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#bee0cc

a light, soft green · cool · closest name: Honey Dew

Token name suggestion: Morning Fern

RGB
190, 224, 204
HSL
145°, 35%, 81%
CMYK
15, 0, 9, 12
Luminance
0.6862

#bee0cc is a light soft green, 145° on the wheel and 73/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.72:1). As text it scores 1.43:1 on white — use #3F845B instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(145 35% 81%)rgb(190 224 204)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bee0cc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bee0cc
Hue
145°
green
Saturation
35%
soft
Lightness
81%
light
Brightness
88%
HSV value
Perceived
83%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6862
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
73/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
14.72:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 9.8
Chroma
16.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.876
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 19.3
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue145° of 360°
Saturation35%
Lightness81%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bee0cc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool73% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red16%
Green78%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bee0cc
HEX (8-digit)#bee0ccff
RGBrgb(190, 224, 204)
RGBArgba(190, 224, 204, 1)
HSLhsl(145, 35%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(145, 15%, 88%)
HWBhwb(145 75% 12%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 0%, 9%, 12%)
LABlab(86.3 -15.0 6.1)
LCHlch(86.3 16.2 158.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.876 0.045 159.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(58.79, 68.62, 67.26)
Decimal12509388
Display P3color(display-p3 0.745 0.878 0.800)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bee0cc;
background-color: #bee0cc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bee0cc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bee0cc] bg-[#bee0cc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bee0cc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.745, green: 0.878, blue: 0.800)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.745, green: 0.878, blue: 0.800, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BEE0CC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBEE0CC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBEE0CC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(204, 224, 190)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(190, 224, 204)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(190, 224, 204)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 190, 224, 204)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7451f, 0.8784f, 0.8000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{190,224,204}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bee0cc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bee0cc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#29563C, #D6EBDE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bee0cc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5F9F7;
  --brand-100: #EBF4EF;
  --brand-200: #D4E8DC;
  --brand-300: #bee0cc;
  --brand-400: #8DC9A6;
  --brand-500: #67B788;
  --brand-600: #4FA673;
  --brand-700: #428A60;
  --brand-800: #356E4C;
  --brand-900: #29513A;
  --brand-950: #1A3324;
  --brand: #bee0cc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C8E5D4;
  --brand-hover: #A6D4B9;
  --brand-pressed: #8EC9A6;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241B;
    --brand-ink: #D6EBDE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F9F7',
        100: '#EBF4EF',
        200: '#D4E8DC',
        300: '#bee0cc',
        400: '#8DC9A6',
        500: '#67B788',
        600: '#4FA673',
        700: '#428A60',
        800: '#356E4C',
        900: '#29513A',
        950: '#1A3324',
        DEFAULT: '#bee0cc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F9F7,
  '100': #EBF4EF,
  '200': #D4E8DC,
  '300': #bee0cc,
  '400': #8DC9A6,
  '500': #67B788,
  '600': #4FA673,
  '700': #428A60,
  '800': #356E4C,
  '900': #29513A,
  '950': #1A3324,
);
$brand-base: #bee0cc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F9F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF4EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D4E8DC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#bee0cc", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8DC9A6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#67B788", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4FA673", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#428A60", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#356E4C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#29513A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1A3324", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #bee0cc · 14.72:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.43:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.72:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bee0cc as text scores 1.43:1 on white and 14.72:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #29563C at 5.91:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#3F845B · 4.50:1
AA on white−43% L
#3F845B
The quick fox
#2E6143 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−53% L
#2E6143
The quick fox
#bee0cc · 14.72:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bee0cc
The quick fox
#bee0cc · 14.72:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bee0cc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4EA371 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bee0cc on white: 1.43:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bee0cc on black: 14.72:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bee0cc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bee0cc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.43:1AaAa
Slate 501.36:1AaAa
Slate 1001.30:1AaAa
Slate 2001.16:1AaAa
Slate 3001.04:1AaAa
Slate 4001.80:1AaAa
Slate 5003.34:1AaAa
Slate 6005.31:1AaAa
Slate 7007.26:1AaAa
Slate 80010.26:1AaAa
Slate 90012.52:1AaAa
Black14.72:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DFDBCB
deuteranopia · #D9D6CD
tritanopia · #B8E0DA

