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#EFFFE3 — Pale Vivid Green

#EFFFE3 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 #EFFFE3 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.

#EFFFE3 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 #F4E5FF; it also sits naturally between #FDFFE5 and #E5FFE7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFFFE3 · RGB 239, 255, 227

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Color values

HEX#EFFFE3
RGB239, 255, 227
HSL94°, 100%, 95%
HSV94°, 11%, 100%
CMYK6%, 0%, 11%, 0%
XYZ85.22, 95.42, 86.60
Yxy95.42, 0.3189, 0.3570
CIE-Lab98.20, -10.10, 11.59
Hunter Lab97.68, -10.15, 10.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 100% · Blue 89%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 11% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFFFE3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFFFE3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFFFE3

.text { color: #EFFFE3; }
.background { background-color: #EFFFE3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFFFE3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 255, 227); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(94, 100%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFFFE3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 255, 227, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFFFE3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 255, 227, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFFFE3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFFFE3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFFFE3

#D7FFB8#BDFF8A#A3FF5C#89FF2E#6FFF00#58CC00#459E00#317000#1D4200#091400

Tints of #EFFFE3

#F1FFE5#F1FFE5#F1FFE5#F1FFE5#F3FFEB#F3FFEB#F3FFEB#F3FFEB#F3FFEB#F3FFEB

Tones of #EFFFE3

#F1FDE7#F1FBE9#F1FAEB#F2F8ED#F2F6EF#F2F4F0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F4E5FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.05:1 Fails
Against black text20.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFFFE3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFFFE3

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 #EFFFE3: ·

How #EFFFE3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F6F6EADeuteranopia · #F5F4EBTritanopia · #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 #EFFFE3 rather than the exact color:

Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F0FFDF · #FFD8DF · #FFAAB8
Palette 399918
#399918 · #ECFFE6 · #FFAAAA · #FF7777
Palette F2ffdf
#F2FFDF · #B1F1B2 · #1E757B · #424D69
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette F2ffe9
#F2FFE9 · #A6CF98 · #557C55 · #FA7070
Palette Edffea
#EDFFEA · #75DAAD · #216353 · #7A4D1D

Similar colors

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

#F0FFDF#ECFFE6#F2FFDF#F3FDE8#F2FFE9#EDFFEA#F5FBE6#F5FAE1#F7FFE5#F6FFDE#E8FFE8#F6FCDF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFFFE2  ·  #EFFFE4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFFFE3?

#EFFFE3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 239, 255, 227). Its closest standard named color is HoneyDew.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFFFE3?

#EFFFE3 is RGB 239, 255, 227 — HSL 94°, 100%, 95% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 11%, 0%.

What colors go with #EFFFE3?

Its complement is #F4E5FF; analogous partners are #FDFFE5 and #E5FFE7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFFFE3 for text?

Black text on #EFFFE3 has a contrast ratio of 20.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.05:1.