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#EEFEC3 — Pale Vivid Green

#EEFEC3 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 #EEFEC3 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.

#EEFEC3 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 #D3C3FE; it also sits naturally between #FEF0C3 and #D1FEC3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEFEC3 · RGB 238, 254, 195

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Color values

HEX#EEFEC3
RGB238, 254, 195
HSL76°, 97%, 88%
HSV76°, 23%, 100%
CMYK6%, 0%, 23%, 0%
XYZ80.55, 93.00, 65.34
Yxy93.00, 0.3372, 0.3893
CIE-Lab97.23, -14.88, 26.53
Hunter Lab96.44, -14.75, 22.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 100% · Blue 76%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 23% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEFEC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEFEC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEFEC3

.text { color: #EEFEC3; }
.background { background-color: #EEFEC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEFEC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 254, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(76, 97%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEFEC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 254, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEFEC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 254, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEFEC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEFEC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEFEC3

#E3FD9B#D7FD6D#CBFC45#BFFB18#AAE704#8DBF03#6B9202#4E6902#2C3C01#0F1400

Tints of #EEFEC3

#F0FEC8#F1FECD#F1FECD#F2FED2#F4FED7#F5FEDC#F7FFE1#F7FFE1#F8FFE6#F9FFEB

Tones of #EEFEC3

#ECFAC7#EAF6CB#E8F1D0#E6EDD4#E4E9D8#E2E5DC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D3C3FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.07:1 Fails
Against black text19.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEFEC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEFEC3

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 #EEFEC3: ·

How #EEFEC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F5D1Deuteranopia · #F4F3D5Tritanopia · #EFDDDF

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 #EEFEC3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff5b5b
#FF5B5B · #F0FFC3 · #9CCFFF · #685AFF
Palette B5e18b
#B5E18B · #F0FFC2 · #EAE6BC · #28396C
Palette 5d8736
#5D8736 · #809D3C · #A9C46C · #F4FFC3
Palette 0278ae
#0278AE · #51DACF · #9EF5CF · #E8FFC1
Palette Eefabd
#EEFABD · #A0D585 · #6984A9 · #263B6A
Palette Ff8080
#FF8080 · #FFCF96 · #F6FDC3 · #CDFAD5

Similar colors

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

#F0FFC3#F0FFC2#F4FFC3#E8FFC1#EEFABD#F6FDC3#E7FBBE#EDF7BD#E5FCC2#F4F7C5#EDF4C2#F6F7C4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEFEC2  ·  #EEFEC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEFEC3?

#EEFEC3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 238, 254, 195). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEFEC3?

#EEFEC3 is RGB 238, 254, 195 — HSL 76°, 97%, 88% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 23%, 0%.

What colors go with #EEFEC3?

Its complement is #D3C3FE; analogous partners are #FEF0C3 and #D1FEC3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEFEC3 for text?

Black text on #EEFEC3 has a contrast ratio of 19.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.07:1.