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#ccf694

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

Token name suggestion: Morning Jade

RGB
204, 246, 148
HSL
86°, 85%, 77%
CMYK
17, 0, 40, 4
Luminance
0.8089

#ccf694 is a light electric green, 86° on the wheel and 46/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.18:1). As text it scores 1.22:1 on white — use #4E800B instead. Nearest name is Pale Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(86 85% 77%)rgb(204 246 148)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ccf694 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ccf694
Hue
86°
green
Saturation
85%
electric
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8089
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
46/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.18:1
Closest name
Pale Green
ΔE2000 8.4
Chroma
51.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.921
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 14.1
Web-safe
#CCFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue86° of 360°
Saturation85%
Lightness77%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ccf694.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool46% 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
Red16%
Green81%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#ccf694
HEX (8-digit)#ccf694ff
RGBrgb(204, 246, 148)
RGBArgba(204, 246, 148, 1)
HSLhsl(86, 85%, 77%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86, 40%, 96%)
HWBhwb(86 58% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 0%, 40%, 4%)
LABlab(92.1 -29.4 42.8)
LCHlch(92.1 51.9 124.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.921 0.132 127.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(63.20, 80.89, 40.29)
Decimal13432468
Display P3color(display-p3 0.800 0.965 0.580)
Web-safe#CCFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ccf694;
background-color: #ccf694;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ccf694;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ccf694] bg-[#ccf694]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ccf694;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.800, green: 0.965, blue: 0.580)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.800, green: 0.965, blue: 0.580, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CCF694</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCCF694)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCCF694)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(148, 246, 204)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(204, 246, 148)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(204, 246, 148)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 204, 246, 148)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8000f, 0.9647f, 0.5804f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{204,246,148}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ccf694 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ccf694 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#47760A, #E2EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ccf694 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: #F8FCF2;
  --brand-100: #F1FAE6;
  --brand-200: #E1F7C5;
  --brand-300: #ccf694;
  --brand-400: #B5F264;
  --brand-500: #9CEE30;
  --brand-600: #89E213;
  --brand-700: #72BC10;
  --brand-800: #5B970D;
  --brand-900: #446D0E;
  --brand-950: #2B4409;
  --brand: #ccf694;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #BCF373;
  --brand-pressed: #ADF052;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D2414;
    --brand-ink: #E2EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FCF2',
        100: '#F1FAE6',
        200: '#E1F7C5',
        300: '#ccf694',
        400: '#B5F264',
        500: '#9CEE30',
        600: '#89E213',
        700: '#72BC10',
        800: '#5B970D',
        900: '#446D0E',
        950: '#2B4409',
        DEFAULT: '#ccf694',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FCF2,
  '100': #F1FAE6,
  '200': #E1F7C5,
  '300': #ccf694,
  '400': #B5F264,
  '500': #9CEE30,
  '600': #89E213,
  '700': #72BC10,
  '800': #5B970D,
  '900': #446D0E,
  '950': #2B4409,
);
$brand-base: #ccf694;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FCF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F1FAE6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E1F7C5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ccf694", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B5F264", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#9CEE30", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#89E213", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#72BC10", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5B970D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#446D0E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2B4409", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #ccf694 · 17.18:1
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 · 17.18:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ccf694 as text scores 1.22:1 on white and 17.18:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #47760A at 4.45:1.

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
#4E800B · 4.75:1
AA on white−50% L
#4E800B
The quick fox
#3A6008 · 7.35:1
AAA on white−57% L
#3A6008
The quick fox
#ccf694 · 17.18:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ccf694
The quick fox
#ccf694 · 17.18:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ccf694

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #62A10E 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
#ccf694 on white: 1.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ccf694 on black: 17.18:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ccf694 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ccf694.

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 80011.97:1AaAa
Slate 90014.60:1AaAa
Black17.18:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFEA8D
deuteranopia · #F9E799
tritanopia · #D1EEDE

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. #ccf694 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.

