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#d0e5df

a pale, soft cyan · cool · closest name: Light Cyan

Token name suggestion: Mist Glacier

RGB
208, 229, 223
HSL
163°, 29%, 86%
CMYK
9, 0, 3, 10
Luminance
0.7478

#d0e5df is a pale soft cyan, 163° on the wheel and 75/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.96:1). As text it scores 1.32:1 on white — use #467F6F instead. Nearest name is Light Cyan, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(163 29% 86%)rgb(208 229 223)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d0e5df is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d0e5df
Hue
163°
cyan
Saturation
29%
soft
Lightness
86%
pale
Brightness
90%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7478
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
75/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
15.96:1
Closest name
Light Cyan
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
8.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.905
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 23
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue163° of 360°
Saturation29%
Lightness86%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d0e5df.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool75% 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
Red18%
Green75%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#d0e5df
HEX (8-digit)#d0e5dfff
RGBrgb(208, 229, 223)
RGBArgba(208, 229, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(163, 29%, 86%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163, 9%, 90%)
HWBhwb(163 82% 10%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 3%, 10%)
LABlab(89.3 -8.1 0.6)
LCHlch(89.3 8.1 176.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.905 0.024 176.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(67.35, 74.78, 80.68)
Decimal13690335
Display P3color(display-p3 0.816 0.898 0.875)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d0e5df;
background-color: #d0e5df;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d0e5df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d0e5df] bg-[#d0e5df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d0e5df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.816, green: 0.898, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.816, green: 0.898, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D0E5DF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD0E5DF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD0E5DF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 229, 208)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(208, 229, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(208, 229, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 208, 229, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8157f, 0.8980f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{208,229,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d0e5df 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d0e5df 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2D5248, #D8E9E4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d0e5df 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: #F6F9F8;
  --brand-100: #ECF3F1;
  --brand-200: #d0e5df;
  --brand-300: #B7D7CE;
  --brand-400: #93C3B5;
  --brand-500: #6EAF9D;
  --brand-600: #579E8A;
  --brand-700: #498373;
  --brand-800: #3A695C;
  --brand-900: #2D4D44;
  --brand-950: #1C302B;
  --brand: #d0e5df;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF8;
  --brand-border: #CAE2DB;
  --brand-hover: #B9D8CF;
  --brand-pressed: #A2CCC0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142420;
    --brand-ink: #D8E9E4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F8',
        100: '#ECF3F1',
        200: '#d0e5df',
        300: '#B7D7CE',
        400: '#93C3B5',
        500: '#6EAF9D',
        600: '#579E8A',
        700: '#498373',
        800: '#3A695C',
        900: '#2D4D44',
        950: '#1C302B',
        DEFAULT: '#d0e5df',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F8,
  '100': #ECF3F1,
  '200': #d0e5df,
  '300': #B7D7CE,
  '400': #93C3B5,
  '500': #6EAF9D,
  '600': #579E8A,
  '700': #498373,
  '800': #3A695C,
  '900': #2D4D44,
  '950': #1C302B,
);
$brand-base: #d0e5df;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF3F1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#d0e5df", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B7D7CE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#93C3B5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6EAF9D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#579E8A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#498373", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3A695C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2D4D44", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1C302B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d0e5df · 15.96:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.32:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.96:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d0e5df as text scores 1.32:1 on white and 15.96:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2D5248 at 6.61:1.

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
#467F6F · 4.64:1
AA on white−47% L
#467F6F
The quick fox
#345E52 · 7.32:1
AAA on white−57% L
#345E52
The quick fox
#d0e5df · 15.96:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d0e5df
The quick fox
#d0e5df · 15.96:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d0e5df

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #58A08C 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
#d0e5df on white: 1.32:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d0e5df on black: 15.96:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d0e5df as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d0e5df.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.32:1AaAa
Slate 501.26:1AaAa
Slate 1001.20:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.95:1AaAa
Slate 5003.62:1AaAa
Slate 6005.76:1AaAa
Slate 7007.87:1AaAa
Slate 80011.11:1AaAa
Slate 90013.56:1AaAa
Black15.96:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E3E2DF
deuteranopia · #DFDFDF
tritanopia · #CBE6E3

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. #d0e5df 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.