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bee0cc is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5F9F7
#EBF4EF
#D4E8DC
#bee0cc
#8DC9A6
#67B788
#4FA673
#428A60
#356E4C
#29513A
#1A3324
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F5F9F7Darkest = 950 · #1A3324Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.011 159.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.018 159.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.027 159.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.035 159.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.041 159.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.045 159.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.045 159.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.042 159.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.038 159.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.032 159.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.025 159.5);
}

Colors that work with #bee0cc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F5FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C8E5D4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6C
Captions on the surface
Accent#8E3E82
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#29563C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEF7F1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241B
Dark-mode background
Hover#A6D4B9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8EC9A6
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C8EAD6
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bee0cc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #29563C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4EA371

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight19/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#E0BED2
Analogous left#C1E0BE
Analogous right#BEE0DD
Split-complement 1#DDBEE0
Split-complement 2#E0BEC1
Triadic 1#CCBEE0
Triadic 2#E0CCBE
Tetradic#BEC1E0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°145°

#bee0cc sits at 145°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.5%
Green87.8%
Blue80.0%
R · 0–255
190
0xbe
G · 0–255
224
0xe0
B · 0–255
204
0xcc

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow8.9%
Key (black)12.2%

Total ink coverage is 36%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bee0cc text on a black background

contrast 14.72:1

Card sample

#bee0cc text on a white background

contrast 1.43:1

Card sample

#bee0cc on grey

1.30:1

#bee0cc on its own surface

1.35:1

#bee0cc on its dark surface

11.34:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bee0cc;
Background color
Panel with #bee0cc background
background-color: #bee0cc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bee0cc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(190, 224, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(190, 224, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bee0cc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bee0cc, #BEDDE0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bee0cc, #BED5E0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bee0cc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bee0cc;
caret-color: #bee0cc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bee0cc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEF7F1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bee0cc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bee0cc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bee0cc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(190, 224, 204, 0.5)
rgb(190 224 204 / 50%)
#bee0cc80
hsl(145 35% 81% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bee0cc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bee0cc1a#F9FCFA
20%#bee0cc33#F2F9F5
40%#bee0cc66#E5F3EB
60%#bee0cc99#D8ECE0
80%#bee0cccc#CBE6D6

Gradients from #bee0cc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E8F4ED, #bee0cc 45%, #29563C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bee0cc, #A9CFD6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bee0cc, #E0BED2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5FAF7 0%, #bee0cc 45%, #29563C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E3F1E1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D3EAEA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #29563C 0%, transparent 65%), #bee0cc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bee0cc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bee0cc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 14.72:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bee0cc, answered

What color is #bee0cc?

#bee0cc is a light soft green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 9.8). It sits at 145° on the hue wheel with 35% saturation and 81% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #bee0cc?

rgb(190, 224, 204) — 190 red, 224 green and 204 blue out of 255, or 74.5% / 87.8% / 80% by channel.

What is #bee0cc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(145, 35%, 81%) and hsv(145, 15%, 88%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bee0cc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6862 and perceived brightness is 83%, so black text on it reaches 14.72:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bee0cc?

Black. It scores 14.72:1 against #bee0cc, versus 1.43:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bee0cc accessible on a white background?

#bee0cc on white scores 1.43:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3F845B to reach 4.5:1, or #2E6143 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bee0cc?

#E0BED2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DDBEE0 and #E0BEC1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bee0cc?

For interface work: #F5FAF7 as the surface, #C8E5D4 for borders, #4B9B6C for secondary text, #8E3E82 as an accent and #29563C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C1E0BE and #BEE0DD stays calm, while #E0BED2 is the loudest partner.

What is #bee0cc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(15%, 0%, 9%, 12%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bee0cc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 73 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BEE0C0; nudged cooler, #BDE1D9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bee0cc?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 19.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bee0cc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bee0cc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bee0cc] or text-[#bee0cc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bee0cc with 50% opacity?

rgba(190, 224, 204, 0.5), or #bee0cc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFF0E6; over black, #5F7066.

Is #bee0cc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 15.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bee0cc mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #bee0cc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E8F4ED, #bee0cc 45%, #29563C). For more colour, a short hue run to #A9CFD6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bee0cc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bee0cc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.