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#c3fdb1

a light, electric green · neutral · closest name: Pale Green

Token name suggestion: Linen Moss

RGB
195, 253, 177
HSL
106°, 95%, 84%
CMYK
23, 0, 30, 1
Luminance
0.8503

#c3fdb1 is a light electric green, 106° on the wheel and 57/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.01:1). As text it scores 1.17:1 on white — use #238803 instead. Nearest name is Pale Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(106 95% 84%)rgb(195 253 177)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c3fdb1 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c3fdb1
Hue
106°
green
Saturation
95%
electric
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8503
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
57/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.01:1
Closest name
Pale Green
ΔE2000 6
Chroma
44.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.936
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 17.5
Web-safe
#CCFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue106° of 360°
Saturation95%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c3fdb1.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool57% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red14%
Green83%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#c3fdb1
HEX (8-digit)#c3fdb1ff
RGBrgb(195, 253, 177)
RGBArgba(195, 253, 177, 1)
HSLhsl(106, 95%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(106, 30%, 99%)
HWBhwb(106 69% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 0%, 30%, 1%)
LABlab(93.9 -31.9 30.6)
LCHlch(93.9 44.2 136.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.936 0.116 138.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(65.56, 85.03, 54.54)
Decimal12844465
Display P3color(display-p3 0.765 0.992 0.694)
Web-safe#CCFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c3fdb1;
background-color: #c3fdb1;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c3fdb1;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c3fdb1] bg-[#c3fdb1]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c3fdb1;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.765, green: 0.992, blue: 0.694)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.765, green: 0.992, blue: 0.694, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C3FDB1</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC3FDB1)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC3FDB1)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(177, 253, 195)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(195, 253, 177)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(195, 253, 177)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 195, 253, 177)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7647f, 0.9922f, 0.6941f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{195,253,177}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c3fdb1 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c3fdb1 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#207C03, #D9EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c3fdb1 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: #F4FDF1;
  --brand-100: #E9FBE4;
  --brand-200: #c3fdb1;
  --brand-300: #ABFC92;
  --brand-400: #81FB5B;
  --brand-500: #57F924;
  --brand-600: #3DEF06;
  --brand-700: #33C705;
  --brand-800: #299F04;
  --brand-900: #217308;
  --brand-950: #154805;
  --brand: #c3fdb1;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CAEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #A8FC8E;
  --brand-pressed: #8DFB6B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182414;
    --brand-ink: #D9EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FDF1',
        100: '#E9FBE4',
        200: '#c3fdb1',
        300: '#ABFC92',
        400: '#81FB5B',
        500: '#57F924',
        600: '#3DEF06',
        700: '#33C705',
        800: '#299F04',
        900: '#217308',
        950: '#154805',
        DEFAULT: '#c3fdb1',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FDF1,
  '100': #E9FBE4,
  '200': #c3fdb1,
  '300': #ABFC92,
  '400': #81FB5B,
  '500': #57F924,
  '600': #3DEF06,
  '700': #33C705,
  '800': #299F04,
  '900': #217308,
  '950': #154805,
);
$brand-base: #c3fdb1;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9FBE4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#c3fdb1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ABFC92", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#81FB5B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#57F924", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3DEF06", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#33C705", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#299F04", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#217308", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#154805", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c3fdb1 · 18.01:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.17:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.01:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c3fdb1 as text scores 1.17:1 on white and 18.01:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #207C03 at 4.56:1.

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
#238803 · 4.57:1
AA on white−57% L
#238803
The quick fox
#1A6503 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−64% L
#1A6503
The quick fox
#c3fdb1 · 18.01:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c3fdb1
The quick fox
#c3fdb1 · 18.01:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c3fdb1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #2CAB04 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
#c3fdb1 on white: 1.17:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c3fdb1 on black: 18.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c3fdb1 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c3fdb1.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.17:1AaAa
Slate 501.11:1AaAa
Slate 1001.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.06:1AaAa
Slate 3001.27:1AaAa
Slate 4002.20:1AaAa
Slate 5004.08:1AaAa
Slate 6006.50:1AaAa
Slate 7008.88:1AaAa
Slate 80012.54:1AaAa
Slate 90015.31:1AaAa
Black18.01:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFF1AC
deuteranopia · #F9EBB5
tritanopia · #C1F8E9

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. #c3fdb1 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.

