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#d4f7d2

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

Token name suggestion: Chalk Basil

RGB
212, 247, 210
HSL
117°, 70%, 90%
CMYK
14, 0, 15, 3
Luminance
0.8517

#d4f7d2 is a pale vivid green, 117° on the wheel and 61/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.03:1). As text it scores 1.16:1 on white — use #1E8918 instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(117 70% 90%)rgb(212 247 210)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d4f7d2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d4f7d2
Hue
117°
green
Saturation
70%
vivid
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8517
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
61/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
18.03:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 9.3
Chroma
22.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.941
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 22.8
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue117° of 360°
Saturation70%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d4f7d2.

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.

Luminance by channel
Red16%
Green78%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#d4f7d2
HEX (8-digit)#d4f7d2ff
RGBrgb(212, 247, 210)
RGBArgba(212, 247, 210, 1)
HSLhsl(117, 70%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(117, 15%, 97%)
HWBhwb(117 82% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 15%, 3%)
LABlab(94.0 -18.1 14.1)
LCHlch(94.0 22.9 142.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.941 0.061 143.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(72.04, 85.17, 73.60)
Decimal13957074
Display P3color(display-p3 0.831 0.969 0.824)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d4f7d2;
background-color: #d4f7d2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d4f7d2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d4f7d2] bg-[#d4f7d2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d4f7d2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.831, green: 0.969, blue: 0.824)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.831, green: 0.969, blue: 0.824, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D4F7D2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD4F7D2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD4F7D2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(210, 247, 212)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(212, 247, 210)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(212, 247, 210)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 212, 247, 210)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8314f, 0.9686f, 0.8235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{212,247,210}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d4f7d2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d4f7d2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#186C13, #D4EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d4f7d2 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: #F4FCF3;
  --brand-100: #E8F8E7;
  --brand-200: #d4f7d2;
  --brand-300: #A4EEA0;
  --brand-400: #76E670;
  --brand-500: #49DD40;
  --brand-600: #2ED025;
  --brand-700: #26AD1F;
  --brand-800: #1F8B19;
  --brand-900: #1A6516;
  --brand-950: #103F0E;
  --brand: #d4f7d2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C2EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #B7F2B4;
  --brand-pressed: #9AEC95;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #152414;
    --brand-ink: #D4EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FCF3',
        100: '#E8F8E7',
        200: '#d4f7d2',
        300: '#A4EEA0',
        400: '#76E670',
        500: '#49DD40',
        600: '#2ED025',
        700: '#26AD1F',
        800: '#1F8B19',
        900: '#1A6516',
        950: '#103F0E',
        DEFAULT: '#d4f7d2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FCF3,
  '100': #E8F8E7,
  '200': #d4f7d2,
  '300': #A4EEA0,
  '400': #76E670,
  '500': #49DD40,
  '600': #2ED025,
  '700': #26AD1F,
  '800': #1F8B19,
  '900': #1A6516,
  '950': #103F0E,
);
$brand-base: #d4f7d2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#d4f7d2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A4EEA0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#76E670", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#49DD40", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2ED025", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#26AD1F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1F8B19", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1A6516", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#103F0E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d4f7d2 · 18.03:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.16:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.03:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d4f7d2 as text scores 1.16:1 on white and 18.03:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #186C13 at 5.65:1.

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
#1E8918 · 4.52:1
AA on white−58% L
#1E8918
The quick fox
#176612 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−66% L
#176612
The quick fox
#d4f7d2 · 18.03:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d4f7d2
The quick fox
#d4f7d2 · 18.03:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d4f7d2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #26AB1E 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
#d4f7d2 on white: 1.16:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d4f7d2 on black: 18.03:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d4f7d2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d4f7d2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.16:1AaAa
Slate 501.11:1AaAa
Slate 1001.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.06:1AaAa
Slate 3001.28:1AaAa
Slate 4002.20:1AaAa
Slate 5004.09:1AaAa
Slate 6006.51:1AaAa
Slate 7008.89:1AaAa
Slate 80012.56:1AaAa
Slate 90015.33:1AaAa
Black18.03:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F9F0D0
deuteranopia · #F3ECD4
tritanopia · #D1F5EC

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. #d4f7d2 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.

