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#EEFFA3 — Pale Vivid Green

#EEFFA3 is a green color we call Pale Vivid Green, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #EEFFA3 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.

#EEFFA3 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 #B4A3FF; it also sits naturally between #FFE2A3 and #C0FFA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEFFA3 · RGB 238, 255, 163

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Color values

HEX#EEFFA3
RGB238, 255, 163
HSL71°, 100%, 82%
HSV71°, 36%, 100%
CMYK7%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ77.63, 92.34, 48.38
Yxy92.34, 0.3555, 0.4229
CIE-Lab96.96, -19.52, 42.14
Hunter Lab96.09, -19.13, 33.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 100% · Blue 64%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEFFA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEFFA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEFFA3

.text { color: #EEFFA3; }
.background { background-color: #EEFFA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEFFA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 255, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(71, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEFFA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 255, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEFFA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 255, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEFFA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEFFA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEFFA3

#E7FF7A#DFFF52#D9FF2E#D1FF05#B3DB00#92B300#708A00#536600#323D00#111400

Tints of #EEFFA3

#EFFFA8#F1FFB3#F2FFB8#F4FFC2#F5FFC7#F6FFCC#F8FFD6#F8FFDB#FAFFE5#FBFFEB

Tones of #EEFFA3

#EAF9AA#E6F2B1#E2EBB7#DEE5BD#DADEC4#D5D8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B4A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.08:1 Fails
Against black text19.47:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEFFA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEFFA3

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 #EEFFA3: ·

How #EEFFA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F6B9Deuteranopia · #F4F3BFTritanopia · #EFCBCF

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEFFA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 36656b
#36656B · #75B06F · #DAD887 · #F0F8A4
Palette 9376e0
#9376E0 · #E893CF · #F3BCC8 · #F6FFA6
Palette 071952
#071952 · #088395 · #35A29F · #F2F7A1
Ruby Monsoon
#2373F4 · #578EF5 · #65D0F4 · #F2F7A0
Palette B2b377
#B2B377 · #D2D180 · #E5E483 · #F1F5A8
Palette 041122
#041122 · #259073 · #7FDA89 · #E6F99D

Similar colors

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

#F0F8A4#F6FFA6#F2F7A1#F2F7A0#F1F5A8#E6F99D#EBFFAF#F2FF97#F6FF99#FBFFA3#E9FF97#E8F79A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEFFA2  ·  #EEFFA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEFFA3?

#EEFFA3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 238, 255, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEFFA3?

#EEFFA3 is RGB 238, 255, 163 — HSL 71°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #EEFFA3?

Its complement is #B4A3FF; analogous partners are #FFE2A3 and #C0FFA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEFFA3 for text?

Black text on #EEFFA3 has a contrast ratio of 19.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.