CSS named color

Pale Green #98FB98

The CSS keyword palegreen is #98FB98. It is a pale soft green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.904, chroma 0.162 and hue 144.1°.

Relative luminance: 0.7794
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.904 · 0.162 · 144.1
Best text: Black 16.58:1
Hue family: Green

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#98FB98 color codes

HEX: #98FB98
RGB: rgb(152, 251, 152)
HSL: hsl(120, 93%, 79%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.904 0.162 144.1)
OKLab: oklab(0.904 -0.132 0.095)
CIELAB (D65): L* 90.75, a* -48.30, b* 38.53
XYZ (D65): X 53.11, Y 77.93, Z 41.94
CMYK (naive): cmyk(39%, 0%, 39%, 2%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #98FB98 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 16.58:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.26:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

16.58:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +90
White text on it

1.26:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −15
Text is here, unreadable at 1.26:1
As text on black

16.58:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −90
As text on white

1.26:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +13
Text is here, unreadable at 1.26:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#1E8828 4.55:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.90 to 0.55 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#98FB98 16.58:1

It already reaches 16.58:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #98FB98 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #98FB98

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #98FB98 sits at step 200.

50#E1FFE0

White
1.07
Black
19.58
100#BEFFBD

White
1.15
Black
18.22
200This color#98FB98

White
1.26
Black
16.58
300#7CD77C

White
1.76
Black
11.86
400#5BBA5D

White
2.43
Black
8.62
500#3A9E3F

White
3.41
Black
6.14
600#1B8526

White
4.74
Black
4.42
700#006C13

White
6.65
Black
3.15
800#004F0B

White
9.89
Black
2.12
900#003304

White
14.23
Black
1.47
950#001D01

White
17.85
Black
1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #98FB98 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.190; #98FB98 uses 86% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.211 there: 11% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.162
sRGB edge: 0.190
Display P3 edge: 0.211
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.252
Dominant wavelength: 549 nm
Excitation purity: 33%
Chromaticity: x 0.3070, y 0.4505

This color#98FB98
Most vivid in sRGB#88FF8A
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.904 0.211 144.1)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #98fb98;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6192 1 0.5525); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #98FB98

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#CCFDCC
OKLab50%#CFFECD
OKLCH50%#CFFECD

Black #000000

sRGB50%#4C7E4C
OKLab50%#386138
OKLCH50%#386138

Its complement #FCCDFF

sRGB50%#CAE4CC
OKLab50%#D0E7CF
OKLCH50%#FFD6BC

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #98fb98, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #98fb98 50%, white);

In use

#98FB98 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:116.58:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.26:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.26:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.26:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #1E8828 4.55:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:116.58:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:114.79:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:114.79:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:114.79:1 Passes

Color vision

How #98FB98 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 26.2; tritanopia changes it least, 18.1.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#FFEA91 ΔE2000 22.7

Distinct

Reads as pale soft amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#F0E19E ΔE2000 21.3

Distinct

Reads as pale muted amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#8CF6E2 ΔE2000 18.1

Distinct

Reads as pale soft cyan
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#E4E4E4 ΔE2000 26.2

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #FCCDFF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#98FB98 · #FCCDFF	61.3	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#FFEA91 · #C9D9FF	39.8	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#F0E19E · #D4DEFD	34.4	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#8CF6E2 · #FFD1DE	48.6	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#E4E4E4 · #DCDCDC	1.8	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #98FB98

Its complement is #FCCDFF, a pale muted magenta.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#98FB98
Complement#FCCDFF

Complementary

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−30°#DEEB5F
Base#98FB98
+30°#56FFD8

Analogous

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Base#98FB98
+120°#D0E0FF
+240°#FFD3CF

Triadic

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Base#98FB98
+150°#E0D9FF
+210°#FFD0E2

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-palegreen: #98fb98;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        palegreen: '#98fb98',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-palegreen: oklch(0.904 0.162 144.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "palegreen": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.5961, 0.9843, 0.5961],
        "hex": "#98fb98"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color palegreen"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let palegreen = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.596, green: 0.984, blue: 0.596, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Palegreen = Color(0xFF98FB98)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Pale Green #98FB98

#98FB98 color codes

Contrast: is #98FB98 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #98FB98 live

Shades and tints of #98FB98

How vivid #98FB98 can get

Mixing #98FB98

#98FB98 in an interface

How #98FB98 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #98FB98

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #98FB98 in the tools