#F6F9F8
#ECF3F1
#d0e5df
#B7D7CE
#93C3B5
#6EAF9D
#579E8A
#498373
#3A695C
#2D4D44
#1C302B
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F8Darkest = 950 · #1C302BText 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 0.006 176.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.009 176.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.014 176.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.018 176.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.022 176.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.024 176.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.024 176.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.022 176.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.020 176.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.017 176.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.013 176.8);
}

Colors that work with #d0e5df

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#F5FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#CAE2DB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#529481
Captions on the surface
Accent#864667
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2D5248
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF6F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142420
Dark-mode background
Hover#B9D8CF
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A2CCC0
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DBEFE9
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 #d0e5df

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
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • 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 #2D5248
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #58A08C

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight14/100
  • 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#E5D0D6
Analogous left#D0E5D5
Analogous right#D0E1E5
Split-complement 1#E5D0E1
Split-complement 2#E5D5D0
Triadic 1#DFD0E5
Triadic 2#E5DFD0
Tetradic#D5D0E5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°163°

#d0e5df sits at 163°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.6%
Green89.8%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
208
0xd0
G · 0–255
229
0xe5
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan9.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow2.6%
Key (black)10.2%

Total ink coverage is 22%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d0e5df text on a black background

contrast 15.96:1

Card sample

#d0e5df text on a white background

contrast 1.32:1

Card sample

#d0e5df on grey

1.20:1

#d0e5df on its own surface

1.25:1

#d0e5df on its dark surface

12.25:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d0e5df;
Background color
Panel with #d0e5df background
background-color: #d0e5df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d0e5df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(208, 229, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(208, 229, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d0e5df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d0e5df, #D0DDE5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d0e5df, #D0D8E5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d0e5df;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d0e5df;
caret-color: #d0e5df;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d0e5df;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF6F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d0e5df;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d0e5df 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d0e5df 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(208, 229, 223, 0.5)
rgb(208 229 223 / 50%)
#d0e5df80
hsl(163 29% 86% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d0e5df 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d0e5df1a#FAFCFC
20%#d0e5df33#F6FAF9
40%#d0e5df66#ECF5F2
60%#d0e5df99#E3EFEC
80%#d0e5dfcc#D9EAE5

Gradients from #d0e5df

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, #F2F8F6, #d0e5df 45%, #2D5248);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d0e5df, #BCCCDA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d0e5df, #E5D0D6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5FAF8 0%, #d0e5df 45%, #2D5248 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F1F7F2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E4ECF0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2D5248 0%, transparent 65%), #d0e5df;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d0e5df

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.

#d0e5df in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
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 15.96:1.

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.

#d0e5df, answered

What color is #d0e5df?

#d0e5df is a pale soft cyan, closest to Light Cyan (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 163° on the hue wheel with 29% saturation and 86% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d0e5df?

rgb(208, 229, 223) — 208 red, 229 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 81.6% / 89.8% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #d0e5df in HSL and HSV?

hsl(163, 29%, 86%) and hsv(163, 9%, 90%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d0e5df a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7478 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 15.96:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d0e5df?

Black. It scores 15.96:1 against #d0e5df, versus 1.32:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d0e5df accessible on a white background?

#d0e5df on white scores 1.32:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #467F6F to reach 4.5:1, or #345E52 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d0e5df?

#E5D0D6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E5D0E1 and #E5D5D0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d0e5df?

For interface work: #F5FAF8 as the surface, #CAE2DB for borders, #529481 for secondary text, #864667 as an accent and #2D5248 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D0E5D5 and #D0E1E5 stays calm, while #E5D0D6 is the loudest partner.

What is #d0e5df in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(9%, 0%, 3%, 10%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d0e5df warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 75 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D0E5D7; nudged cooler, #CFE4E6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d0e5df?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 23 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d0e5df as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d0e5df in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d0e5df] or text-[#d0e5df], 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 #d0e5df with 50% opacity?

rgba(208, 229, 223, 0.5), or #d0e5df80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E8F2EF; over black, #687370.

Is #d0e5df a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 10.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d0e5df mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #d0e5df?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2F8F6, #d0e5df 45%, #2D5248). For more colour, a short hue run to #BCCCDA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d0e5df in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d0e5df at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.