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#caf3bc

a light, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Light Green

Token name suggestion: Morning Basil

RGB
202, 243, 188
HSL
105°, 70%, 85%
CMYK
17, 0, 23, 5
Luminance
0.8029

#caf3bc is a light vivid green, 105° on the wheel and 56/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.06:1). As text it scores 1.23:1 on white — use #338418 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(105 70% 85%)rgb(202 243 188)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #caf3bc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#caf3bc
Hue
105°
green
Saturation
70%
vivid
Lightness
85%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8029
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
56/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
17.06:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 9.7
Chroma
32.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.921
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 19.3
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue105° of 360°
Saturation70%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #caf3bc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool56% 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
Red16%
Green80%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#caf3bc
HEX (8-digit)#caf3bcff
RGBrgb(202, 243, 188)
RGBArgba(202, 243, 188, 1)
HSLhsl(105, 70%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(105, 23%, 95%)
HWBhwb(105 74% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 0%, 23%, 5%)
LABlab(91.8 -23.1 22.3)
LCHlch(91.8 32.1 136.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.921 0.085 137.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(65.48, 80.29, 59.61)
Decimal13300668
Display P3color(display-p3 0.792 0.953 0.737)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #caf3bc;
background-color: #caf3bc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #caf3bc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#caf3bc] bg-[#caf3bc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #caf3bc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.792, green: 0.953, blue: 0.737)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.792, green: 0.953, blue: 0.737, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CAF3BC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCAF3BC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCAF3BC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(188, 243, 202)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(202, 243, 188)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(202, 243, 188)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 202, 243, 188)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7922f, 0.9529f, 0.7373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{202,243,188}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #caf3bc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #caf3bc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2A6C13, #DAEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #caf3bc 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: #F5FCF3;
  --brand-100: #ECF8E7;
  --brand-200: #caf3bc;
  --brand-300: #B4EEA0;
  --brand-400: #8EE570;
  --brand-500: #69DD41;
  --brand-600: #51D025;
  --brand-700: #43AD1F;
  --brand-800: #368A19;
  --brand-900: #2A6416;
  --brand-950: #1A3F0E;
  --brand: #caf3bc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CBEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #B2EE9E;
  --brand-pressed: #9AE87F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182414;
    --brand-ink: #DAEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FCF3',
        100: '#ECF8E7',
        200: '#caf3bc',
        300: '#B4EEA0',
        400: '#8EE570',
        500: '#69DD41',
        600: '#51D025',
        700: '#43AD1F',
        800: '#368A19',
        900: '#2A6416',
        950: '#1A3F0E',
        DEFAULT: '#caf3bc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FCF3,
  '100': #ECF8E7,
  '200': #caf3bc,
  '300': #B4EEA0,
  '400': #8EE570,
  '500': #69DD41,
  '600': #51D025,
  '700': #43AD1F,
  '800': #368A19,
  '900': #2A6416,
  '950': #1A3F0E,
);
$brand-base: #caf3bc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#caf3bc", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B4EEA0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8EE570", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#69DD41", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#51D025", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#43AD1F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#368A19", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2A6416", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1A3F0E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #caf3bc · 17.06:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.23:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.06:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #caf3bc as text scores 1.23:1 on white and 17.06:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2A6C13 at 5.24:1.

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
#338418 · 4.71:1
AA on white−54% L
#338418
The quick fox
#276612 · 7.01:1
AAA on white−61% L
#276612
The quick fox
#caf3bc · 17.06:1
AA on blackalready passes
#caf3bc
The quick fox
#caf3bc · 17.06:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#caf3bc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #41A71E 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
#caf3bc on white: 1.23:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#caf3bc on black: 17.06:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #caf3bc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #caf3bc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.23:1AaAa
Slate 501.18:1AaAa
Slate 1001.12:1AaAa
Slate 2001.00:1AaAa
Slate 3001.21:1AaAa
Slate 4002.08:1AaAa
Slate 5003.87:1AaAa
Slate 6006.16:1AaAa
Slate 7008.41:1AaAa
Slate 80011.88:1AaAa
Slate 90014.50:1AaAa
Black17.06:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F7EAB9
deuteranopia · #F0E6BF
tritanopia · #C9EFE4

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. #caf3bc 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.

