against black text19.22:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEFBC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEFBC3

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 #EEFBC3: ·

How #EEFBC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4D1Deuteranopia · #F3F2D4Tritanopia · #EFDBDE

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 #EEFBC3 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 5d8736
#5D8736 · #809D3C · #A9C46C · #F4FFC3
Palette 281c59
#281C59 · #4E8D9C · #85C79A · #EDF7BD

Similar colors

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

#F0FFC3#F0FFC2#EEFABD#EDF4C2#F4FFC3#EDF7BD#F4F7C5#E8FFC1#F6FDC3#E7FBBE#F1F3C2#F0F4C8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEFBC2  ·  #EEFBC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEFBC3?

#EEFBC3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 238, 251, 195). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEFBC3?

#EEFBC3 is RGB 238, 251, 195 — HSL 74°, 88%, 87% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 22%, 2%.

What colors go with #EEFBC3?

Its complement is #CEC1FB; analogous partners are #FBEBC1 and #D0FBC1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEFBC3 for text?

Black text on #EEFBC3 has a contrast ratio of 19.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.09:1.