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#cce3cf

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Basil

RGB
204, 227, 207
HSL
128°, 29%, 85%
CMYK
10, 0, 9, 11
Luminance
0.7228

#cce3cf is a light soft green, 128° on the wheel and 63/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.46:1). As text it scores 1.36:1 on white — use #47824F instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(128 29% 85%)rgb(204 227 207)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cce3cf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cce3cf
Hue
128°
green
Saturation
29%
soft
Lightness
85%
light
Brightness
89%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7228
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
63/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
15.46:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 7.2
Chroma
13.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.893
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 22
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue128° of 360°
Saturation29%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cce3cf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool63% 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%
Green76%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#cce3cf
HEX (8-digit)#cce3cfff
RGBrgb(204, 227, 207)
RGBArgba(204, 227, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(128, 29%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(128, 10%, 89%)
HWBhwb(128 80% 11%)
CMYKcmyk(10%, 0%, 9%, 11%)
LABlab(88.1 -11.3 7.2)
LCHlch(88.1 13.4 147.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.893 0.036 149.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(63.63, 72.28, 69.62)
Decimal13427663
Display P3color(display-p3 0.800 0.890 0.812)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cce3cf;
background-color: #cce3cf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cce3cf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cce3cf] bg-[#cce3cf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cce3cf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.800, green: 0.890, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.800, green: 0.890, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CCE3CF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCCE3CF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCCE3CF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 227, 204)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(204, 227, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(204, 227, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 204, 227, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8000f, 0.8902f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{204,227,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cce3cf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cce3cf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2D5232, #D7E9DA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cce3cf 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: #cce3cf;
  --brand-300: #B7D7BB;
  --brand-400: #92C399;
  --brand-500: #6EAF77;
  --brand-600: #579E60;
  --brand-700: #488450;
  --brand-800: #3A6940;
  --brand-900: #2D4E31;
  --brand-950: #1C301F;
  --brand: #cce3cf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF6;
  --brand-border: #CAE2CD;
  --brand-hover: #B5D6B9;
  --brand-pressed: #9ECAA4;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142416;
    --brand-ink: #D7E9DA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F6',
        100: '#ECF3ED',
        200: '#cce3cf',
        300: '#B7D7BB',
        400: '#92C399',
        500: '#6EAF77',
        600: '#579E60',
        700: '#488450',
        800: '#3A6940',
        900: '#2D4E31',
        950: '#1C301F',
        DEFAULT: '#cce3cf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F6,
  '100': #ECF3ED,
  '200': #cce3cf,
  '300': #B7D7BB,
  '400': #92C399,
  '500': #6EAF77,
  '600': #579E60,
  '700': #488450,
  '800': #3A6940,
  '900': #2D4E31,
  '950': #1C301F,
);
$brand-base: #cce3cf;
$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": "#cce3cf", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B7D7BB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#92C399", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6EAF77", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#579E60", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#488450", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3A6940", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2D4E31", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1C301F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cce3cf · 15.46:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.36:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.46:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cce3cf as text scores 1.36:1 on white and 15.46:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2D5232 at 6.54:1.

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
#47824F · 4.59:1
AA on white−45% L
#47824F
The quick fox
#35613B · 7.18:1
AAA on white−55% L
#35613B
The quick fox
#cce3cf · 15.46:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cce3cf
The quick fox
#cce3cf · 15.46:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cce3cf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #59A363 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
#cce3cf on white: 1.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cce3cf on black: 15.46:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cce3cf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cce3cf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.36:1AaAa
Slate 501.30:1AaAa
Slate 1001.24:1AaAa
Slate 2001.10:1AaAa
Slate 3001.09:1AaAa
Slate 4001.89:1AaAa
Slate 5003.50:1AaAa
Slate 6005.58:1AaAa
Slate 7007.62:1AaAa
Slate 80010.77:1AaAa
Slate 90013.14:1AaAa
Black15.46:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E4DFCE
deuteranopia · #DFDCD0
tritanopia · #CAE2DD

