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#c2dda3

a light, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Pale Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Meadow Moss

RGB
194, 221, 163
HSL
88°, 46%, 75%
CMYK
12, 0, 26, 13
Luminance
0.6583

#c2dda3 is a light vivid green, 88° on the wheel and 48/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.17:1). As text it scores 1.48:1 on white — use #5A802F instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(88 46% 75%)rgb(194 221 163)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c2dda3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c2dda3
Hue
88°
green
Saturation
46%
vivid
Lightness
75%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
81%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6583
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
48/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.17:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 9.8
Chroma
31.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.863
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 16.3
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue88° of 360°
Saturation46%
Lightness75%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c2dda3.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool48% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red17%
Green79%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#c2dda3
HEX (8-digit)#c2dda3ff
RGBrgb(194, 221, 163)
RGBArgba(194, 221, 163, 1)
HSLhsl(88, 46%, 75%)
HSV / HSBhsv(88, 26%, 87%)
HWBhwb(88 64% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 0%, 26%, 13%)
LABlab(84.9 -19.0 25.6)
LCHlch(84.9 31.9 126.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.863 0.083 128.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(54.71, 65.83, 44.47)
Decimal12770723
Display P3color(display-p3 0.761 0.867 0.639)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c2dda3;
background-color: #c2dda3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c2dda3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c2dda3] bg-[#c2dda3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c2dda3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.761, green: 0.867, blue: 0.639)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.761, green: 0.867, blue: 0.639, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C2DDA3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC2DDA3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC2DDA3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(163, 221, 194)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(194, 221, 163)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(194, 221, 163)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 194, 221, 163)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7608f, 0.8667f, 0.6392f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{194,221,163}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c2dda3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c2dda3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#425D22, #E1EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c2dda3 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: #F8FAF5;
  --brand-100: #F0F5EA;
  --brand-200: #DFEBD0;
  --brand-300: #c2dda3;
  --brand-400: #AED284;
  --brand-500: #92C25B;
  --brand-600: #7EB342;
  --brand-700: #699537;
  --brand-800: #54772C;
  --brand-900: #3F5723;
  --brand-950: #273616;
  --brand: #c2dda3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D8E9C3;
  --brand-hover: #B1D389;
  --brand-pressed: #9FCA6F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D2414;
    --brand-ink: #E1EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FAF5',
        100: '#F0F5EA',
        200: '#DFEBD0',
        300: '#c2dda3',
        400: '#AED284',
        500: '#92C25B',
        600: '#7EB342',
        700: '#699537',
        800: '#54772C',
        900: '#3F5723',
        950: '#273616',
        DEFAULT: '#c2dda3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FAF5,
  '100': #F0F5EA,
  '200': #DFEBD0,
  '300': #c2dda3,
  '400': #AED284,
  '500': #92C25B,
  '600': #7EB342,
  '700': #699537,
  '800': #54772C,
  '900': #3F5723,
  '950': #273616,
);
$brand-base: #c2dda3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F0F5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DFEBD0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#c2dda3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#AED284", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#92C25B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#7EB342", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#699537", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#54772C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3F5723", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#273616", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c2dda3 · 14.17:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.48:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.17:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c2dda3 as text scores 1.48:1 on white and 14.17:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #425D22 at 5.02:1.

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
#5A802F · 4.60:1
AA on white−41% L
#5A802F
The quick fox
#435E23 · 7.33:1
AAA on white−50% L
#435E23
The quick fox
#c2dda3 · 14.17:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c2dda3
The quick fox
#c2dda3 · 14.17:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c2dda3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #72A13C 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
#c2dda3 on white: 1.48:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c2dda3 on black: 14.17:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c2dda3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c2dda3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.48:1AaAa
Slate 501.42:1AaAa
Slate 1001.35:1AaAa
Slate 2001.20:1AaAa
Slate 3001.00:1AaAa
Slate 4001.73:1AaAa
Slate 5003.21:1AaAa
Slate 6005.11:1AaAa
Slate 7006.98:1AaAa
Slate 8009.87:1AaAa
Slate 90012.04:1AaAa
Black14.17:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E3D59F
deuteranopia · #DFD3A6
tritanopia · #C5D8CD

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. #c2dda3 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.

