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#d0f8cd

a pale, electric green · cool · closest name: Honey Dew

RGB
208, 248, 205
HSL
116°, 75%, 89%
CMYK
16, 0, 17, 3
Luminance
0.8495

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d0f8cd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d0f8cd
Hue
116°
green
Saturation
75%
electric
Lightness
89%
pale
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8495
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
61/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.99:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 10.9
Where it sits
Hue116° of 360°
Saturation75%
Lightness89%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool61% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#d0f8cd
RGBrgb(208, 248, 205)
HSLhsl(116, 75%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 0%, 17%, 3%)
LABlab(93.9 -20.7 16.5)
LCHlch(93.9 26.5 141.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.940 0.071 143.1)
Decimal13695181
Display P3color(display-p3 0.816 0.973 0.804)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #d0f8cd;
background-color: #d0f8cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d0f8cd] bg-[#d0f8cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d0f8cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.816, green: 0.973, blue: 0.804)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#d0f8cd")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD0F8CD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(205, 248, 208)

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 #d0f8cd · 17.99:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.17:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.99:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d0f8cd as text scores 1.17:1 on white and 17.99:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d0f8cd on white: 1.17:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d0f8cd on black: 17.99:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #FAF0CB
deuteranopia · #F3ECCF
tritanopia · #CDF5EC

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d0f8cd 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.

#F3FCF3
#E8F9E7
#d0f8cd
#A3F19D
#74EA6B
#46E33A
#2BD71E
#24B319
#1D8F14
#196813
#0F410C
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F3FCF3Darkest = 950 · #0F410C
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3FCF3;
  --brand-100: #E8F9E7;
  --brand-200: #d0f8cd;
  --brand-300: #A3F19D;
  --brand-400: #74EA6B;
  --brand-500: #46E33A;
  --brand-600: #2BD71E;
  --brand-700: #24B319;
  --brand-800: #1D8F14;
  --brand-900: #196813;
  --brand-950: #0F410C;
  --brand: #d0f8cd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #d0f8cd

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#F5FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C3EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#509B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#8416B6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#167010
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFCE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#152414
Dark-mode background
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

How to use #d0f8cd

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
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

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#F5CDF8
Analogous left#E5F8CD
Analogous right#CDF8DF
Split-complement 1#DFCDF8
Split-complement 2#F8CDE5
Triadic 1#CDD0F8
Triadic 2#F8CDD0
Tetradic#CDE5F8

RGB percentages

Red81.6%
Green97.3%
Blue80.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow17.3%
Key (black)2.7%

Color previews

#d0f8cd text on a black background

contrast 17.99:1

Card sample

#d0f8cd text on a white background

contrast 1.17:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d0f8cd;
Background color
Panel with #d0f8cd background
background-color: #d0f8cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d0f8cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(208, 248, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(208, 248, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d0f8cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d0f8cd, #CDF8E7);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d0f8cd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

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.

#d0f8cd 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#d0f8cd, answered

What color is #d0f8cd?

#d0f8cd is a pale electric green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 10.9). It sits at 116° on the hue wheel with 75% saturation and 89% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d0f8cd?

rgb(208, 248, 205) — 208 red, 248 green and 205 blue out of 255, or 81.6% / 97.3% / 80.4% by channel.

Is #d0f8cd a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8495 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 17.99:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d0f8cd?

Black. It scores 17.99:1 against #d0f8cd, versus 1.17:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #d0f8cd?

#F5CDF8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DFCDF8 and #F8CDE5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d0f8cd?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C3EDC0 for borders, #509B4B for secondary text, #8416B6 as an accent and #167010 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E5F8CD and #CDF8DF stays calm, while #F5CDF8 is the loudest partner.

What is #d0f8cd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(16%, 0%, 17%, 3%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #d0f8cd warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 61 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E0F8CD; nudged cooler, #CCF9D9.

Work with #d0f8cd in the Color Lab