#F5FCF3
#ECF8E7
#caf3bc
#B4EEA0
#8EE570
#69DD41
#51D025
#43AD1F
#368A19
#2A6416
#1A3F0E
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F5FCF3Darkest = 950 · #1A3F0EText step on white = 900
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 0.021 137.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.034 137.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.051 137.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.066 137.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.078 137.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.085 137.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.085 137.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.080 137.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.071 137.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.059 137.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.047 137.8);
}

Colors that work with #caf3bc

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#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#CBEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5F9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#651AB2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2A6C13
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEFBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182414
Dark-mode background
Hover#B2EE9E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9AE87F
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D6F9CA
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 #caf3bc

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 #2A6C13
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #41A71E

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
  • Weight16/100
  • 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#E5BCF3
Analogous left#E6F3BC
Analogous right#BCF3C9
Split-complement 1#C9BCF3
Split-complement 2#F3BCE6
Triadic 1#BCCAF3
Triadic 2#F3BCCA
Tetradic#BCE6F3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°105°

#caf3bc sits at 105°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red79.2%
Green95.3%
Blue73.7%
R · 0–255
202
0xca
G · 0–255
243
0xf3
B · 0–255
188
0xbc

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow22.6%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 44%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#caf3bc text on a black background

contrast 17.06:1

Card sample

#caf3bc text on a white background

contrast 1.23:1

Card sample

#caf3bc on grey

1.12:1

#caf3bc on its own surface

1.17:1

#caf3bc on its dark surface

13.11:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #caf3bc;
Background color
Panel with #caf3bc background
background-color: #caf3bc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #caf3bc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(202, 243, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(202, 243, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #caf3bc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caf3bc, #BCF3D3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #caf3bc, #BCF3E0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #caf3bc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #caf3bc;
caret-color: #caf3bc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #caf3bc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEFBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #caf3bc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#caf3bc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #caf3bc 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(202, 243, 188, 0.5)
rgb(202 243 188 / 50%)
#caf3bc80
hsl(105 70% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #caf3bc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#caf3bc1a#FAFEF8
20%#caf3bc33#F4FDF2
40%#caf3bc66#EAFAE4
60%#caf3bc99#DFF8D7
80%#caf3bccc#D5F5C9

Gradients from #caf3bc

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, #F1FCEE, #caf3bc 45%, #2A6C13);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #caf3bc, #A2EEC8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #caf3bc, #E5BCF3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5FDF2 0%, #caf3bc 45%, #2A6C13 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F8FBE7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D6F8E1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2A6C13 0%, transparent 65%), #caf3bc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #caf3bc

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.

#caf3bc 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 17.06:1.

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.

#caf3bc, answered

What color is #caf3bc?

#caf3bc is a light vivid green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 9.7). It sits at 105° on the hue wheel with 70% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #caf3bc?

rgb(202, 243, 188) — 202 red, 243 green and 188 blue out of 255, or 79.2% / 95.3% / 73.7% by channel.

What is #caf3bc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(105, 70%, 85%) and hsv(105, 23%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #caf3bc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8029 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 17.06:1.

Should I use black or white text on #caf3bc?

Black. It scores 17.06:1 against #caf3bc, versus 1.23:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #caf3bc accessible on a white background?

#caf3bc on white scores 1.23:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #338418 to reach 4.5:1, or #276612 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #caf3bc?

#E5BCF3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C9BCF3 and #F3BCE6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #caf3bc?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CBEDC0 for borders, #5F9B4B for secondary text, #651AB2 as an accent and #2A6C13 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E6F3BC and #BCF3C9 stays calm, while #E5BCF3 is the loudest partner.

What is #caf3bc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(17%, 0%, 23%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #caf3bc warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 56 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DEF3BC; nudged cooler, #BBF4C1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #caf3bc?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 19.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #caf3bc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #caf3bc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#caf3bc] or text-[#caf3bc], 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 #caf3bc with 50% opacity?

rgba(202, 243, 188, 0.5), or #caf3bc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E5F9DE; over black, #657A5E.

Is #caf3bc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 3.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #caf3bc 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 #caf3bc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F1FCEE, #caf3bc 45%, #2A6C13). For more colour, a short hue run to #A2EEC8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #caf3bc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #caf3bc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.