#F8FAF5
#F0F5EA
#DFEBD0
#c2dda3
#AED284
#92C25B
#7EB342
#699537
#54772C
#3F5723
#273616
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F8FAF5Darkest = 950 · #273616Text 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 0.021 128.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.033 128.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.050 128.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.064 128.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.076 128.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.083 128.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.083 128.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.078 128.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.069 128.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.058 128.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.045 128.3);
}

Colors that work with #c2dda3

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#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D8E9C3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#769B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#483399
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#425D22
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3F8EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#B1D389
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9FCA6F
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CCE8AD
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
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Acme LtdActive
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GlobexActive

How to use #c2dda3

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #425D22
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #72A13C

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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-high
  • Weight25/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#BEA3DD
Analogous left#DDDBA3
Analogous right#A5DDA3
Split-complement 1#A3A5DD
Split-complement 2#DBA3DD
Triadic 1#A3C2DD
Triadic 2#DDA3C2
Tetradic#A3DDDB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°88°

#c2dda3 sits at 88°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red76.1%
Green86.7%
Blue63.9%
R · 0–255
194
0xc2
G · 0–255
221
0xdd
B · 0–255
163
0xa3

CMYK percentages

Cyan12.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow26.2%
Key (black)13.3%

Total ink coverage is 52%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c2dda3 text on a black background

contrast 14.17:1

Card sample

#c2dda3 text on a white background

contrast 1.48:1

Card sample

#c2dda3 on grey

1.35:1

#c2dda3 on its own surface

1.41:1

#c2dda3 on its dark surface

10.77:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c2dda3;
Background color
Panel with #c2dda3 background
background-color: #c2dda3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c2dda3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(194, 221, 163, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(194, 221, 163, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c2dda3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2dda3, #A3DDAB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c2dda3, #A3DDB9);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c2dda3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c2dda3;
caret-color: #c2dda3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c2dda3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3F8EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c2dda3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c2dda3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c2dda3 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(194, 221, 163, 0.5)
rgb(194 221 163 / 50%)
#c2dda380
hsl(88 46% 75% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c2dda3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c2dda31a#F9FCF6
20%#c2dda333#F3F8ED
40%#c2dda366#E7F1DA
60%#c2dda399#DAEBC8
80%#c2dda3cc#CEE4B5

Gradients from #c2dda3

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, #E0EED0, #c2dda3 45%, #425D22);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c2dda3, #8DD59C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c2dda3, #BEA3DD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EEF6E6 0%, #c2dda3 45%, #425D22 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EBE7C8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B9E5BC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #425D22 0%, transparent 65%), #c2dda3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c2dda3

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.

#c2dda3 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 14.17:1.

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.

#c2dda3, answered

What color is #c2dda3?

#c2dda3 is a light vivid green, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 9.8). It sits at 88° on the hue wheel with 46% saturation and 75% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #c2dda3?

rgb(194, 221, 163) — 194 red, 221 green and 163 blue out of 255, or 76.1% / 86.7% / 63.9% by channel.

What is #c2dda3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(88, 46%, 75%) and hsv(88, 26%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c2dda3 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6583 and perceived brightness is 81%, so black text on it reaches 14.17:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c2dda3?

Black. It scores 14.17:1 against #c2dda3, versus 1.48:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c2dda3 accessible on a white background?

#c2dda3 on white scores 1.48:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5A802F to reach 4.5:1, or #435E23 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c2dda3?

#BEA3DD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A3A5DD and #DBA3DD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c2dda3?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D8E9C3 for borders, #769B4B for secondary text, #483399 as an accent and #425D22 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DDDBA3 and #A5DDA3 stays calm, while #BEA3DD is the loudest partner.

What is #c2dda3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(12%, 0%, 26%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c2dda3 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 48 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D7DDA3; nudged cooler, #ACDEA2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c2dda3?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 16.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c2dda3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c2dda3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c2dda3] or text-[#c2dda3], 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 #c2dda3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(194, 221, 163, 0.5), or #c2dda380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E1EED1; over black, #616F52.

Is #c2dda3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 7.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c2dda3 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #c2dda3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E0EED0, #c2dda3 45%, #425D22). For more colour, a short hue run to #8DD59C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c2dda3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c2dda3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.