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#cedccf

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Fern

RGB
206, 220, 207
HSL
124°, 17%, 84%
CMYK
6, 0, 6, 14
Luminance
0.6881

#cedccf is a light soft green, 124° on the wheel and 57/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.76:1). As text it scores 1.42:1 on white — use #5A7E5D instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(124 17% 84%)rgb(206 220 207)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

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

Hex
#cedccf
Hue
124°
green
Saturation
17%
soft
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
86%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6881
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
57/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
14.76:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 7.5
Chroma
8.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.880
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 23.1
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue124° of 360°
Saturation17%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

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

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool57% 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
Red19%
Green74%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#cedccf
HEX (8-digit)#cedccfff
RGBrgb(206, 220, 207)
RGBArgba(206, 220, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(124, 17%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(124, 6%, 86%)
HWBhwb(124 81% 14%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 0%, 6%, 14%)
LABlab(86.4 -7.1 4.8)
LCHlch(86.4 8.5 146.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.880 0.023 147.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(62.31, 68.81, 69.02)
Decimal13556943
Display P3color(display-p3 0.808 0.863 0.812)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cedccf;
background-color: #cedccf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cedccf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cedccf] bg-[#cedccf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cedccf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.808, green: 0.863, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.808, green: 0.863, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CEDCCF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCEDCCF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCEDCCF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 220, 206)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(206, 220, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(206, 220, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 206, 220, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8078f, 0.8627f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{206,220,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cedccf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cedccf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#354A37, #DBE6DC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cedccf 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: #F6F8F6;
  --brand-100: #EEF2EE;
  --brand-200: #cedccf;
  --brand-300: #BED0BF;
  --brand-400: #9DB99F;
  --brand-500: #7CA27F;
  --brand-600: #668F69;
  --brand-700: #557757;
  --brand-800: #445F46;
  --brand-900: #344735;
  --brand-950: #202C21;
  --brand: #cedccf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-border: #CFDDD0;
  --brand-hover: #B9CDBB;
  --brand-pressed: #A4BEA6;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #172118;
    --brand-ink: #DBE6DC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F8F6',
        100: '#EEF2EE',
        200: '#cedccf',
        300: '#BED0BF',
        400: '#9DB99F',
        500: '#7CA27F',
        600: '#668F69',
        700: '#557757',
        800: '#445F46',
        900: '#344735',
        950: '#202C21',
        DEFAULT: '#cedccf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F8F6,
  '100': #EEF2EE,
  '200': #cedccf,
  '300': #BED0BF,
  '400': #9DB99F,
  '500': #7CA27F,
  '600': #668F69,
  '700': #557757,
  '800': #445F46,
  '900': #344735,
  '950': #202C21,
);
$brand-base: #cedccf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F8F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF2EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#cedccf", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BED0BF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9DB99F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7CA27F", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#668F69", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#557757", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#445F46", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#344735", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#202C21", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cedccf · 14.76:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.42:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.76:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cedccf as text scores 1.42:1 on white and 14.76:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #354A37 at 6.75:1.

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
#5A7E5D · 4.59:1
AA on white−41% L
#5A7E5D
The quick fox
#435E45 · 7.18:1
AAA on white−52% L
#435E45
The quick fox
#cedccf · 14.76:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cedccf
The quick fox
#cedccf · 14.76:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cedccf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #789E7A 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
#cedccf on white: 1.42:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cedccf on black: 14.76:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

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

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.42:1AaAa
Slate 501.36:1AaAa
Slate 1001.30:1AaAa
Slate 2001.15:1AaAa
Slate 3001.04:1AaAa
Slate 4001.80:1AaAa
Slate 5003.35:1AaAa
Slate 6005.33:1AaAa
Slate 7007.28:1AaAa
Slate 80010.28:1AaAa
Slate 90012.55:1AaAa
Black14.76:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DDD9CE
deuteranopia · #DAD8D0
tritanopia · #CDDBD8

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. #cedccf 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.

#F6F8F6
#EEF2EE
#cedccf
#BED0BF
#9DB99F
#7CA27F
#668F69
#557757
#445F46
#344735
#202C21
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F6F8F6Darkest = 950 · #202C21Text step on white = 700
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 0.006 147.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.009 147.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.014 147.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.018 147.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.021 147.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.023 147.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.023 147.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.022 147.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.019 147.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.016 147.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.013 147.4);
}

Colors that work with #cedccf

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#F6F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#CFDDD0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#608662
Captions on the surface
Accent#75507C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#354A37
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F4F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#172118
Dark-mode background
Hover#B9CDBB
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A4BEA6
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D7E8D8
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 #cedccf

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 #354A37
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #789E7A

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
  • Weight17/100
  • 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#DCCEDB
Analogous left#D4DCCE
Analogous right#CEDCD6
Split-complement 1#D6CEDC
Split-complement 2#DCCED4
Triadic 1#CFCEDC
Triadic 2#DCCFCE
Tetradic#CED4DC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°124°

#cedccf sits at 124°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.8%
Green86.3%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
206
0xce
G · 0–255
220
0xdc
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan6.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow5.9%
Key (black)13.7%

Total ink coverage is 26%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cedccf text on a black background

contrast 14.76:1

Card sample

#cedccf text on a white background

contrast 1.42:1

Card sample

#cedccf on grey

1.30:1

#cedccf on its own surface

1.34:1

#cedccf on its dark surface

11.65:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(206, 220, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(206, 220, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cedccf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cedccf, #CEDCD8);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

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

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cedccf;
caret-color: #cedccf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cedccf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F4F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cedccf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cedccf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cedccf 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(206, 220, 207, 0.5)
rgb(206 220 207 / 50%)
#cedccf80
hsl(124 17% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cedccf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cedccf1a#FAFCFA
20%#cedccf33#F5F8F5
40%#cedccf66#EBF1EC
60%#cedccf99#E2EAE2
80%#cedccfcc#D8E3D9

Gradients from #cedccf

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, #F2F5F2, #cedccf 45%, #354A37);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cedccf, #BCCFCC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cedccf, #DCCEDB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6F9F6 0%, #cedccf 45%, #354A37 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EEF1EC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E0E9E6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #354A37 0%, transparent 65%), #cedccf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cedccf

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.

#cedccf 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 14.76:1.

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.

#cedccf, answered

What color is #cedccf?

#cedccf is a light soft green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 7.5). It sits at 124° on the hue wheel with 17% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #cedccf?

rgb(206, 220, 207) — 206 red, 220 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 80.8% / 86.3% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #cedccf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(124, 17%, 84%) and hsv(124, 6%, 86%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cedccf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6881 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 14.76:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cedccf?

Black. It scores 14.76:1 against #cedccf, versus 1.42:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cedccf accessible on a white background?

#cedccf on white scores 1.42:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5A7E5D to reach 4.5:1, or #435E45 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cedccf?

#DCCEDB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D6CEDC and #DCCED4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cedccf?

For interface work: #F6F9F6 as the surface, #CFDDD0 for borders, #608662 for secondary text, #75507C as an accent and #354A37 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D4DCCE and #CEDCD6 stays calm, while #DCCEDB is the loudest partner.

What is #cedccf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(6%, 0%, 6%, 14%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cedccf warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 57 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D2DCCE; nudged cooler, #CDDDD4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cedccf?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 23.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cedccf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cedccf in Tailwind CSS?

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

rgba(206, 220, 207, 0.5), or #cedccf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E7EEE7; over black, #676E68.

Is #cedccf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 9.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cedccf 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 #cedccf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2F5F2, #cedccf 45%, #354A37). For more colour, a short hue run to #BCCFCC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cedccf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

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