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#cfe8cf

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Fern

RGB
207, 232, 207
HSL
120°, 35%, 86%
CMYK
11, 0, 11, 9
Luminance
0.7548

#cfe8cf is a pale soft green, 120° on the wheel and 63/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.10:1). As text it scores 1.30:1 on white — use #3F833F instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(120 35% 86%)rgb(207 232 207)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cfe8cf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cfe8cf
Hue
120°
green
Saturation
35%
soft
Lightness
86%
pale
Brightness
91%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7548
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
63/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
16.10:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 7.3
Chroma
15.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.906
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 22.5
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue120° of 360°
Saturation35%
Lightness86%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cfe8cf.

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#cfe8cf
HEX (8-digit)#cfe8cfff
RGBrgb(207, 232, 207)
RGBArgba(207, 232, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(120, 35%, 86%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120, 11%, 91%)
HWBhwb(120 81% 9%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 0%, 11%, 9%)
LABlab(89.6 -12.8 9.4)
LCHlch(89.6 15.9 143.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.906 0.043 145.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(65.85, 75.48, 70.12)
Decimal13625551
Display P3color(display-p3 0.812 0.910 0.812)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cfe8cf;
background-color: #cfe8cf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cfe8cf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cfe8cf] bg-[#cfe8cf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cfe8cf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.812, green: 0.910, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.812, green: 0.910, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CFE8CF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCFE8CF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCFE8CF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 232, 207)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(207, 232, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(207, 232, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 207, 232, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8118f, 0.9098f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{207,232,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cfe8cf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cfe8cf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#295629, #D6EBD6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cfe8cf 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: #F5F9F5;
  --brand-100: #EBF4EB;
  --brand-200: #cfe8cf;
  --brand-300: #B3DBB3;
  --brand-400: #8DC88D;
  --brand-500: #67B667;
  --brand-600: #4FA54F;
  --brand-700: #428A42;
  --brand-800: #356E35;
  --brand-900: #295129;
  --brand-950: #1A331A;
  --brand: #cfe8cf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF5;
  --brand-border: #C8E5C8;
  --brand-hover: #B7DCB7;
  --brand-pressed: #9FD19F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142414;
    --brand-ink: #D6EBD6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F9F5',
        100: '#EBF4EB',
        200: '#cfe8cf',
        300: '#B3DBB3',
        400: '#8DC88D',
        500: '#67B667',
        600: '#4FA54F',
        700: '#428A42',
        800: '#356E35',
        900: '#295129',
        950: '#1A331A',
        DEFAULT: '#cfe8cf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F9F5,
  '100': #EBF4EB,
  '200': #cfe8cf,
  '300': #B3DBB3,
  '400': #8DC88D,
  '500': #67B667,
  '600': #4FA54F,
  '700': #428A42,
  '800': #356E35,
  '900': #295129,
  '950': #1A331A,
);
$brand-base: #cfe8cf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F9F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF4EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#cfe8cf", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B3DBB3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8DC88D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#67B667", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4FA54F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#428A42", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#356E35", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#295129", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1A331A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cfe8cf · 16.10:1
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 · 16.10:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cfe8cf as text scores 1.30:1 on white and 16.10:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #295629 at 6.55:1.

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
#3F833F · 4.64:1
AA on white−48% L
#3F833F
The quick fox
#306430 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−57% L
#306430
The quick fox
#cfe8cf · 16.10:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cfe8cf
The quick fox
#cfe8cf · 16.10:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cfe8cf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4FA64F 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
#cfe8cf on white: 1.30:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cfe8cf on black: 16.10:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cfe8cf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cfe8cf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.30:1AaAa
Slate 501.25:1AaAa
Slate 1001.19:1AaAa
Slate 2001.06:1AaAa
Slate 3001.14:1AaAa
Slate 4001.97:1AaAa
Slate 5003.65:1AaAa
Slate 6005.81:1AaAa
Slate 7007.94:1AaAa
Slate 80011.21:1AaAa
Slate 90013.68:1AaAa
Black16.10:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E9E3CE
deuteranopia · #E5E0D0
tritanopia · #CDE6E1

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. #cfe8cf 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.

