HEX atlas value

#C4F5AD

#C4F5AD is a cool green HEX color close to Pastel Green. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 196, 245, 173, HSL 101, 78%, 82%, has luminance 0.8006, and belongs to the pastel group.

green cool pastel

#C4F5AD Sample readable text

HEX #C4F5AD

RGB rgb(196, 245, 173)

HSL hsl(101 78% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(20, 0, 29, 4)

Luminance 0.8006

Contrast Black 17.01:1White 1.23:1

CSS

--color-c4f5ad: #C4F5AD;
.background-c4f5ad { background-color: #C4F5AD; }
.text-c4f5ad { color: #C4F5AD; }

Luminance0.8006

Black text17.01:1AA Pass

White text1.23:1AA 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":"#C4F5AD","rgb":[196,245,173],"hsl":[101,78,82],"cmyk":[20,0,29,4],"luminance":0.8006,"contrast":{"black":17.01,"white":1.23}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.01,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.23,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Mint","hex":"#CEFAD0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.21,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E8F5AD","hex":"#E8F5AD","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.1,"contrastWhite":1.16,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C0FFA3","hex":"#C0FFA3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.07,"contrastWhite":1.16,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.76,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","pastel","pastel green","Pastel 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/c4f5ad.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/celadon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-mint.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#DEADF5","analogous":["#E8F5AD","#ADF5BA"],"triadic":["#ADC4F5","#F5ADC4"],"tetradic":["#ADE8F5","#DEADF5","#F5BAAD"],"splitComplementary":["#BAADF5","#F5ADE8"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#C4F5AD","#89EB5C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#89EB5C","saturated":"#C0FFA3","desaturated":"#C8EBB7","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#DCFFCC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pastel-green","name":"Pastel Green","hex":"#C1E1C1","distance":28.442925306655784},{"slug":"celadon","name":"Celadon","hex":"#ACE1AF","distance":31.304951684997057},{"slug":"pastel-mint","name":"Pastel Mint","hex":"#CEFAD0","distance":36.742346141747674},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":44.06812907306141},{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":46.411205543489174}]

HEX meaning and use

About #C4F5AD

#C4F5AD is classified as a cool green value with pastel visual character. #C4F5AD is visually closest to Pastel Green, a named green color with HEX #C1E1C1.

The RGB channels are 196, 245, and 173, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 101deg with 78% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.8006, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 28.44, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.01:1AA Pass

White text1.23:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #C4F5AD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.01:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.23:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

Pastel Mint#000000 text · best 18.21:1#CEFAD0

#E8F5AD#000000 text · best 18.1:1#E8F5AD

#C0FFA3#000000 text · best 18.07:1#C0FFA3

Pale Goldenrod#000000 text · best 16.76:1#EEE8AA

Generated Palette

#C4F5AD#C4F5AD

#DEADF5#DEADF5

#E8F5AD#E8F5AD

#ADF5BA#ADF5BA

White#FFFFFF

#89EB5C#89EB5C

Color Harmonies

#DEADF5#DEADF5

#E8F5AD#E8F5AD

#ADF5BA#ADF5BA

#ADC4F5#ADC4F5

#F5ADC4#F5ADC4

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#89EB5C#89EB5C

#C0FFA3#C0FFA3

#C8EBB7#C8EBB7

White#FFFFFF

#DCFFCC#DCFFCC

Nearest Named Colors

Pastel Green#C1E1C1

Celadon#ACE1AF

Pastel Mint#CEFAD0

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Limestone#D8D2C4

#C4F5AD

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #C4F5AD

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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