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#ccee91

a light, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Light Green

Token name suggestion: Linen Jade

RGB
204, 238, 145
HSL
82°, 73%, 75%
CMYK
14, 0, 39, 7
Luminance
0.7603

#ccee91 is a light vivid green, 82° on the wheel and 43/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.21:1). As text it scores 1.30:1 on white — use #598114 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(82 73% 75%)rgb(204 238 145)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ccee91 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ccee91
Hue
82°
green
Saturation
73%
vivid
Lightness
75%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7603
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
43/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
16.21:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 9.5
Chroma
48.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.904
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 13.6
Web-safe
#CCFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue82° of 360°
Saturation73%
Lightness75%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ccee91.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool43% 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
Red17%
Green80%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#ccee91
HEX (8-digit)#ccee91ff
RGBrgb(204, 238, 145)
RGBArgba(204, 238, 145, 1)
HSLhsl(82, 73%, 75%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82, 39%, 93%)
HWBhwb(82 57% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 39%, 7%)
LABlab(89.9 -26.0 41.4)
LCHlch(89.9 48.9 122.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.904 0.124 125.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(60.59, 76.03, 38.27)
Decimal13430417
Display P3color(display-p3 0.800 0.933 0.569)
Web-safe#CCFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ccee91;
background-color: #ccee91;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ccee91;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ccee91] bg-[#ccee91]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ccee91;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.800, green: 0.933, blue: 0.569)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.800, green: 0.933, blue: 0.569, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CCEE91</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCCEE91)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCCEE91)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(145, 238, 204)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(204, 238, 145)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(204, 238, 145)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 204, 238, 145)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8000f, 0.9333f, 0.5686f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{204,238,145}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ccee91 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ccee91 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4C6E11, #E4EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ccee91 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: #F9FCF3;
  --brand-100: #F2F8E7;
  --brand-200: #E4F3C8;
  --brand-300: #ccee91;
  --brand-400: #BBE86D;
  --brand-500: #A5E13D;
  --brand-600: #93D421;
  --brand-700: #7AB11B;
  --brand-800: #628D16;
  --brand-900: #486614;
  --brand-950: #2D400C;
  --brand: #ccee91;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DCEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #BEE972;
  --brand-pressed: #AFE453;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1E2414;
    --brand-ink: #E4EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FCF3',
        100: '#F2F8E7',
        200: '#E4F3C8',
        300: '#ccee91',
        400: '#BBE86D',
        500: '#A5E13D',
        600: '#93D421',
        700: '#7AB11B',
        800: '#628D16',
        900: '#486614',
        950: '#2D400C',
        DEFAULT: '#ccee91',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FCF3,
  '100': #F2F8E7,
  '200': #E4F3C8,
  '300': #ccee91,
  '400': #BBE86D,
  '500': #A5E13D,
  '600': #93D421,
  '700': #7AB11B,
  '800': #628D16,
  '900': #486614,
  '950': #2D400C,
);
$brand-base: #ccee91;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E4F3C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ccee91", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#BBE86D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A5E13D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#93D421", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#7AB11B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#628D16", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#486614", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2D400C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #ccee91 · 16.21:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.30:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.21:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ccee91 as text scores 1.30:1 on white and 16.21:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #4C6E11 at 4.57:1.

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
#598114 · 4.59:1
AA on white−46% L
#598114
The quick fox
#43620F · 7.02:1
AAA on white−53% L
#43620F
The quick fox
#ccee91 · 16.21:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ccee91
The quick fox
#ccee91 · 16.21:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ccee91

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6E9F19 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
#ccee91 on white: 1.30:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ccee91 on black: 16.21:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ccee91 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ccee91.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.30:1AaAa
Slate 501.24:1AaAa
Slate 1001.18:1AaAa
Slate 2001.05:1AaAa
Slate 3001.15:1AaAa
Slate 4001.98:1AaAa
Slate 5003.67:1AaAa
Slate 6005.85:1AaAa
Slate 7007.99:1AaAa
Slate 80011.29:1AaAa
Slate 90013.78:1AaAa
Black16.21:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F7E38A
deuteranopia · #F3E296
tritanopia · #D2E6D7

