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#c2f1db

a pale, vivid green · cool · closest name: Pale Turquoise

Token name suggestion: Mist Moss

RGB
194, 241, 219
HSL
152°, 63%, 85%
CMYK
20, 0, 9, 6
Luminance
0.7949

#c2f1db is a pale vivid green, 152° on the wheel and 76/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.90:1). As text it scores 1.24:1 on white — use #1F8656 instead. Nearest name is Pale Turquoise, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(152 63% 85%)rgb(194 241 219)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c2f1db is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c2f1db
Hue
152°
green
Saturation
63%
vivid
Lightness
85%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7949
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
76/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
16.90:1
Closest name
Pale Turquoise
ΔE2000 8.8
Chroma
20.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.919
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 20.2
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue152° of 360°
Saturation63%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c2f1db.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool76% 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
Red14%
Green79%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#c2f1db
HEX (8-digit)#c2f1dbff
RGBrgb(194, 241, 219)
RGBArgba(194, 241, 219, 1)
HSLhsl(152, 63%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152, 20%, 95%)
HWBhwb(152 76% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(20%, 0%, 9%, 6%)
LABlab(91.5 -19.3 5.7)
LCHlch(91.5 20.1 163.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.919 0.057 165.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(66.49, 79.49, 78.84)
Decimal12775899
Display P3color(display-p3 0.761 0.945 0.859)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c2f1db;
background-color: #c2f1db;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c2f1db;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c2f1db] bg-[#c2f1db]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c2f1db;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.761, green: 0.945, blue: 0.859)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.761, green: 0.945, blue: 0.859, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C2F1DB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC2F1DB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC2F1DB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(219, 241, 194)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(194, 241, 219)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(194, 241, 219)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 194, 241, 219)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7608f, 0.9451f, 0.8588f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{194,241,219}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c2f1db 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c2f1db 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#186842, #D3EEE1);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c2f1db 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: #F4FBF8;
  --brand-100: #E8F7F0;
  --brand-200: #c2f1db;
  --brand-300: #A4EAC9;
  --brand-400: #76E0AE;
  --brand-500: #48D593;
  --brand-600: #2EC77F;
  --brand-700: #26A66A;
  --brand-800: #1E8555;
  --brand-900: #1A613F;
  --brand-950: #103C28;
  --brand: #c2f1db;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C0EDD8;
  --brand-hover: #A5EACA;
  --brand-pressed: #88E4B9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241D;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE1;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF8',
        100: '#E8F7F0',
        200: '#c2f1db',
        300: '#A4EAC9',
        400: '#76E0AE',
        500: '#48D593',
        600: '#2EC77F',
        700: '#26A66A',
        800: '#1E8555',
        900: '#1A613F',
        950: '#103C28',
        DEFAULT: '#c2f1db',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF8,
  '100': #E8F7F0,
  '200': #c2f1db,
  '300': #A4EAC9,
  '400': #76E0AE,
  '500': #48D593,
  '600': #2EC77F,
  '700': #26A66A,
  '800': #1E8555,
  '900': #1A613F,
  '950': #103C28,
);
$brand-base: #c2f1db;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F7F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#c2f1db", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A4EAC9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#76E0AE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#48D593", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2EC77F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#26A66A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1E8555", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1A613F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#103C28", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c2f1db · 16.90:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.24:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.90:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c2f1db as text scores 1.24:1 on white and 16.90:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #186842 at 5.46:1.

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
#1F8656 · 4.56:1
AA on white−53% L
#1F8656
The quick fox
#176540 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−61% L
#176540
The quick fox
#c2f1db · 16.90:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c2f1db
The quick fox
#c2f1db · 16.90:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c2f1db

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #26A76B 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
#c2f1db on white: 1.24:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c2f1db on black: 16.90:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c2f1db as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c2f1db.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.24:1AaAa
Slate 501.19:1AaAa
Slate 1001.13:1AaAa
Slate 2001.01:1AaAa
Slate 3001.19:1AaAa
Slate 4002.06:1AaAa
Slate 5003.83:1AaAa
Slate 6006.10:1AaAa
Slate 7008.33:1AaAa
Slate 80011.77:1AaAa
Slate 90014.37:1AaAa
Black16.90:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #EFEADA
deuteranopia · #E6E4DC
tritanopia · #B9F1EA