#F5F9F5
#EBF4EB
#cfe8cf
#B3DBB3
#8DC88D
#67B667
#4FA54F
#428A42
#356E35
#295129
#1A331A
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F5F9F5Darkest = 950 · #1A331AText 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 0.011 145.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.017 145.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.026 145.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.033 145.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.039 145.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.043 145.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.043 145.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.040 145.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.036 145.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.030 145.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.024 145.2);
}

Colors that work with #cfe8cf

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#F5FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#C8E5C8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#7C3F8D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#295629
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEF7EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142414
Dark-mode background
Hover#B7DCB7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9FD19F
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DAF1DA
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 #cfe8cf

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 #295629
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4FA64F

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 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
  • Weight14/100
  • 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#E8CFE8
Analogous left#DCE8CF
Analogous right#CFE8DC
Split-complement 1#DCCFE8
Split-complement 2#E8CFDC
Triadic 1#CFCFE8
Triadic 2#E8CFCF
Tetradic#CFDCE8
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°120°

#cfe8cf sits at 120°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.2%
Green91.0%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
207
0xcf
G · 0–255
232
0xe8
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow10.8%
Key (black)9.0%

Total ink coverage is 31%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cfe8cf text on a black background

contrast 16.10:1

Card sample

#cfe8cf text on a white background

contrast 1.30:1

Card sample

#cfe8cf on grey

1.19:1

#cfe8cf on its own surface

1.23:1

#cfe8cf on its dark surface

12.46:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cfe8cf;
Background color
Panel with #cfe8cf background
background-color: #cfe8cf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cfe8cf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(207, 232, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(207, 232, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cfe8cf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfe8cf, #CFE8E0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cfe8cf, #CFE8E6);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cfe8cf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cfe8cf;
caret-color: #cfe8cf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cfe8cf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEF7EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cfe8cf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cfe8cf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cfe8cf 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(207, 232, 207, 0.5)
rgb(207 232 207 / 50%)
#cfe8cf80
hsl(120 35% 86% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cfe8cf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cfe8cf1a#FAFDFA
20%#cfe8cf33#F5FAF5
40%#cfe8cf66#ECF6EC
60%#cfe8cf99#E2F1E2
80%#cfe8cfcc#D9EDD9

Gradients from #cfe8cf

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, #F1F8F1, #cfe8cf 45%, #295629);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cfe8cf, #BADED5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cfe8cf, #E8CFE8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5FAF5 0%, #cfe8cf 45%, #295629 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F6F9F2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E4F2EC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #295629 0%, transparent 65%), #cfe8cf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cfe8cf

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.

#cfe8cf 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 16.10:1.

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.

#cfe8cf, answered

What color is #cfe8cf?

#cfe8cf is a pale soft green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 7.3). It sits at 120° on the hue wheel with 35% saturation and 86% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #cfe8cf?

rgb(207, 232, 207) — 207 red, 232 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 81.2% / 91% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #cfe8cf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(120, 35%, 86%) and hsv(120, 11%, 91%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cfe8cf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7548 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 16.10:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cfe8cf?

Black. It scores 16.10:1 against #cfe8cf, versus 1.30:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cfe8cf accessible on a white background?

#cfe8cf on white scores 1.30:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3F833F to reach 4.5:1, or #306430 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cfe8cf?

#E8CFE8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DCCFE8 and #E8CFDC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cfe8cf?

For interface work: #F5FAF5 as the surface, #C8E5C8 for borders, #4B9B4B for secondary text, #7C3F8D as an accent and #295629 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DCE8CF and #CFE8DC stays calm, while #E8CFE8 is the loudest partner.

What is #cfe8cf in CMYK for printing?

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

Is #cfe8cf 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 #D8E8CF; nudged cooler, #CEE9D8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cfe8cf?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 22.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cfe8cf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cfe8cf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cfe8cf] or text-[#cfe8cf], 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 #cfe8cf with 50% opacity?

rgba(207, 232, 207, 0.5), or #cfe8cf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E7F4E7; over black, #687468.

Is #cfe8cf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 8.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cfe8cf 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 #cfe8cf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F1F8F1, #cfe8cf 45%, #295629). For more colour, a short hue run to #BADED5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cfe8cf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cfe8cf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.