What the Faint Candle until Flecking

#98ff5f RGB(152,255,95)

About this color

What the Faint Candle until Flecking is a intense, light green tone, fixed at #98ff5f in the RGB color space.

#98ff5fRGB(152, 255, 95)

HSL 99° · 100% saturation · 69% lightness

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Psychology

Pale green carries associations of health, calm, and natural simplicity.

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History

Scheele's Green, an arsenic-based pigment popular in Victorian wallpaper and clothing, is now understood to have caused widespread harm — a cautionary chapter in colour history.

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Design use

With its high lightness, this tone is ideal as backgrounds, cards, and large surface areas where readability of dark text is the priority. It recedes quietly, allowing content to take the lead.

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Colour pairings

For palette building, this green complements red-violet shades for maximum contrast, but pairs more gently with sandy neutrals, warm whites, and wood tones.

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Color formats

Name
What the Faint Candle until Flecking
HEX
#98ff5f
RGB
rgb(152,255,95)
RGB%
rgb(59.6%,100%,37.3%)
HSL
hsl(99,100%,69%)
HSV
hsv(99,63%,100%)
CMYK
cmyk(40,0,63,0)
LAB
lab(91,-57,65)
LCH
lch(91,86,131)
sRGB
(0.596,1,0.373)
HEX8
#98ff5fff
CSS Name
Decimal
152255095

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Color info

Lightness
69%
Saturation
100%
Hue
99°
Chroma
86
Temperature
WarmCool
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