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#deecdf

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Fern

RGB
222, 236, 223
HSL
124°, 27%, 90%
CMYK
6, 0, 6, 8
Luminance
0.8085

#deecdf is a pale soft green, 124° on the wheel and 61/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.17:1). As text it scores 1.22:1 on white — use #4A814E instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(124 27% 90%)rgb(222 236 223)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

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

Hex
#deecdf
Hue
124°
green
Saturation
27%
soft
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8085
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
61/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
17.17:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 4
Chroma
8.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.929
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 25.3
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue124° of 360°
Saturation27%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

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

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
Red19%
Green74%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#deecdf
HEX (8-digit)#deecdfff
RGBrgb(222, 236, 223)
RGBArgba(222, 236, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(124, 27%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(124, 6%, 93%)
HWBhwb(124 87% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 0%, 6%, 8%)
LABlab(92.1 -7.0 4.7)
LCHlch(92.1 8.4 146.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.929 0.023 147.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(73.44, 80.85, 81.53)
Decimal14609631
Display P3color(display-p3 0.871 0.925 0.875)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #deecdf;
background-color: #deecdf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #deecdf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#deecdf] bg-[#deecdf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #deecdf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.871, green: 0.925, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.871, green: 0.925, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DEECDF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDEECDF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDEECDF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 236, 222)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(222, 236, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(222, 236, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 222, 236, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8706f, 0.9255f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{222,236,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #deecdf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #deecdf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2F5131, #D8E9D9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #deecdf 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: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-100: #ECF3ED;
  --brand-200: #deecdf;
  --brand-300: #B8D6BA;
  --brand-400: #94C197;
  --brand-500: #71AD75;
  --brand-600: #599B5E;
  --brand-700: #4B814E;
  --brand-800: #3C683F;
  --brand-900: #2E4C30;
  --brand-950: #1D301E;
  --brand: #deecdf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5F9F6;
  --brand-border: #CBE1CD;
  --brand-hover: #C7DFC9;
  --brand-pressed: #B1D2B3;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #152416;
    --brand-ink: #D8E9D9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F6',
        100: '#ECF3ED',
        200: '#deecdf',
        300: '#B8D6BA',
        400: '#94C197',
        500: '#71AD75',
        600: '#599B5E',
        700: '#4B814E',
        800: '#3C683F',
        900: '#2E4C30',
        950: '#1D301E',
        DEFAULT: '#deecdf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F6,
  '100': #ECF3ED,
  '200': #deecdf,
  '300': #B8D6BA,
  '400': #94C197,
  '500': #71AD75,
  '600': #599B5E,
  '700': #4B814E,
  '800': #3C683F,
  '900': #2E4C30,
  '950': #1D301E,
);
$brand-base: #deecdf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF3ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#deecdf", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B8D6BA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#94C197", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#71AD75", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#599B5E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4B814E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3C683F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2E4C30", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1D301E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #deecdf · 17.17:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.22:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.17:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #deecdf as text scores 1.22:1 on white and 17.17:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2F5131 at 7.33:1.

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
#4A814E · 4.62:1
AA on white−50% L
#4A814E
The quick fox
#38603A · 7.24:1
AAA on white−60% L
#38603A
The quick fox
#deecdf · 17.17:1
AA on blackalready passes
#deecdf
The quick fox
#deecdf · 17.17:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#deecdf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #60A365 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
#deecdf on white: 1.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#deecdf on black: 17.17:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

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

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.22:1AaAa
Slate 501.17:1AaAa
Slate 1001.12:1AaAa
Slate 2001.01:1AaAa
Slate 3001.21:1AaAa
Slate 4002.10:1AaAa
Slate 5003.89:1AaAa
Slate 6006.20:1AaAa
Slate 7008.47:1AaAa
Slate 80011.96:1AaAa
Slate 90014.60:1AaAa
Black17.17:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #EDE9DE
deuteranopia · #EAE8E0
tritanopia · #DDEBE8

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. #deecdf 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.

