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#F4FAEB — Pale Green

#F4FAEB 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 #F4FAEB 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.

#F4FAEB 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 #F1EBFA; it also sits naturally between #FAF8EB and #ECFAEB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4FAEB · RGB 244, 250, 235

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Color values

HEX#F4FAEB
RGB244, 250, 235
HSL84°, 60%, 95%
HSV84°, 6%, 98%
CMYK2%, 0%, 6%, 2%
XYZ86.49, 93.60, 92.11
Yxy93.60, 0.3177, 0.3439
CIE-Lab97.47, -4.58, 6.49
Hunter Lab96.75, -4.64, 6.24

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 98% · Blue 92%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #F4FAEB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4FAEB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4FAEB

.text { color: #F4FAEB; }
.background { background-color: #F4FAEB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4FAEB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 250, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(84, 60%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4FAEB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 250, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4FAEB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 250, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4FAEB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4FAEB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4FAEB

#E0F1C6#CBE8A1#B7DE7C#A3D558#8FCC33#72A329#597E20#3F5A16#25350D#0B1004

Tints of #F4FAEB

#F4FAEB#F4FAEB#F4FAEB#F4FAEB#F6FBEF#F6FBEF#F6FBEF#F6FBEF#F6FBEF#F6FBEF

Tones of #F4FAEB

#F4F9EC#F3F8ED#F3F7EE#F3F6EF#F3F4F0#F2F3F1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F1EBFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.06:1 Fails
Against black text19.72:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4FAEB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F4FAEB

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 #F4FAEB: ·

How #F4FAEB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F7EFDeuteranopia · #F6F6F0Tritanopia · #F4F1F2

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 #F4FAEB rather than the exact color:

Palette E88d67
#E88D67 · #F3F7EC · #006989 · #005C78
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette 333c4a
#333C4A · #495664 · #F6F7D3 · #F8FCEB
Palette D8efd3
#D8EFD3 · #95D2B3 · #55AD9B · #F1F8E8
Palette F5fbe6
#F5FBE6 · #215E61 · #233D4D · #FE7F2D
Palette F7f7e8
#F7F7E8 · #C7CFB7 · #9DAD7F · #557174

Similar colors

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

#F3F7EC#F3FDE8#F8FCEB#F1F8E8#F5FBE6#F7F7E8#F7F7EE#F9F8EB#F2FFE9#F7F5EB#F4F4EC#F7F8F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4FAEA  ·  #F4FAEC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4FAEB?

#F4FAEB is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 244, 250, 235). Its closest standard named color is HoneyDew.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4FAEB?

#F4FAEB is RGB 244, 250, 235 — HSL 84°, 60%, 95% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 6%, 2%.

What colors go with #F4FAEB?

Its complement is #F1EBFA; analogous partners are #FAF8EB and #ECFAEB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4FAEB for text?

Black text on #F4FAEB has a contrast ratio of 19.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.06:1.