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. #c2f1db is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FBF8
#E8F7F0
#c2f1db
#A4EAC9
#76E0AE
#48D593
#2EC77F
#26A66A
#1E8555
#1A613F
#103C28
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF8Darkest = 950 · #103C28Text 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 0.014 165.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.023 165.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.034 165.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.044 165.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.052 165.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.057 165.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.057 165.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.053 165.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.048 165.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.040 165.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.031 165.0);
}

Colors that work with #c2f1db

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#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDD8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B75
Captions on the surface
Accent#AB2182
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#186842
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFAF3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241D
Dark-mode background
Hover#A5EACA
One step down in lightness
Pressed#88E4B9
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D0F8E5
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #c2f1db

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 #186842
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #26A76B

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 high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight15/100
  • 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#F1C2D8
Analogous left#C2F1C4
Analogous right#C2F0F1
Split-complement 1#F1C2F0
Split-complement 2#F1C4C2
Triadic 1#DBC2F1
Triadic 2#F1DBC2
Tetradic#C4C2F1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°152°

#c2f1db sits at 152°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red76.1%
Green94.5%
Blue85.9%
R · 0–255
194
0xc2
G · 0–255
241
0xf1
B · 0–255
219
0xdb

CMYK percentages

Cyan19.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow9.1%
Key (black)5.5%

Total ink coverage is 34%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c2f1db text on a black background

contrast 16.90:1

Card sample

#c2f1db text on a white background

contrast 1.24:1

Card sample

#c2f1db on grey

1.13:1

#c2f1db on its own surface

1.18:1

#c2f1db on its dark surface

13.00:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c2f1db;
Background color
Panel with #c2f1db background
background-color: #c2f1db;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c2f1db;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(194, 241, 219, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(194, 241, 219, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c2f1db;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2f1db, #C2E8F1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c2f1db, #C2DCF1);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c2f1db;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c2f1db;
caret-color: #c2f1db;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c2f1db;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFAF3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c2f1db;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c2f1db 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c2f1db 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, 241, 219, 0.5)
rgb(194 241 219 / 50%)
#c2f1db80
hsl(152 63% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c2f1db 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c2f1db1a#F9FEFB
20%#c2f1db33#F3FCF8
40%#c2f1db66#E7F9F1
60%#c2f1db99#DAF7E9
80%#c2f1dbcc#CEF4E2

Gradients from #c2f1db

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, #EEFBF5, #c2f1db 45%, #186842);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c2f1db, #A9D9EB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c2f1db, #F1C2D8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3FCF8 0%, #c2f1db 45%, #186842 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #ECFBEC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DBF4F7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #186842 0%, transparent 65%), #c2f1db;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c2f1db

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.

#c2f1db 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

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

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 16.90:1.

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.

#c2f1db, answered

What color is #c2f1db?

#c2f1db is a pale vivid green, closest to Pale Turquoise (ΔE2000 8.8). It sits at 152° on the hue wheel with 63% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #c2f1db?

rgb(194, 241, 219) — 194 red, 241 green and 219 blue out of 255, or 76.1% / 94.5% / 85.9% by channel.

What is #c2f1db in HSL and HSV?

hsl(152, 63%, 85%) and hsv(152, 20%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c2f1db a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7949 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 16.90:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c2f1db?

Black. It scores 16.90:1 against #c2f1db, versus 1.24:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c2f1db accessible on a white background?

#c2f1db on white scores 1.24:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1F8656 to reach 4.5:1, or #176540 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c2f1db?

#F1C2D8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F1C2F0 and #F1C4C2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c2f1db?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDD8 for borders, #4B9B75 for secondary text, #AB2182 as an accent and #186842 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C2F1C4 and #C2F0F1 stays calm, while #F1C2D8 is the loudest partner.

What is #c2f1db in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(20%, 0%, 9%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c2f1db warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 76 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C2F1CA; nudged cooler, #C1F2ED.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c2f1db?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 20.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c2f1db as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c2f1db in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c2f1db] or text-[#c2f1db], 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 #c2f1db with 50% opacity?

rgba(194, 241, 219, 0.5), or #c2f1db80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E1F8ED; over black, #61796E.

Is #c2f1db a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 8.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c2f1db 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 #c2f1db?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EEFBF5, #c2f1db 45%, #186842). For more colour, a short hue run to #A9D9EB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c2f1db in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c2f1db at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.