#F6F9F6
#ECF3ED
#deecdf
#B8D6BA
#94C197
#71AD75
#599B5E
#4B814E
#3C683F
#2E4C30
#1D301E
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F6Darkest = 950 · #1D301EText step on white = 700
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 0.006 147.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.009 147.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.014 147.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.018 147.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.021 147.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.023 147.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.023 147.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.021 147.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.019 147.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.016 147.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.013 147.4);
}

Colors that work with #deecdf

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#F5F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#CBE1CD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#549258
Captions on the surface
Accent#7A4785
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2F5131
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF6EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#152416
Dark-mode background
Hover#C7DFC9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B1D2B3
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E3F2E4
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 #deecdf

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
  • 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 #2F5131
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #60A365

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.

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

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • 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#ECDEEB
Analogous left#E4ECDE
Analogous right#DEECE6
Split-complement 1#E6DEEC
Split-complement 2#ECDEE4
Triadic 1#DFDEEC
Triadic 2#ECDFDE
Tetradic#DEE4EC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°124°

#deecdf sits at 124°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.1%
Green92.5%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
222
0xde
G · 0–255
236
0xec
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan5.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow5.5%
Key (black)7.5%

Total ink coverage is 19%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#deecdf text on a black background

contrast 17.17:1

Card sample

#deecdf text on a white background

contrast 1.22:1

Card sample

#deecdf on grey

1.12:1

#deecdf on its own surface

1.15:1

#deecdf on its dark surface

13.25:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(222, 236, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(222, 236, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #deecdf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #deecdf, #DEECE8);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

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

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #deecdf;
caret-color: #deecdf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #deecdf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF6EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #deecdf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#deecdf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #deecdf 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(222, 236, 223, 0.5)
rgb(222 236 223 / 50%)
#deecdf80
hsl(124 27% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #deecdf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#deecdf1a#FCFDFC
20%#deecdf33#F8FBF9
40%#deecdf66#F2F7F2
60%#deecdf99#EBF4EC
80%#deecdfcc#E5F0E5

Gradients from #deecdf

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, #F2F8F2, #deecdf 45%, #2F5131);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #deecdf, #CBE1DD);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #deecdf, #ECDEEB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5F9F6 0%, #deecdf 45%, #2F5131 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEFFFE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F1F7F5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2F5131 0%, transparent 65%), #deecdf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #deecdf

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.

#deecdf 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

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 17.17:1.

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.

#deecdf, answered

What color is #deecdf?

#deecdf is a pale soft green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 4). It sits at 124° on the hue wheel with 27% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #deecdf?

rgb(222, 236, 223) — 222 red, 236 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 87.1% / 92.5% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #deecdf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(124, 27%, 90%) and hsv(124, 6%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #deecdf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8085 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 17.17:1.

Should I use black or white text on #deecdf?

Black. It scores 17.17:1 against #deecdf, versus 1.22:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #deecdf accessible on a white background?

#deecdf on white scores 1.22:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4A814E to reach 4.5:1, or #38603A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #deecdf?

#ECDEEB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E6DEEC and #ECDEE4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #deecdf?

For interface work: #F5F9F6 as the surface, #CBE1CD for borders, #549258 for secondary text, #7A4785 as an accent and #2F5131 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E4ECDE and #DEECE6 stays calm, while #ECDEEB is the loudest partner.

What is #deecdf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(6%, 0%, 6%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #deecdf 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 #E2ECDE; nudged cooler, #DDEDE4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #deecdf?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 25.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #deecdf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #deecdf in Tailwind CSS?

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

rgba(222, 236, 223, 0.5), or #deecdf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFF6EF; over black, #6F7670.

Is #deecdf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 13.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #deecdf 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #deecdf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2F8F2, #deecdf 45%, #2F5131). For more colour, a short hue run to #CBE1DD keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #deecdf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

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