#F4FDF1
#E9FBE4
#c3fdb1
#ABFC92
#81FB5B
#57F924
#3DEF06
#33C705
#299F04
#217308
#154805
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4FDF1Darkest = 950 · #154805Text 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 0.029 138.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.046 138.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.070 138.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.091 138.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.107 138.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.116 138.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.116 138.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.109 138.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.098 138.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.081 138.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.064 138.4);
}

Colors that work with #c3fdb1

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#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#CAEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5E9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6900CC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#207C03
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECFEE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182414
Dark-mode background
Hover#A8FC8E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8DFB6B
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D1FFC3
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 #c3fdb1

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 #207C03
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #2CAB04

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight16/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#EBB1FD
Analogous left#E9FDB1
Analogous right#B1FDC5
Split-complement 1#C5B1FD
Split-complement 2#FDB1E9
Triadic 1#B1C3FD
Triadic 2#FDB1C3
Tetradic#B1E9FD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°106°

#c3fdb1 sits at 106°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red76.5%
Green99.2%
Blue69.4%
R · 0–255
195
0xc3
G · 0–255
253
0xfd
B · 0–255
177
0xb1

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow30.0%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 54%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c3fdb1 text on a black background

contrast 18.01:1

Card sample

#c3fdb1 text on a white background

contrast 1.17:1

Card sample

#c3fdb1 on grey

1.06:1

#c3fdb1 on its own surface

1.11:1

#c3fdb1 on its dark surface

13.84:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c3fdb1;
Background color
Panel with #c3fdb1 background
background-color: #c3fdb1;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c3fdb1;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(195, 253, 177, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(195, 253, 177, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c3fdb1;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c3fdb1, #B1FDD2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c3fdb1, #B1FDE5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c3fdb1;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c3fdb1;
caret-color: #c3fdb1;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c3fdb1;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECFEE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c3fdb1;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c3fdb1 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c3fdb1 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(195, 253, 177, 0.5)
rgb(195 253 177 / 50%)
#c3fdb180
hsl(106 95% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c3fdb1 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c3fdb11a#F9FFF7
20%#c3fdb133#F3FFEF
40%#c3fdb166#E7FEE0
60%#c3fdb199#DBFED0
80%#c3fdb1cc#CFFDC1

Gradients from #c3fdb1

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, #F0FEEB, #c3fdb1 45%, #207C03);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c3fdb1, #93FCC9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c3fdb1, #EBB1FD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4FFF0 0%, #c3fdb1 45%, #207C03 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F9FEE3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CFFEDF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #207C03 0%, transparent 65%), #c3fdb1;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c3fdb1

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.

#c3fdb1 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.

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 18.01:1.

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.

#c3fdb1, answered

What color is #c3fdb1?

#c3fdb1 is a light electric green, closest to Pale Green (ΔE2000 6). It sits at 106° on the hue wheel with 95% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #c3fdb1?

rgb(195, 253, 177) — 195 red, 253 green and 177 blue out of 255, or 76.5% / 99.2% / 69.4% by channel.

What is #c3fdb1 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(106, 95%, 84%) and hsv(106, 30%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c3fdb1 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8503 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 18.01:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c3fdb1?

Black. It scores 18.01:1 against #c3fdb1, versus 1.17:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c3fdb1 accessible on a white background?

#c3fdb1 on white scores 1.17:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #238803 to reach 4.5:1, or #1A6503 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c3fdb1?

#EBB1FD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C5B1FD and #FDB1E9, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c3fdb1?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CAEDC0 for borders, #5E9B4B for secondary text, #6900CC as an accent and #207C03 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E9FDB1 and #B1FDC5 stays calm, while #EBB1FD is the loudest partner.

What is #c3fdb1 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(23%, 0%, 30%, 1%). 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 #c3fdb1 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 57 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DFFDB1; nudged cooler, #B0FEBA.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c3fdb1?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 17.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c3fdb1 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c3fdb1 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c3fdb1] or text-[#c3fdb1], 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 #c3fdb1 with 50% opacity?

rgba(195, 253, 177, 0.5), or #c3fdb180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E1FED8; over black, #627F59.

Is #c3fdb1 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF99, ΔE2000 5.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c3fdb1 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 #c3fdb1?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F0FEEB, #c3fdb1 45%, #207C03). For more colour, a short hue run to #93FCC9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c3fdb1 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c3fdb1 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.