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. #cce3cf 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
#cce3cf
#B7D7BB
#92C399
#6EAF77
#579E60
#488450
#3A6940
#2D4E31
#1C301F
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F6Darkest = 950 · #1C301FText 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 0.009 149.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.015 149.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.022 149.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.028 149.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.033 149.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.036 149.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.036 149.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.034 149.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.031 149.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.025 149.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.020 149.1);
}

Colors that work with #cce3cf

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#F5FAF6
Tinted page background
Border#CAE2CD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#51945A
Captions on the surface
Accent#7F4389
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2D5232
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF6F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142416
Dark-mode background
Hover#B5D6B9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9ECAA4
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D6EDD9
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 #cce3cf

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 #2D5232
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #59A363

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 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight16/100
  • 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#E3CCE0
Analogous left#D4E3CC
Analogous right#CCE3DA
Split-complement 1#DACCE3
Split-complement 2#E3CCD4
Triadic 1#CFCCE3
Triadic 2#E3CFCC
Tetradic#CCD4E3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°128°

#cce3cf sits at 128°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.0%
Green89.0%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
204
0xcc
G · 0–255
227
0xe3
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow8.8%
Key (black)11.0%

Total ink coverage is 30%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cce3cf text on a black background

contrast 15.46:1

Card sample

#cce3cf text on a white background

contrast 1.36:1

Card sample

#cce3cf on grey

1.24:1

#cce3cf on its own surface

1.29:1

#cce3cf on its dark surface

11.95:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cce3cf;
Background color
Panel with #cce3cf background
background-color: #cce3cf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cce3cf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(204, 227, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(204, 227, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cce3cf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cce3cf, #CCE3DE);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cce3cf, #CCE2E3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cce3cf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cce3cf;
caret-color: #cce3cf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cce3cf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF6F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cce3cf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cce3cf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cce3cf 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(204, 227, 207, 0.5)
rgb(204 227 207 / 50%)
#cce3cf80
hsl(128 29% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cce3cf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cce3cf1a#FAFCFA
20%#cce3cf33#F5F9F5
40%#cce3cf66#EBF4EC
60%#cce3cf99#E0EEE2
80%#cce3cfcc#D6E9D9

Gradients from #cce3cf

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, #F2F8F3, #cce3cf 45%, #2D5232);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cce3cf, #B8D8D4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cce3cf, #E3CCE0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5FAF6 0%, #cce3cf 45%, #2D5232 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F1F5ED 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E0EEEA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2D5232 0%, transparent 65%), #cce3cf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cce3cf

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.

#cce3cf 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 15.46:1.

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.

#cce3cf, answered

What color is #cce3cf?

#cce3cf is a light soft green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 7.2). It sits at 128° on the hue wheel with 29% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #cce3cf?

rgb(204, 227, 207) — 204 red, 227 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 80% / 89% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #cce3cf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(128, 29%, 85%) and hsv(128, 10%, 89%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cce3cf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7228 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 15.46:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cce3cf?

Black. It scores 15.46:1 against #cce3cf, versus 1.36:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cce3cf accessible on a white background?

#cce3cf on white scores 1.36:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #47824F to reach 4.5:1, or #35613B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cce3cf?

#E3CCE0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DACCE3 and #E3CCD4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cce3cf?

For interface work: #F5FAF6 as the surface, #CAE2CD for borders, #51945A for secondary text, #7F4389 as an accent and #2D5232 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D4E3CC and #CCE3DA stays calm, while #E3CCE0 is the loudest partner.

What is #cce3cf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(10%, 0%, 9%, 11%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cce3cf warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 63 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D1E3CC; nudged cooler, #CBE4D7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cce3cf?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 22 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cce3cf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cce3cf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cce3cf] or text-[#cce3cf], 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 #cce3cf with 50% opacity?

rgba(204, 227, 207, 0.5), or #cce3cf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E6F1E7; over black, #667268.

Is #cce3cf a web-safe color?

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

What does the color #cce3cf 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 #cce3cf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2F8F3, #cce3cf 45%, #2D5232). For more colour, a short hue run to #B8D8D4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cce3cf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cce3cf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.