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#EEFBEA — Pale Green

#EEFBEA is a green color we call Pale Green, closest to the named color HoneyDew (#F0FFF0). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: honeydew (#F0FFF0) — not an exact match. CSS honeydew gives you #F0FFF0, a different color; use #EEFBEA 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.

#EEFBEA 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 #F7EAFB; it also sits naturally between #F6FBEA and #EAFBEE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEFBEA · RGB 238, 251, 234

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Color values

HEX#EEFBEA
RGB238, 251, 234
HSL106°, 68%, 95%
HSV106°, 7%, 98%
CMYK5%, 0%, 7%, 2%
XYZ84.61, 93.11, 91.35
Yxy93.11, 0.3144, 0.3460
CIE-Lab97.27, -7.26, 6.66
Hunter Lab96.49, -7.31, 6.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 98% · Blue 92%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 7% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEFBEA

.text { color: #EEFBEA; }
.background { background-color: #EEFBEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEFBEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 251, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(106, 68%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEFBEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 251, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEFBEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 251, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEFBEA

#CEF4C3#AFEC9C#90E576#71DE4F#51D629#41AB21#328519#245E12#15380B#071103

Tints of #EEFBEA

#EEFBEA#EEFBEA#EEFBEA#EEFBEA#F1FCEE#F1FCEE#F1FCEE#F1FCEE#F1FCEE#F1FCEE

Tones of #EEFBEA

#EEFAEB#EFF8EC#F0F7ED#F0F6EF#F1F5F0#F2F4F1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F7EAFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.07:1 Fails
Against black text19.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEFBEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEFBEA

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 #EEFBEA: ·

How #EEFBEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4EEDeuteranopia · #F3F2EFTritanopia · #EFF1F2

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 #EEFBEA rather than the exact color:

Palette Edffea
#EDFFEA · #75DAAD · #216353 · #7A4D1D
Palette 780c28
#780C28 · #CAE0BC · #EAFAEA · #6E8E59
Palette Caf7e3
#CAF7E3 · #EDFFEC · #F6DFEB · #E4BAD4
Palette D8efd3
#D8EFD3 · #95D2B3 · #55AD9B · #F1F8E8
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette F2ffe9
#F2FFE9 · #A6CF98 · #557C55 · #FA7070

Similar colors

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

#EDFFEA#EAFAEA#EDFFEC#F1F8E8#F3FDE8#F2FFE9#ECFFE6#F3F7EC#EDF6E5#EDFFF0#E8FFE8#ECF4E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEFBE9  ·  #EEFBEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEFBEA?

#EEFBEA is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 238, 251, 234). Its closest standard named color is HoneyDew.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEFBEA?

#EEFBEA is RGB 238, 251, 234 — HSL 106°, 68%, 95% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 7%, 2%.

What colors go with #EEFBEA?

Its complement is #F7EAFB; analogous partners are #F6FBEA and #EAFBEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEFBEA for text?

Black text on #EEFBEA has a contrast ratio of 19.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.07:1.