HEX atlas value

#98FB98

#98FB98 is a cool green HEX color nearest Mint Green. RGB 152, 251, 152, HSL 120° 93% 79%, luminance 0.7794; view contrast and conversions.

green cool pastel

#98FB98 Sample readable text

HEX #98FB98

RGB rgb(152, 251, 152)

HSL hsl(120 93% 79%)

CMYK cmyk(39, 0, 39, 2)

Luminance 0.7794

Contrast Black 16.59:1White 1.27:1

CSS

--color-98fb98: #98FB98;
.background-98fb98 { background-color: #98FB98; }
.text-98fb98 { color: #98FB98; }

HEX meaning and use

About #98FB98

#98FB98 is classified as a cool green value with pastel visual character. #98FB98 is visually closest to Mint Green, a named green color with HEX #98FB98.

The RGB channels are 152, 251, and 152, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 120deg with 93% saturation and 79% 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 0.7794, 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 text16.59:1AA Pass

White text1.27:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #98FB98 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.59:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.27:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F0FEF0#F0FEF0 · #000000 text · best 20.14:1 #C9FB98#C9FB98 · #000000 text · best 17.74:1 Mint#98FF98 · #000000 text · best 17.09:1 #94FF94#94FF94 · #000000 text · best 16.99:1 #98FBC9#98FBC9 · #000000 text · best 16.98:1

Generated Palette

Pale Green#98FB98

#FB98FB#FB98FB

#C9FB98#C9FB98

#98FBC9#98FBC9

#F0FEF0#F0FEF0

#3FF83F#3FF83F

Color Harmonies

#FB98FB#FB98FB

#C9FB98#C9FB98

#98FBC9#98FBC9

#9898FB#9898FB

#FB9898#FB9898

Variants

#F0FEF0#F0FEF0

#3FF83F#3FF83F

#94FF94#94FF94

#A3EFA3#A3EFA3

White#FFFFFF

#BDFFBD#BDFFBD

Nearest Named Colors

Mint Green#98FB98

Pale Green#98FB98

Mint#98FF98

Light Green#90EE90

Celadon#ACE1AF

Luminance0.7794

Black text16.59:1AA Pass

White text1.27:1AA 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":"#98FB98","rgb":[152,251,152],"hsl":[120,93,79],"cmyk":[39,0,39,2],"luminance":0.7794,"contrast":{"black":16.59,"white":1.27}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.59,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.27,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F0FEF0","hex":"#F0FEF0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.14,"contrastWhite":1.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C9FB98","hex":"#C9FB98","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.74,"contrastWhite":1.18,"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":"#94FF94","hex":"#94FF94","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.99,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#98FBC9","hex":"#98FBC9","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.98,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","pastel","pastel green","Mint 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/98fb98.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mint-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mint.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#FB98FB","analogous":["#C9FB98","#98FBC9"],"triadic":["#9898FB","#FB9898"],"tetradic":["#98C9FB","#FB98FB","#FBC998"],"splitComplementary":["#C998FB","#FB98C9"],"monochromatic":["#F0FEF0","#98FB98","#3FF83F"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F0FEF0","dark":"#3FF83F","saturated":"#94FF94","desaturated":"#A3EFA3","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#BDFFBD"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"mint-green","name":"Mint Green","hex":"#98FB98","distance":0},{"slug":"pale-green","name":"Pale Green","hex":"#98FB98","distance":0},{"slug":"mint","name":"Mint","hex":"#98FF98","distance":4},{"slug":"light-green","name":"Light Green","hex":"#90EE90","distance":17.233687939614086},{"slug":"celadon","name":"Celadon","hex":"#ACE1AF","distance":40.06245124802026}]

#98FB98

CSS

About #98FB98

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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