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#dcf7db

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Basil

RGB
220, 247, 219
HSL
118°, 64%, 91%
CMYK
11, 0, 11, 3
Luminance
0.8685

#dcf7db is a pale vivid green, 118° on the wheel and 62/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.37:1). As text it scores 1.14:1 on white — use #22871E instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(118 64% 91%)rgb(220 247 219)Base step 100AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dcf7db is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dcf7db
Hue
118°
green
Saturation
64%
vivid
Lightness
91%
pale
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
93%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8685
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
62/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
18.37:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
17.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.949
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 24.6
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue118° of 360°
Saturation64%
Lightness91%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dcf7db.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool62% 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%
Green77%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#dcf7db
HEX (8-digit)#dcf7dbff
RGBrgb(220, 247, 219)
RGBArgba(220, 247, 219, 1)
HSLhsl(118, 64%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(118, 11%, 97%)
HWBhwb(118 86% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 0%, 11%, 3%)
LABlab(94.7 -13.9 10.5)
LCHlch(94.7 17.4 142.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.949 0.047 144.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(75.56, 86.85, 79.79)
Decimal14481371
Display P3color(display-p3 0.863 0.969 0.859)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dcf7db;
background-color: #dcf7db;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dcf7db;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dcf7db] bg-[#dcf7db]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dcf7db;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.863, green: 0.969, blue: 0.859)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.863, green: 0.969, blue: 0.859, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DCF7DB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDCF7DB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDCF7DB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(219, 247, 220)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(220, 247, 219)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(220, 247, 219)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 220, 247, 219)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8627f, 0.9686f, 0.8588f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{220,247,219}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dcf7db 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dcf7db 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1A6817, #D4EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dcf7db 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: #F4FBF4;
  --brand-100: #dcf7db;
  --brand-200: #CDF0CB;
  --brand-300: #A6EBA3;
  --brand-400: #79E075;
  --brand-500: #4CD647;
  --brand-600: #32C82D;
  --brand-700: #2AA725;
  --brand-800: #21851E;
  --brand-900: #1C6119;
  --brand-950: #113D10;
  --brand: #dcf7db;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C1EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #C0F1BE;
  --brand-pressed: #A3EAA1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142414;
    --brand-ink: #D4EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF4',
        100: '#dcf7db',
        200: '#CDF0CB',
        300: '#A6EBA3',
        400: '#79E075',
        500: '#4CD647',
        600: '#32C82D',
        700: '#2AA725',
        800: '#21851E',
        900: '#1C6119',
        950: '#113D10',
        DEFAULT: '#dcf7db',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF4,
  '100': #dcf7db,
  '200': #CDF0CB,
  '300': #A6EBA3,
  '400': #79E075,
  '500': #4CD647,
  '600': #32C82D,
  '700': #2AA725,
  '800': #21851E,
  '900': #1C6119,
  '950': #113D10,
);
$brand-base: #dcf7db;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#dcf7db", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CDF0CB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A6EBA3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#79E075", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#4CD647", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#32C82D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2AA725", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#21851E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1C6119", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#113D10", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dcf7db · 18.37:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.14:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.37:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dcf7db as text scores 1.14:1 on white and 18.37:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1A6817 at 6.05:1.

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
#22871E · 4.61:1
AA on white−59% L
#22871E
The quick fox
#196617 · 7.11:1
AAA on white−67% L
#196617
The quick fox
#dcf7db · 18.37:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dcf7db
The quick fox
#dcf7db · 18.37:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dcf7db

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #2AA925 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
#dcf7db on white: 1.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dcf7db on black: 18.37:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dcf7db as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dcf7db.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.14:1AaAa
Slate 501.09:1AaAa
Slate 1001.04:1AaAa
Slate 2001.08:1AaAa
Slate 3001.30:1AaAa
Slate 4002.24:1AaAa
Slate 5004.16:1AaAa
Slate 6006.63:1AaAa
Slate 7009.06:1AaAa
Slate 80012.80:1AaAa
Slate 90015.62:1AaAa
Black18.37:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F8F1DA
deuteranopia · #F4EFDC
tritanopia · #DAF5EF

