Pale Green

About Pale Green

Pale Green is the hex color #98FB98, which translates to rgb(152, 251, 152) in RGB and hsl(120, 93%, 79%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 120 degrees, with a saturation of 93 percent and a lightness of 79 percent. That puts Pale Green at the pale end of the green range, light enough to work as a page or card background with dark text on top.

How Pale Green compares

Pale Green is exactly the CSS keyword palegreen, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is green-300 (#7BF1A8), at a distance of 13.8. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Light Green at 4.9. Sorted by lightness, Pale Green is number 30 of the 30 green colors here.

Text on Pale Green

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Pale Green, led by Ink black at 15.12:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Pale Green already loaded as the background.

Building a palette around Pale Green

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Pale Green for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.