Information about #CAF993 color

#CAF993 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #CAF993 is classified in the Register under the Chartreuse Color Family, with Full Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(202, 249, 147) — 79.2% red, 97.6% green, 57.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 0 / 40 / 2. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength zesty chartreuse, #CAF993 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 Celery (#C1FD95). Slightly further away sit Very Light Chartreuse Green (#CFFF9E) and Light Yellowish Green (#C2FF89).

In RGB terms — rgb(202, 249, 147) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 17.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CAF993 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#CAF993 color variations

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

#CAF993 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 #CAF993

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#CAF993
  • RGB202, 249, 147
  • CMYK18, 0, 40, 2
  • CSSrgb(202, 249, 147)
  • HSL88°, 89%, 78%
  • HSL Precise87.647°, 89.474%, 77.647%
  • HSV88°, 41%, 98%
  • HSB88°, 41%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.976
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.576
  • GLSLvec3(0.792, 0.976, 0.576)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.792, 0.976, 0.576, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.792, 0.976, 0.576)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB97.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB57.6%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDCAF993
  • DECIMAL ID13302163
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01