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. #ccee91 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9FCF3
#F2F8E7
#E4F3C8
#ccee91
#BBE86D
#A5E13D
#93D421
#7AB11B
#628D16
#486614
#2D400C
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F9FCF3Darkest = 950 · #2D400CText 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 0.031 125.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.050 125.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.075 125.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.097 125.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.114 125.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.124 125.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.124 125.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.117 125.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.104 125.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.087 125.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.068 125.2);
}

Colors that work with #ccee91

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#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#DCEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#7E9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2A16B6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4C6E11
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5FCE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1E2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#BEE972
One step down in lightness
Pressed#AFE453
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D6F69D
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

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #ccee91

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 #4C6E11
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #6E9F19

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 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-high
  • Weight25/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityHigh

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#B391EE
Analogous left#EEE191
Analogous right#9EEE91
Split-complement 1#919EEE
Split-complement 2#E191EE
Triadic 1#91CCEE
Triadic 2#EE91CC
Tetradic#91EEE1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°82°

#ccee91 sits at 82°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.0%
Green93.3%
Blue56.9%
R · 0–255
204
0xcc
G · 0–255
238
0xee
B · 0–255
145
0x91

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow39.1%
Key (black)6.7%

Total ink coverage is 60%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ccee91 text on a black background

contrast 16.21:1

Card sample

#ccee91 text on a white background

contrast 1.30:1

Card sample

#ccee91 on grey

1.18:1

#ccee91 on its own surface

1.23:1

#ccee91 on its dark surface

12.30:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ccee91;
Background color
Panel with #ccee91 background
background-color: #ccee91;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ccee91;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(204, 238, 145, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(204, 238, 145, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ccee91;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccee91, #91EE94);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ccee91, #91EEAB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ccee91;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ccee91;
caret-color: #ccee91;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ccee91;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5FCE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ccee91;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ccee91 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ccee91 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, 238, 145, 0.5)
rgb(204 238 145 / 50%)
#ccee9180
hsl(82 73% 75% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ccee91 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ccee911a#FAFDF4
20%#ccee9133#F5FCE9
40%#ccee9166#EBF8D3
60%#ccee9199#E0F5BD
80%#ccee91cc#D6F1A7

Gradients from #ccee91

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, #E5F6C6, #ccee91 45%, #4C6E11);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ccee91, #77EA84);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ccee91, #B391EE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F1FAE1 0%, #ccee91 45%, #4C6E11 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F5E9BD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #AFF2AC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4C6E11 0%, transparent 65%), #ccee91;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ccee91

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.

#ccee91 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 16.21:1.

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.

#ccee91, answered

What color is #ccee91?

#ccee91 is a light vivid green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 9.5). It sits at 82° on the hue wheel with 73% saturation and 75% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #ccee91?

rgb(204, 238, 145) — 204 red, 238 green and 145 blue out of 255, or 80% / 93.3% / 56.9% by channel.

What is #ccee91 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(82, 73%, 75%) and hsv(82, 39%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ccee91 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7603 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 16.21:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ccee91?

Black. It scores 16.21:1 against #ccee91, versus 1.30:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ccee91 accessible on a white background?

#ccee91 on white scores 1.30:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #598114 to reach 4.5:1, or #43620F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ccee91?

#B391EE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #919EEE and #E191EE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ccee91?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #DCEDC0 for borders, #7E9B4B for secondary text, #2A16B6 as an accent and #4C6E11 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EEE191 and #9EEE91 stays calm, while #B391EE is the loudest partner.

What is #ccee91 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 0%, 39%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #ccee91 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 43 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EEEE91; nudged cooler, #A9EF90.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ccee91?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 13.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ccee91 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ccee91 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ccee91] or text-[#ccee91], 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 #ccee91 with 50% opacity?

rgba(204, 238, 145, 0.5), or #ccee9180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E6F7C8; over black, #667749.

Is #ccee91 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF99, ΔE2000 4.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ccee91 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 #ccee91?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E5F6C6, #ccee91 45%, #4C6E11). For more colour, a short hue run to #77EA84 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ccee91 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ccee91 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.