Information about #DEFEAF color

#DEFEAF color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #DEFEAF is classified in the Register under the Chartreuse Color Family, with Full Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(222, 254, 175) — 87.1% red, 99.6% green, 68.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 0 / 31 / 0. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength zesty chartreuse, #DEFEAF has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Gossip (#D2F8B0). Slightly further away sit Pastel Lime (#D1FEB8) and Very Light Spring Bud (#DBFF9E).

The recipe behind #DEFEAF is rgb(222, 254, 175), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 18.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DEFEAF is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DEFEAF color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DEFEAF color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DEFEAF

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DEFEAF
  • RGB222, 254, 175
  • CMYK13, 0, 31, 0
  • CSSrgb(222, 254, 175)
  • HSL84°, 98%, 84%
  • HSL Precise84.304°, 97.531%, 84.118%
  • HSV84°, 31%, 100%
  • HSB84°, 31%, 100%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.871
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.996
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • GLSLvec3(0.871, 0.996, 0.686)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.871, 0.996, 0.686, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.871, 0.996, 0.686)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB87.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB99.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB68.6%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDDEFEAF
  • DECIMAL ID14614191
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01