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#ceefc3

a pale, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Light Goldenrod Yellow

Token name suggestion: Mist Basil

RGB
206, 239, 195
HSL
105°, 58%, 85%
CMYK
14, 0, 18, 6
Luminance
0.7879

#ceefc3 is a pale vivid green, 105° on the wheel and 56/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.76:1). As text it scores 1.25:1 on white — use #3C8524 instead. Nearest name is Light Goldenrod Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(105 58% 85%)rgb(206 239 195)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ceefc3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ceefc3
Hue
105°
green
Saturation
58%
vivid
Lightness
85%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7879
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
56/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
16.76:1
Closest name
Light Goldenrod Yellow
ΔE2000 10.1
Chroma
25.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.917
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 20.9
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue105° of 360°
Saturation58%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ceefc3.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool56% 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%
Green78%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#ceefc3
HEX (8-digit)#ceefc3ff
RGBrgb(206, 239, 195)
RGBArgba(206, 239, 195, 1)
HSLhsl(105, 58%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(105, 18%, 94%)
HWBhwb(105 76% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 18%, 6%)
LABlab(91.1 -18.7 17.8)
LCHlch(91.1 25.8 136.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.917 0.068 137.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(66.17, 78.79, 63.34)
Decimal13561795
Display P3color(display-p3 0.808 0.937 0.765)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ceefc3;
background-color: #ceefc3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ceefc3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ceefc3] bg-[#ceefc3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ceefc3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.808, green: 0.937, blue: 0.765)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.808, green: 0.937, blue: 0.765, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CEEFC3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCEEFC3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCEEFC3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(195, 239, 206)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(206, 239, 195)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(206, 239, 195)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 206, 239, 195)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8078f, 0.9373f, 0.7647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{206,239,195}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ceefc3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ceefc3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2D651B, #DAEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ceefc3 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: #F6FBF4;
  --brand-100: #ECF7E9;
  --brand-200: #ceefc3;
  --brand-300: #B7E7A6;
  --brand-400: #92DC7A;
  --brand-500: #6ED04E;
  --brand-600: #57C134;
  --brand-700: #48A12B;
  --brand-800: #3A8122;
  --brand-900: #2D5E1D;
  --brand-950: #1C3B12;
  --brand: #ceefc3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CBEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #B7E7A7;
  --brand-pressed: #A0E08B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182414;
    --brand-ink: #DAEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FBF4',
        100: '#ECF7E9',
        200: '#ceefc3',
        300: '#B7E7A6',
        400: '#92DC7A',
        500: '#6ED04E',
        600: '#57C134',
        700: '#48A12B',
        800: '#3A8122',
        900: '#2D5E1D',
        950: '#1C3B12',
        DEFAULT: '#ceefc3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FBF4,
  '100': #ECF7E9,
  '200': #ceefc3,
  '300': #B7E7A6,
  '400': #92DC7A,
  '500': #6ED04E,
  '600': #57C134,
  '700': #48A12B,
  '800': #3A8122,
  '900': #2D5E1D,
  '950': #1C3B12,
);
$brand-base: #ceefc3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF7E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#ceefc3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B7E7A6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#92DC7A", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6ED04E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#57C134", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#48A12B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3A8122", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2D5E1D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1C3B12", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #ceefc3 · 16.76:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.25:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.76:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ceefc3 as text scores 1.25:1 on white and 16.76:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2D651B at 5.61:1.

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
#3C8524 · 4.59:1
AA on white−52% L
#3C8524
The quick fox
#2D651B · 7.03:1
AAA on white−60% L
#2D651B
The quick fox
#ceefc3 · 16.76:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ceefc3
The quick fox
#ceefc3 · 16.76:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ceefc3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4AA52C 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
#ceefc3 on white: 1.25:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ceefc3 on black: 16.76:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ceefc3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ceefc3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.25:1AaAa
Slate 501.20:1AaAa
Slate 1001.14:1AaAa
Slate 2001.02:1AaAa
Slate 3001.18:1AaAa
Slate 4002.05:1AaAa
Slate 5003.80:1AaAa
Slate 6006.05:1AaAa
Slate 7008.26:1AaAa
Slate 80011.67:1AaAa
Slate 90014.25:1AaAa
Black16.76:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F2E8C0
deuteranopia · #EDE4C5
tritanopia · #CDECE3

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. #ceefc3 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.

