HEX atlas value

#90EE90

#90EE90 is a cool green HEX color nearest Light Green. RGB 144, 238, 144, HSL 120° 73% 75%, luminance 0.6909; view contrast and conversions.

green cool pastel

#90EE90 Sample readable text

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

--color-90ee90: #90EE90;
.background-90ee90 { background-color: #90EE90; }
.text-90ee90 { color: #90EE90; }

HEX meaning and use

About #90EE90

#90EE90 is classified as a cool green value with pastel visual character. #90EE90 is visually closest to Light Green, a named green color with HEX #90EE90.

The RGB channels are 144, 238, and 144, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 120deg with 73% saturation and 75% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.6909, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.82:1AA Pass

White text1.42:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #90EE90 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.82:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.42:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E0FAE0#E0FAE0 · #000000 text · best 18.92:1 Mint#98FF98 · #000000 text · best 17.09:1 Pale Green#98FB98 · #000000 text · best 16.59:1 #83FC83#83FC83 · #000000 text · best 16.22:1 #BFEE91#BFEE91 · #000000 text · best 15.85:1

Generated Palette

Light Green#90EE90

#EE91EE#EE91EE

#BFEE91#BFEE91

#91EEBF#91EEBF

#E0FAE0#E0FAE0

#41E141#41E141

Color Harmonies

#EE91EE#EE91EE

#BFEE91#BFEE91

#91EEBF#91EEBF

#9191EE#9191EE

#EE9191#EE9191

Variants

#E0FAE0#E0FAE0

#41E141#41E141

#83FC83#83FC83

#9FE09F#9FE09F

White#FFFFFF

#A8FFA8#A8FFA8

Nearest Named Colors

Light Green#90EE90

Mint Green#98FB98

Pale Green#98FB98

Mint#98FF98

Celadon#ACE1AF

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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#90EE90","rgb":[144,238,144],"hsl":[120,73,75],"cmyk":[39,0,39,7],"luminance":0.6909,"contrast":{"black":14.82,"white":1.42}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.82,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.42,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E0FAE0","hex":"#E0FAE0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.92,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Mint","hex":"#98FF98","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.09,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Green","hex":"#98FB98","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.59,"contrastWhite":1.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#83FC83","hex":"#83FC83","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.22,"contrastWhite":1.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#BFEE91","hex":"#BFEE91","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.85,"contrastWhite":1.32,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","pastel","pastel green","Light Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/90ee90.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mint-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#EE91EE","analogous":["#BFEE91","#91EEBF"],"triadic":["#9191EE","#EE9191"],"tetradic":["#91BFEE","#EE91EE","#EEBF91"],"splitComplementary":["#BF91EE","#EE91BF"],"monochromatic":["#E0FAE0","#90EE90","#41E141"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E0FAE0","dark":"#41E141","saturated":"#83FC83","desaturated":"#9FE09F","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#A8FFA8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-green","name":"Light Green","hex":"#90EE90","distance":0},{"slug":"mint-green","name":"Mint Green","hex":"#98FB98","distance":17.233687939614086},{"slug":"pale-green","name":"Pale Green","hex":"#98FB98","distance":17.233687939614086},{"slug":"mint","name":"Mint","hex":"#98FF98","distance":20.42057785666214},{"slug":"celadon","name":"Celadon","hex":"#ACE1AF","distance":43.749285708454714}]

#90EE90

CSS

About #90EE90

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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