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#EFFCE5 — Pale Vivid Green

#EFFCE5 is a green color we call Pale Vivid 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 #EFFCE5 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.

#EFFCE5 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 #F1E4FC; it also sits naturally between #FAFCE4 and #E4FCE5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFFCE5 · RGB 239, 252, 229

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Color values

HEX#EFFCE5
RGB239, 252, 229
HSL94°, 79%, 94%
HSV94°, 9%, 99%
CMYK5%, 0%, 9%, 1%
XYZ84.55, 93.63, 87.74
Yxy93.63, 0.3179, 0.3521
CIE-Lab97.48, -8.28, 9.54
Hunter Lab96.76, -8.32, 9.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 99% · Blue 90%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFFCE5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFFCE5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFFCE5

.text { color: #EFFCE5; }
.background { background-color: #EFFCE5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFFCE5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 252, 229); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(94, 79%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFFCE5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 252, 229, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFFCE5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 252, 229, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFFCE5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFFCE5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFFCE5

#D5F7BB#BBF291#A2ED68#89E93F#70E01A#5BB715#478D11#32640C#1E3B07#091202

Tints of #EFFCE5

#EEFCE4#EEFCE4#F1FCE8#F1FCE8#F1FCE8#F1FCE8#F1FCE8#F4FDED#F4FDED#F4FDED

Tones of #EFFCE5

#EEFAE5#EFF8E7#EFF7E9#EFF5EA#EFF3EC#EFF1EE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F1E4FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.06:1 Fails
Against black text19.73:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFFCE5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFFCE5

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 #EFFCE5: ·

How #EFFCE5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F5EBDeuteranopia · #F4F3ECTritanopia · #F0EFF0

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 #EFFCE5 rather than the exact color:

Palette 399918
#399918 · #ECFFE6 · #FFAAAA · #FF7777
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette D8efd3
#D8EFD3 · #95D2B3 · #55AD9B · #F1F8E8
Palette F2ffe9
#F2FFE9 · #A6CF98 · #557C55 · #FA7070
Palette F5fbe6
#F5FBE6 · #215E61 · #233D4D · #FE7F2D
Palette Edffea
#EDFFEA · #75DAAD · #216353 · #7A4D1D

Similar colors

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

#ECFFE6#F3FDE8#F1F8E8#F2FFE9#F5FBE6#EDFFEA#EDF6E5#F0FFDF#F2FFDF#EAFAEA#F5FAE1#EDFFEC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFFCE4  ·  #EFFCE6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFFCE5?

#EFFCE5 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 239, 252, 229). Its closest standard named color is HoneyDew.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFFCE5?

#EFFCE5 is RGB 239, 252, 229 — HSL 94°, 79%, 94% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 9%, 1%.

What colors go with #EFFCE5?

Its complement is #F1E4FC; analogous partners are #FAFCE4 and #E4FCE5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFFCE5 for text?

Black text on #EFFCE5 has a contrast ratio of 19.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.06:1.