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#cdf0a7

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Fern

RGB
205, 240, 167
HSL
89°, 71%, 80%
CMYK
15, 0, 30, 6
Luminance
0.7809

#cdf0a7 is a light vivid green, 89° on the wheel and 49/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.62:1). As text it scores 1.26:1 on white — use #4E8216 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(89 71% 80%)rgb(205 240 167)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cdf0a7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cdf0a7
Hue
89°
green
Saturation
71%
vivid
Lightness
80%
light
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7809
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
49/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
16.62:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 9.1
Chroma
39.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.912
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 16.2
Web-safe
#CCFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue89° of 360°
Saturation71%
Lightness80%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cdf0a7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool49% 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%
Green80%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#cdf0a7
HEX (8-digit)#cdf0a7ff
RGBrgb(205, 240, 167)
RGBArgba(205, 240, 167, 1)
HSLhsl(89, 71%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(89, 30%, 94%)
HWBhwb(89 65% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 0%, 30%, 6%)
LABlab(90.8 -23.8 31.6)
LCHlch(90.8 39.6 126.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.912 0.102 129.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(63.31, 78.09, 48.29)
Decimal13496487
Display P3color(display-p3 0.804 0.941 0.655)
Web-safe#CCFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cdf0a7;
background-color: #cdf0a7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cdf0a7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cdf0a7] bg-[#cdf0a7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cdf0a7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.804, green: 0.941, blue: 0.655)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.804, green: 0.941, blue: 0.655, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CDF0A7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCDF0A7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCDF0A7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(167, 240, 205)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(205, 240, 167)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(205, 240, 167)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 205, 240, 167)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8039f, 0.9412f, 0.6549f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{205,240,167}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cdf0a7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cdf0a7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#426D13, #E1EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cdf0a7 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: #F8FCF3;
  --brand-100: #F0F8E7;
  --brand-200: #DFF3C9;
  --brand-300: #cdf0a7;
  --brand-400: #ADE76F;
  --brand-500: #92DE3F;
  --brand-600: #7ED124;
  --brand-700: #69AE1E;
  --brand-800: #548B18;
  --brand-900: #3F6515;
  --brand-950: #273F0D;
  --brand: #cdf0a7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D7EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #BCEB88;
  --brand-pressed: #AAE66A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1C2414;
    --brand-ink: #E1EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FCF3',
        100: '#F0F8E7',
        200: '#DFF3C9',
        300: '#cdf0a7',
        400: '#ADE76F',
        500: '#92DE3F',
        600: '#7ED124',
        700: '#69AE1E',
        800: '#548B18',
        900: '#3F6515',
        950: '#273F0D',
        DEFAULT: '#cdf0a7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FCF3,
  '100': #F0F8E7,
  '200': #DFF3C9,
  '300': #cdf0a7,
  '400': #ADE76F,
  '500': #92DE3F,
  '600': #7ED124,
  '700': #69AE1E,
  '800': #548B18,
  '900': #3F6515,
  '950': #273F0D,
);
$brand-base: #cdf0a7;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F0F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DFF3C9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#cdf0a7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#ADE76F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#92DE3F", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#7ED124", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#69AE1E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#548B18", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3F6515", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#273F0D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cdf0a7 · 16.62:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.26:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.62:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cdf0a7 as text scores 1.26:1 on white and 16.62:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #426D13 at 4.85:1.

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
#4E8216 · 4.64:1
AA on white−50% L
#4E8216
The quick fox
#3C6311 · 7.04:1
AAA on white−57% L
#3C6311
The quick fox
#cdf0a7 · 16.62:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cdf0a7
The quick fox
#cdf0a7 · 16.62:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cdf0a7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #63A51C 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
#cdf0a7 on white: 1.26:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cdf0a7 on black: 16.62:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cdf0a7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cdf0a7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.26:1AaAa
Slate 501.21:1AaAa
Slate 1001.15:1AaAa
Slate 2001.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.17:1AaAa
Slate 4002.03:1AaAa
Slate 5003.77:1AaAa
Slate 6006.00:1AaAa
Slate 7008.19:1AaAa
Slate 80011.58:1AaAa
Slate 90014.13:1AaAa
Black16.62:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F7E6A2
deuteranopia · #F2E4AB
tritanopia · #D0EADD

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. #cdf0a7 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.