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. #dcf7db is pinned to step 100; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FBF4
#dcf7db
#CDF0CB
#A6EBA3
#79E075
#4CD647
#32C82D
#2AA725
#21851E
#1C6119
#113D10
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF4Darkest = 950 · #113D10Text 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 0.012 144.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.019 144.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.028 144.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.036 144.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.043 144.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.047 144.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.047 144.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.044 144.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.039 144.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.033 144.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.026 144.2);
}

Colors that work with #dcf7db

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#C1EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4D9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#8220AC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1A6817
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBFAEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142414
Dark-mode background
Hover#C0F1BE
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A3EAA1
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DDFADC
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 #dcf7db

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 #1A6817
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #2AA925

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
  • Weight9/100
  • 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#F6DBF7
Analogous left#EAF7DB
Analogous right#DBF7E8
Split-complement 1#E8DBF7
Split-complement 2#F7DBEA
Triadic 1#DBDCF7
Triadic 2#F7DBDC
Tetradic#DBEAF7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°118°

#dcf7db sits at 118°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red86.3%
Green96.9%
Blue85.9%
R · 0–255
220
0xdc
G · 0–255
247
0xf7
B · 0–255
219
0xdb

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow11.3%
Key (black)3.1%

Total ink coverage is 25%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dcf7db text on a black background

contrast 18.37:1

Card sample

#dcf7db text on a white background

contrast 1.14:1

Card sample

#dcf7db on grey

1.04:1

#dcf7db on its own surface

1.08:1

#dcf7db on its dark surface

14.22:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dcf7db;
Background color
Panel with #dcf7db background
background-color: #dcf7db;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dcf7db;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(220, 247, 219, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(220, 247, 219, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dcf7db;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcf7db, #DBF7ED);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dcf7db, #DBF7F4);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dcf7db;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dcf7db;
caret-color: #dcf7db;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dcf7db;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBFAEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dcf7db;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dcf7db 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dcf7db 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(220, 247, 219, 0.5)
rgb(220 247 219 / 50%)
#dcf7db80
hsl(118 64% 91% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dcf7db 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dcf7db1a#FCFEFB
20%#dcf7db33#F8FDF8
40%#dcf7db66#F1FCF1
60%#dcf7db99#EAFAE9
80%#dcf7dbcc#E3F9E2

Gradients from #dcf7db

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, #EFFBEE, #dcf7db 45%, #1A6817);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dcf7db, #C2F1E4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dcf7db, #F6DBF7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3FCF2 0%, #dcf7db 45%, #1A6817 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%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F4FDF9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1A6817 0%, transparent 65%), #dcf7db;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dcf7db

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.

#dcf7db 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 18.37:1.

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.

#dcf7db, answered

What color is #dcf7db?

#dcf7db is a pale vivid green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 118° on the hue wheel with 64% saturation and 91% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #dcf7db?

rgb(220, 247, 219) — 220 red, 247 green and 219 blue out of 255, or 86.3% / 96.9% / 85.9% by channel.

What is #dcf7db in HSL and HSV?

hsl(118, 64%, 91%) and hsv(118, 11%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dcf7db a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8685 and perceived brightness is 93%, so black text on it reaches 18.37:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dcf7db?

Black. It scores 18.37:1 against #dcf7db, versus 1.14:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dcf7db accessible on a white background?

#dcf7db on white scores 1.14:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #22871E to reach 4.5:1, or #196617 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dcf7db?

#F6DBF7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E8DBF7 and #F7DBEA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dcf7db?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C1EDC0 for borders, #4D9B4B for secondary text, #8220AC as an accent and #1A6817 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EAF7DB and #DBF7E8 stays calm, while #F6DBF7 is the loudest partner.

What is #dcf7db in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(11%, 0%, 11%, 3%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dcf7db warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 62 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E6F7DB; nudged cooler, #DBF7E4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dcf7db?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 24.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dcf7db as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dcf7db in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dcf7db] or text-[#dcf7db], 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 #dcf7db with 50% opacity?

rgba(220, 247, 219, 0.5), or #dcf7db80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EEFBED; over black, #6E7C6E.

Is #dcf7db a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 7.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dcf7db 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 #dcf7db?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EFFBEE, #dcf7db 45%, #1A6817). For more colour, a short hue run to #C2F1E4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dcf7db in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dcf7db at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.