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#d3ffca

a pale, electric green · cool · closest name: Pale Green

RGB
211, 255, 202
HSL
110°, 100%, 90%
CMYK
17, 0, 21, 0
Luminance
0.8963

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d3ffca is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d3ffca
Hue
110°
green
Saturation
100%
electric
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
93%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8963
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
58/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.93:1
Closest name
Pale Green
ΔE2000 10.3
Where it sits
Hue110° of 360°
Saturation100%
Lightness90%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool58% 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#d3ffca
RGBrgb(211, 255, 202)
HSLhsl(110, 100%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 0%, 21%, 0%)
LABlab(95.8 -23.6 20.8)
LCHlch(95.8 31.4 138.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.956 0.083 140.3)
Decimal13893578
Display P3color(display-p3 0.827 1.000 0.792)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #d3ffca;
background-color: #d3ffca;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d3ffca] bg-[#d3ffca]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d3ffca;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.827, green: 1.000, blue: 0.792)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#d3ffca")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD3FFCA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(202, 255, 211)

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 #d3ffca · 18.93:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.11:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.93:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d3ffca as text scores 1.11:1 on white and 18.93:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d3ffca on white: 1.11:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d3ffca on black: 18.93:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #FFF6C7
deuteranopia · #FBF1CD
tritanopia · #D1FBF0

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d3ffca 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.

#F3FEF1
#E7FCE3
#d3ffca
#A2FF8F
#73FF57
#45FF1F
#2AF500
#23CC00
#1CA300
#187605
#0F4903
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F3FEF1Darkest = 950 · #0F4903
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3FEF1;
  --brand-100: #E7FCE3;
  --brand-200: #d3ffca;
  --brand-300: #A2FF8F;
  --brand-400: #73FF57;
  --brand-500: #45FF1F;
  --brand-600: #2AF500;
  --brand-700: #23CC00;
  --brand-800: #1CA300;
  --brand-900: #187605;
  --brand-950: #0F4903;
  --brand: #d3ffca;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #d3ffca

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#C7EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#589B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#7700CC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#168000
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFFE5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162414
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 #d3ffca

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#F6CAFF
Analogous left#EDFFCA
Analogous right#CAFFDB
Split-complement 1#DBCAFF
Split-complement 2#FFCAED
Triadic 1#CAD3FF
Triadic 2#FFCAD3
Tetradic#CAEDFF

RGB percentages

Red82.7%
Green100.0%
Blue79.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow20.8%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#d3ffca text on a black background

contrast 18.93:1

Card sample

#d3ffca text on a white background

contrast 1.11:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d3ffca;
Background color
Panel with #d3ffca background
background-color: #d3ffca;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d3ffca;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(211, 255, 202, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(211, 255, 202, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d3ffca;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d3ffca, #CAFFE4);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d3ffca

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.

#d3ffca 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.

#d3ffca, answered

What color is #d3ffca?

#d3ffca is a pale electric green, closest to Pale Green (ΔE2000 10.3). It sits at 110° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d3ffca?

rgb(211, 255, 202) — 211 red, 255 green and 202 blue out of 255, or 82.7% / 100% / 79.2% by channel.

Is #d3ffca a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8963 and perceived brightness is 93%, so black text on it reaches 18.93:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d3ffca?

Black. It scores 18.93:1 against #d3ffca, versus 1.11:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #d3ffca?

#F6CAFF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DBCAFF and #FFCAED, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d3ffca?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C7EDC0 for borders, #589B4B for secondary text, #7700CC as an accent and #168000 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EDFFCA and #CAFFDB stays calm, while #F6CAFF is the loudest partner.

What is #d3ffca in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(17%, 0%, 21%, 0%). 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 #d3ffca warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 58 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E6FFCA; nudged cooler, #CAFFD4.

Work with #d3ffca in the Color Lab