#F8FCF3
#F0F8E7
#DFF3C9
#cdf0a7
#ADE76F
#92DE3F
#7ED124
#69AE1E
#548B18
#3F6515
#273F0D
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F8FCF3Darkest = 950 · #273F0DText 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 0.026 129.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.041 129.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.061 129.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.080 129.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.094 129.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.102 129.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.102 129.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.096 129.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.086 129.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.072 129.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.056 129.1);
}

Colors that work with #cdf0a7

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#F7FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D7EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#749B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3D1AB2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#426D13
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3FBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1C2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#BCEB88
One step down in lightness
Pressed#AAE66A
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D7F7B4
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #cdf0a7

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 #426D13
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #63A51C

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
  • Weight20/100
  • 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#CAA7F0
Analogous left#F0EFA7
Analogous right#A8F0A7
Split-complement 1#A7A8F0
Split-complement 2#EFA7F0
Triadic 1#A7CDF0
Triadic 2#F0A7CD
Tetradic#A7F0EF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°89°

#cdf0a7 sits at 89°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.4%
Green94.1%
Blue65.5%
R · 0–255
205
0xcd
G · 0–255
240
0xf0
B · 0–255
167
0xa7

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow30.4%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 51%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cdf0a7 text on a black background

contrast 16.62:1

Card sample

#cdf0a7 text on a white background

contrast 1.26:1

Card sample

#cdf0a7 on grey

1.15:1

#cdf0a7 on its own surface

1.20:1

#cdf0a7 on its dark surface

12.67:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cdf0a7;
Background color
Panel with #cdf0a7 background
background-color: #cdf0a7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cdf0a7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(205, 240, 167, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(205, 240, 167, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cdf0a7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdf0a7, #A7F0B2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cdf0a7, #A7F0C4);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cdf0a7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cdf0a7;
caret-color: #cdf0a7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cdf0a7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3FBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cdf0a7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cdf0a7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cdf0a7 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(205, 240, 167, 0.5)
rgb(205 240 167 / 50%)
#cdf0a780
hsl(89 71% 80% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cdf0a7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cdf0a71a#FAFEF6
20%#cdf0a733#F5FCED
40%#cdf0a766#EBF9DC
60%#cdf0a799#E1F6CA
80%#cdf0a7cc#D7F3B9

Gradients from #cdf0a7

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, #EBF9DB, #cdf0a7 45%, #426D13);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cdf0a7, #8DECA3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cdf0a7, #CAA7F0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F8FDF2 0%, #cdf0a7 45%, #426D13 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F7F4D3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C1F4C4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #426D13 0%, transparent 65%), #cdf0a7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cdf0a7

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.

#cdf0a7 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 16.62:1.

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.

#cdf0a7, answered

What color is #cdf0a7?

#cdf0a7 is a light vivid green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 9.1). It sits at 89° on the hue wheel with 71% saturation and 80% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #cdf0a7?

rgb(205, 240, 167) — 205 red, 240 green and 167 blue out of 255, or 80.4% / 94.1% / 65.5% by channel.

What is #cdf0a7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(89, 71%, 80%) and hsv(89, 30%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cdf0a7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7809 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 16.62:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cdf0a7?

Black. It scores 16.62:1 against #cdf0a7, versus 1.26:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cdf0a7 accessible on a white background?

#cdf0a7 on white scores 1.26:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4E8216 to reach 4.5:1, or #3C6311 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cdf0a7?

#CAA7F0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A7A8F0 and #EFA7F0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cdf0a7?

For interface work: #F7FAF4 as the surface, #D7EDC0 for borders, #749B4B for secondary text, #3D1AB2 as an accent and #426D13 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F0EFA7 and #A8F0A7 stays calm, while #CAA7F0 is the loudest partner.

What is #cdf0a7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(15%, 0%, 30%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cdf0a7 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 49 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E8F0A7; nudged cooler, #B1F1A6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cdf0a7?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 16.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cdf0a7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cdf0a7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cdf0a7] or text-[#cdf0a7], 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 #cdf0a7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(205, 240, 167, 0.5), or #cdf0a780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E6F8D3; over black, #677854.

Is #cdf0a7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF99, ΔE2000 5.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cdf0a7 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 #cdf0a7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBF9DB, #cdf0a7 45%, #426D13). For more colour, a short hue run to #8DECA3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cdf0a7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cdf0a7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.