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#F4FCED — Pale Green

#F4FCED 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 #F4FCED 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.

#F4FCED 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 #F5EEFC; it also sits naturally between #FCFCEE and #EEFCEE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4FCED · RGB 244, 252, 237

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Color values

HEX#F4FCED
RGB244, 252, 237
HSL92°, 71%, 96%
HSV92°, 6%, 99%
CMYK3%, 0%, 6%, 1%
XYZ87.40, 94.97, 93.84
Yxy94.97, 0.3164, 0.3438
CIE-Lab98.02, -5.25, 6.26
Hunter Lab97.45, -5.32, 6.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 99% · Blue 93%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 6% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F4FCED on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4FCED on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4FCED

.text { color: #F4FCED; }
.background { background-color: #F4FCED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4FCED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 252, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(92, 71%, 96%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4FCED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 252, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4FCED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 252, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4FCED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4FCED">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4FCED

#DCF5C6#C4EF9F#AAE773#92E14C#79DA25#64B31E#4E8C18#356010#20390A#0A1103

Tints of #F4FCED

#F4FCEE#F4FCEE#F4FCEE#F4FCEE#F4FCEE#F4FCEE#F4FCEE#F4FCEE#F4FCEE#F4FCEE

Tones of #F4FCED

#F4FBEF#F4FAF0#F5F9F1#F5F8F2#F5F7F3#F5F6F4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F5EEFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.05:1 Fails
Against black text19.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4FCED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F4FCED

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 #F4FCED: ·

How #F4FCED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F8F1Deuteranopia · #F7F6F1Tritanopia · #F4F3F4

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 #F4FCED rather than the exact color:

Palette 333c4a
#333C4A · #495664 · #F6F7D3 · #F8FCEB
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette E88d67
#E88D67 · #F3F7EC · #006989 · #005C78
Palette F2ffe9
#F2FFE9 · #A6CF98 · #557C55 · #FA7070
Palette 355872
#355872 · #7AAACE · #9CD5FF · #F7F8F0
Palette B6eb7a
#B6EB7A · #F7F7EE · #FB7813 · #17706E

Similar colors

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

#F8FCEB#F3FDE8#F3F7EC#F2FFE9#F7F8F0#F7F7EE#F9FFEA#F7F9F2#F9F8EB#FAF9EE#F1F8E8#F5FBE6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4FCEC  ·  #F4FCEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4FCED?

#F4FCED is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 244, 252, 237). Its closest standard named color is HoneyDew.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4FCED?

#F4FCED is RGB 244, 252, 237 — HSL 92°, 71%, 96% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 6%, 1%.

What colors go with #F4FCED?

Its complement is #F5EEFC; analogous partners are #FCFCEE and #EEFCEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4FCED for text?

Black text on #F4FCED has a contrast ratio of 19.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.05:1.