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#F0FAEB — Pale Green

#F0FAEB 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 #F0FAEB 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.

#F0FAEB 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 #F5EBFA; it also sits naturally between #F7FAEB and #EBFAED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F0FAEB · RGB 240, 250, 235

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Color values

HEX#F0FAEB
RGB240, 250, 235
HSL100°, 60%, 95%
HSV100°, 6%, 98%
CMYK4%, 0%, 6%, 2%
XYZ85.12, 92.89, 92.04
Yxy92.89, 0.3152, 0.3440
CIE-Lab97.18, -5.92, 6.04
Hunter Lab96.38, -5.98, 5.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 98% · Blue 92%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 6% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F0FAEB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F0FAEB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F0FAEB

.text { color: #F0FAEB; }
.background { background-color: #F0FAEB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F0FAEB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(240, 250, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(100, 60%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F0FAEB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(240, 250, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F0FAEB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(240, 250, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F0FAEB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F0FAEB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F0FAEB

#D4F1C6#B9E8A1#9DDE7C#82D558#66CC33#52A329#3F7E20#2D5A16#1B350D#081004

Tints of #F0FAEB

#F0FAEB#F0FAEB#F0FAEB#F0FAEB#F3FBEF#F3FBEF#F3FBEF#F3FBEF#F3FBEF#F3FBEF

Tones of #F0FAEB

#F0F9EC#F0F8ED#F1F7EE#F1F6EF#F2F4F0#F2F3F1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F5EBFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.07:1 Fails
Against black text19.58:1 AAA

Best text color on #F0FAEB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F0FAEB

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 #F0FAEB: ·

How #F0FAEB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4EFDeuteranopia · #F4F3F0Tritanopia · #F1F1F2

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 #F0FAEB rather than the exact color:

Palette D8efd3
#D8EFD3 · #95D2B3 · #55AD9B · #F1F8E8
Palette E88d67
#E88D67 · #F3F7EC · #006989 · #005C78
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette F2ffe9
#F2FFE9 · #A6CF98 · #557C55 · #FA7070
Palette Caf7e3
#CAF7E3 · #EDFFEC · #F6DFEB · #E4BAD4
Palette Edffea
#EDFFEA · #75DAAD · #216353 · #7A4D1D

Similar colors

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

#F1F8E8#F3F7EC#F3FDE8#F2FFE9#EDFFEC#EDFFEA#EAFAEA#F5FBE6#EFF3EA#F4F4EC#EDFFF0#ECF4E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F0FAEA  ·  #F0FAEC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F0FAEB?

#F0FAEB is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 240, 250, 235). Its closest standard named color is HoneyDew.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F0FAEB?

#F0FAEB is RGB 240, 250, 235 — HSL 100°, 60%, 95% — CMYK 4%, 0%, 6%, 2%.

What colors go with #F0FAEB?

Its complement is #F5EBFA; analogous partners are #F7FAEB and #EBFAED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F0FAEB for text?

Black text on #F0FAEB has a contrast ratio of 19.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.07:1.