#F8FCF2
#F1FAE6
#E1F7C5
#ccf694
#B5F264
#9CEE30
#89E213
#72BC10
#5B970D
#446D0E
#2B4409
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F8FCF2Darkest = 950 · #2B4409Text 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 0.033 127.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.053 127.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.079 127.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.103 127.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.122 127.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.132 127.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.132 127.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.124 127.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.111 127.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.093 127.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.073 127.7);
}

Colors that work with #ccf694

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#D9EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#799B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2C0CC0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#47760A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4FDE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#BCF373
One step down in lightness
Pressed#ADF052
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D6FCA2
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #ccf694

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 #47760A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #62A10E

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
  • Weight23/100
  • 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#BE94F6
Analogous left#F6EF94
Analogous right#9BF694
Split-complement 1#949BF6
Split-complement 2#EF94F6
Triadic 1#94CCF6
Triadic 2#F694CC
Tetradic#94F6EF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°86°

#ccf694 sits at 86°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.0%
Green96.5%
Blue58.0%
R · 0–255
204
0xcc
G · 0–255
246
0xf6
B · 0–255
148
0x94

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow39.8%
Key (black)3.5%

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

Color previews

#ccf694 text on a black background

contrast 17.18:1

Card sample

#ccf694 text on a white background

contrast 1.22:1

Card sample

#ccf694 on grey

1.12:1

#ccf694 on its own surface

1.16:1

#ccf694 on its dark surface

13.07:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ccf694;
Background color
Panel with #ccf694 background
background-color: #ccf694;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ccf694;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(204, 246, 148, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(204, 246, 148, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ccf694;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccf694, #94F69D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ccf694, #94F6B6);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ccf694;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ccf694;
caret-color: #ccf694;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ccf694;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4FDE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ccf694;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ccf694 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ccf694 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, 246, 148, 0.5)
rgb(204 246 148 / 50%)
#ccf69480
hsl(86 85% 77% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ccf694 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ccf6941a#FAFEF4
20%#ccf69433#F5FDEA
40%#ccf69466#EBFBD4
60%#ccf69499#E0FABF
80%#ccf694cc#D6F8A9

Gradients from #ccf694

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, #E7FBCD, #ccf694 45%, #47760A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ccf694, #78F48E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ccf694, #BE94F6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4FDE9 0%, #ccf694 45%, #47760A 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%, #FAF1C3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B0F8B1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #47760A 0%, transparent 65%), #ccf694;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ccf694

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.

#ccf694 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

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 17.18:1.

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.

#ccf694, answered

What color is #ccf694?

#ccf694 is a light electric green, closest to Pale Green (ΔE2000 8.4). It sits at 86° on the hue wheel with 85% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #ccf694?

rgb(204, 246, 148) — 204 red, 246 green and 148 blue out of 255, or 80% / 96.5% / 58% by channel.

What is #ccf694 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(86, 85%, 77%) and hsv(86, 40%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ccf694 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8089 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 17.18:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ccf694?

Black. It scores 17.18:1 against #ccf694, versus 1.22:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ccf694 accessible on a white background?

#ccf694 on white scores 1.22:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4E800B to reach 4.5:1, or #3A6008 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ccf694?

#BE94F6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #949BF6 and #EF94F6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ccf694?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D9EDC0 for borders, #799B4B for secondary text, #2C0CC0 as an accent and #47760A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F6EF94 and #9BF694 stays calm, while #BE94F6 is the loudest partner.

What is #ccf694 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(17%, 0%, 40%, 4%). 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 #ccf694 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 46 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F0F694; nudged cooler, #A8F793.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ccf694?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 14.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ccf694 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ccf694 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ccf694] or text-[#ccf694], 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 #ccf694 with 50% opacity?

rgba(204, 246, 148, 0.5), or #ccf69480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E6FBCA; over black, #667B4A.

Is #ccf694 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF99, ΔE2000 2.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ccf694 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 #ccf694?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E7FBCD, #ccf694 45%, #47760A). For more colour, a short hue run to #78F48E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ccf694 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ccf694 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.