#F6FBF4
#ECF7E9
#ceefc3
#B7E7A6
#92DC7A
#6ED04E
#57C134
#48A12B
#3A8122
#2D5E1D
#1C3B12
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F6FBF4Darkest = 950 · #1C3B12Text 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 0.017 137.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.027 137.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.041 137.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.053 137.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.063 137.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.068 137.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.068 137.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.064 137.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.057 137.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.048 137.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.037 137.9);
}

Colors that work with #ceefc3

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#CBEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5F9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6626A6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2D651B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFFAEB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182414
Dark-mode background
Hover#B7E7A7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A0E08B
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DAF6D0
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 #ceefc3

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 #2D651B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4AA52C

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 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-high
  • Weight15/100
  • 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#E4C3EF
Analogous left#E4EFC3
Analogous right#C3EFCE
Split-complement 1#CEC3EF
Split-complement 2#EFC3E4
Triadic 1#C3CEEF
Triadic 2#EFC3CE
Tetradic#C3E4EF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°105°

#ceefc3 sits at 105°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.8%
Green93.7%
Blue76.5%
R · 0–255
206
0xce
G · 0–255
239
0xef
B · 0–255
195
0xc3

CMYK percentages

Cyan13.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow18.4%
Key (black)6.3%

Total ink coverage is 39%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ceefc3 text on a black background

contrast 16.76:1

Card sample

#ceefc3 text on a white background

contrast 1.25:1

Card sample

#ceefc3 on grey

1.14:1

#ceefc3 on its own surface

1.19:1

#ceefc3 on its dark surface

12.88:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ceefc3;
Background color
Panel with #ceefc3 background
background-color: #ceefc3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ceefc3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(206, 239, 195, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(206, 239, 195, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ceefc3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ceefc3, #C3EFD5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ceefc3, #C3EFE0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ceefc3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ceefc3;
caret-color: #ceefc3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ceefc3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFFAEB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ceefc3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ceefc3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ceefc3 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(206, 239, 195, 0.5)
rgb(206 239 195 / 50%)
#ceefc380
hsl(105 58% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ceefc3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ceefc31a#FAFDF9
20%#ceefc333#F5FCF3
40%#ceefc366#EBF9E7
60%#ceefc399#E2F5DB
80%#ceefc3cc#D8F2CF

Gradients from #ceefc3

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, #F2FBEF, #ceefc3 45%, #2D651B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ceefc3, #ABE9CA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ceefc3, #E4C3EF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5FCF3 0%, #ceefc3 45%, #2D651B 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%, #F7FAEB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DBF5E4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2D651B 0%, transparent 65%), #ceefc3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ceefc3

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.

#ceefc3 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 16.76:1.

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.

#ceefc3, answered

What color is #ceefc3?

#ceefc3 is a pale vivid green, closest to Light Goldenrod Yellow (ΔE2000 10.1). It sits at 105° on the hue wheel with 58% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #ceefc3?

rgb(206, 239, 195) — 206 red, 239 green and 195 blue out of 255, or 80.8% / 93.7% / 76.5% by channel.

What is #ceefc3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(105, 58%, 85%) and hsv(105, 18%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ceefc3 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7879 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 16.76:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ceefc3?

Black. It scores 16.76:1 against #ceefc3, versus 1.25:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ceefc3 accessible on a white background?

#ceefc3 on white scores 1.25:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3C8524 to reach 4.5:1, or #2D651B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ceefc3?

#E4C3EF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CEC3EF and #EFC3E4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ceefc3?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CBEDC0 for borders, #5F9B4B for secondary text, #6626A6 as an accent and #2D651B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E4EFC3 and #C3EFCE stays calm, while #E4C3EF is the loudest partner.

What is #ceefc3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 0%, 18%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #ceefc3 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 56 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DEEFC3; nudged cooler, #C2F0C8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ceefc3?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 20.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ceefc3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ceefc3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ceefc3] or text-[#ceefc3], 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 #ceefc3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(206, 239, 195, 0.5), or #ceefc380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E7F7E1; over black, #677862.

Is #ceefc3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 4.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ceefc3 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 #ceefc3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2FBEF, #ceefc3 45%, #2D651B). For more colour, a short hue run to #ABE9CA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ceefc3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ceefc3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.