#F4FCF3
#E8F8E7
#d4f7d2
#A4EEA0
#76E670
#49DD40
#2ED025
#26AD1F
#1F8B19
#1A6516
#103F0E
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4FCF3Darkest = 950 · #103F0EText 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 0.015 143.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.025 143.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.037 143.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.048 143.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.056 143.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.061 143.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.061 143.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.058 143.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.051 143.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.043 143.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.034 143.6);
}

Colors that work with #d4f7d2

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#C2EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4F9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#831BB1
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#186C13
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#152414
Dark-mode background
Hover#B7F2B4
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9AEC95
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DCFBDA
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 #d4f7d2

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 #186C13
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #26AB1E

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 high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight10/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • 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#F5D2F7
Analogous left#E6F7D2
Analogous right#D2F7E3
Split-complement 1#E3D2F7
Split-complement 2#F7D2E6
Triadic 1#D2D4F7
Triadic 2#F7D2D4
Tetradic#D2E6F7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°117°

#d4f7d2 sits at 117°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red83.1%
Green96.9%
Blue82.4%
R · 0–255
212
0xd4
G · 0–255
247
0xf7
B · 0–255
210
0xd2

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow15.0%
Key (black)3.1%

Total ink coverage is 32%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d4f7d2 text on a black background

contrast 18.03:1

Card sample

#d4f7d2 text on a white background

contrast 1.16:1

Card sample

#d4f7d2 on grey

1.06:1

#d4f7d2 on its own surface

1.10:1

#d4f7d2 on its dark surface

13.93:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d4f7d2;
Background color
Panel with #d4f7d2 background
background-color: #d4f7d2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d4f7d2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(212, 247, 210, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(212, 247, 210, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d4f7d2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d4f7d2, #D2F7E9);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d4f7d2, #D2F7F2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d4f7d2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d4f7d2;
caret-color: #d4f7d2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d4f7d2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d4f7d2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d4f7d2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d4f7d2 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(212, 247, 210, 0.5)
rgb(212 247 210 / 50%)
#d4f7d280
hsl(117 70% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d4f7d2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d4f7d21a#FBFEFB
20%#d4f7d233#F6FDF6
40%#d4f7d266#EEFCED
60%#d4f7d299#E5FAE4
80%#d4f7d2cc#DDF9DB

Gradients from #d4f7d2

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, #EEFCEE, #d4f7d2 45%, #186C13);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d4f7d2, #B8F2E1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d4f7d2, #F5D2F7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3FDF2 0%, #d4f7d2 45%, #186C13 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEFFFD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ECFCF4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #186C13 0%, transparent 65%), #d4f7d2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d4f7d2

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.

#d4f7d2 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

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.03:1.

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.

#d4f7d2, answered

What color is #d4f7d2?

#d4f7d2 is a pale vivid green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 9.3). It sits at 117° on the hue wheel with 70% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d4f7d2?

rgb(212, 247, 210) — 212 red, 247 green and 210 blue out of 255, or 83.1% / 96.9% / 82.4% by channel.

What is #d4f7d2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(117, 70%, 90%) and hsv(117, 15%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d4f7d2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8517 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 18.03:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d4f7d2?

Black. It scores 18.03:1 against #d4f7d2, versus 1.16:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d4f7d2 accessible on a white background?

#d4f7d2 on white scores 1.16:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1E8918 to reach 4.5:1, or #176612 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d4f7d2?

#F5D2F7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E3D2F7 and #F7D2E6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d4f7d2?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C2EDC0 for borders, #4F9B4B for secondary text, #831BB1 as an accent and #186C13 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E6F7D2 and #D2F7E3 stays calm, while #F5D2F7 is the loudest partner.

What is #d4f7d2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 0%, 15%, 3%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d4f7d2 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 #E2F7D2; nudged cooler, #D1F8DD.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d4f7d2?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 22.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d4f7d2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d4f7d2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d4f7d2] or text-[#d4f7d2], 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 #d4f7d2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(212, 247, 210, 0.5), or #d4f7d280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EAFBE9; over black, #6A7C69.

Is #d4f7d2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d4f7d2 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 #d4f7d2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EEFCEE, #d4f7d2 45%, #186C13). For more colour, a short hue run to #B8F2E1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d4f7d2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d4f7d2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.