CSS color names · Greens

Pale Green color: hex #98fb98, RGB and HSL

Pale Green is the CSS keyword palegreen, hex #98fb98, rgb(152, 251, 152), hsl(120, 93%, 79%). It is a light, fully saturated green in the greens family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name
palegreen
Hex
#98fb98
RGB
rgb(152, 251, 152)
HSL
hsl(120, 93%, 79%)
On white
1.27:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black
16.59:1 — passes AA for body text
.example {
  color: palegreen;          /* keyword */
  color: #98fb98;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(152, 251, 152); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(120, 93%, 79%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with pale green

Each match keeps pale green's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside pale green as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#fb98fb

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#c998fb
#fb98c9

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#9898fb
#fb9898

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#c9fb98
#98fbc9

Tints and shades of pale green

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as pale green — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#a9fca9
#bafcba
#cbfdcb
#ddfedd
#eefeee

Shades (darker)

#57f857
#17f617
#08c208
#058105
#034103

A UI color palette built from pale green

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from pale green as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode
primary
#98fb98
secondary
#c998fb
accent
#fb98c9
background
#fcfdfc
surface
#f3f7f3
text
#112211
muted
#568f56
border
#dfecdf
Dark mode
primary
#98fb98
secondary
#c998fb
accent
#fb98c9
background
#0e1b0e
surface
#152815
text
#f3f6f3
muted
#94b894
border
#274927

Using pale green in an interface

Green means success and 'on' — reserve one green for that job before you use another as a brand color. Sea green, forest green and teal are calm enough to lead a palette; the neon greens are for dark-mode accents and little else. Whichever role pale green takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Pale Green?
Pale Green is #98fb98. In CSS the keyword palegreen, the hex #98fb98, rgb(152, 251, 152) and hsl(120, 93%, 79%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Pale Green?
Its complement is #fb98fb, the split-complementary pair is #c998fb and #fb98c9, the triadic partners are #9898fb and #fb9898, and the analogous neighbors are #c9fb98 and #98fbc9. In an interface, use Pale Green for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Pale Green on the color wheel?
The opposite (complementary) color is #fb98fb, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Pale Green for text?
Pale Green as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.27:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 16.59:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

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