Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Light Green

Light Green is a pastel green color with HEX #90EE90. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 144, 238, 144, HSL 120, 73%, 75%, cool temperature, and is useful for web design, CSS color systems, and UI prototyping.

#90EE90 green cool pastel
HEX #90EE90
RGB rgb(144, 238, 144)
HSL hsl(120 73% 75%)
CMYK cmyk(39, 0, 39, 7)
Luminance 0.6909
Contrast Black 14.82:1White 1.42:1

CSS Utilities

--color-light-green: #90EE90;
.bg-light-green { background-color: #90EE90; }
.text-light-green { color: #90EE90; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.6909
Black text14.82:1AA Pass
White text1.42:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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WCAG
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Harmonies
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Variants
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}
Pairings
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Knowledge graph
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Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Light Green Color

Light Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and pastel visual character. Standard CSS named color.

Its common associations include context dependent, which makes it relevant for web interfaces and design systems. In design work, Light Green is most useful for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Pastel colorsFind colors with pastel visual character.Light Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #90EE90.Light Green CSS utilitiesUse Light Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#90EE90 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Light Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Light Green.Light Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Light Green against black and white text.

Black text14.82:1AA Pass
White text1.42:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Mint Green#98FB98
Pale Green#98FB98
Mint#98FF98
Celadon#ACE1AF
Seafoam#93E9BE

Color Harmonies

#EE91EE#EE91EE
#BFEE91#BFEE91
#91EEBF#91EEBF
#9191EE#9191EE
#EE9191#EE9191
Open full Light Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#E0FAE0#E0FAE0
#41E141#41E141
#83FC83#83FC83
#9FE09F#9FE09F
White#FFFFFF
#A8FFA8#A8FFA8

Pairings

Black#000000
#EE91EE#EE91EE
#BFEE91#BFEE91
#91EEBF#91EEBF
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5