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#dcefd6

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

Token name suggestion: Chalk Basil

RGB
220, 239, 214
HSL
106°, 44%, 89%
CMYK
8, 0, 11, 6
Luminance
0.8180

#dcefd6 is a pale soft green, 106° on the wheel and 57/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.36:1). As text it scores 1.21:1 on white — use #468333 instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(106 44% 89%)rgb(220 239 214)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dcefd6 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dcefd6
Hue
106°
green
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
89%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8180
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
57/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
17.36:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 5.3
Chroma
14.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.931
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 24.8
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue106° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness89%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dcefd6.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool57% 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
Red19%
Green75%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#dcefd6
HEX (8-digit)#dcefd6ff
RGBrgb(220, 239, 214)
RGBArgba(220, 239, 214, 1)
HSLhsl(106, 44%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(106, 10%, 94%)
HWBhwb(106 84% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 0%, 11%, 6%)
LABlab(92.5 -10.7 10.0)
LCHlch(92.5 14.7 137.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.931 0.039 138.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(72.52, 81.80, 75.57)
Decimal14479318
Display P3color(display-p3 0.863 0.937 0.839)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dcefd6;
background-color: #dcefd6;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dcefd6;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dcefd6] bg-[#dcefd6]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dcefd6;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.863, green: 0.937, blue: 0.839)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.863, green: 0.937, blue: 0.839, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DCEFD6</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDCEFD6)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDCEFD6)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(214, 239, 220)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(220, 239, 214)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(220, 239, 214)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 220, 239, 214)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8627f, 0.9373f, 0.8392f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{220,239,214}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dcefd6 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dcefd6 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#315C24, #D9EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dcefd6 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: #F6FAF5;
  --brand-100: #EDF5EA;
  --brand-200: #dcefd6;
  --brand-300: #BAE0AE;
  --brand-400: #98D086;
  --brand-500: #75C05E;
  --brand-600: #5EB045;
  --brand-700: #4F9339;
  --brand-800: #3F752E;
  --brand-900: #305624;
  --brand-950: #1E3617;
  --brand: #dcefd6;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CDE8C4;
  --brand-hover: #C6E5BC;
  --brand-pressed: #B0DBA3;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182414;
    --brand-ink: #D9EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FAF5',
        100: '#EDF5EA',
        200: '#dcefd6',
        300: '#BAE0AE',
        400: '#98D086',
        500: '#75C05E',
        600: '#5EB045',
        700: '#4F9339',
        800: '#3F752E',
        900: '#305624',
        950: '#1E3617',
        DEFAULT: '#dcefd6',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FAF5,
  '100': #EDF5EA,
  '200': #dcefd6,
  '300': #BAE0AE,
  '400': #98D086,
  '500': #75C05E,
  '600': #5EB045,
  '700': #4F9339,
  '800': #3F752E,
  '900': #305624,
  '950': #1E3617,
);
$brand-base: #dcefd6;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#dcefd6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BAE0AE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#98D086", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#75C05E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5EB045", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4F9339", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3F752E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#305624", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1E3617", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dcefd6 · 17.36:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.21:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.36:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dcefd6 as text scores 1.21:1 on white and 17.36:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #315C24 at 6.46:1.

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
#468333 · 4.61:1
AA on white−53% L
#468333
The quick fox
#356226 · 7.18:1
AAA on white−62% L
#356226
The quick fox
#dcefd6 · 17.36:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dcefd6
The quick fox
#dcefd6 · 17.36:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dcefd6

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #58A440 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
#dcefd6 on white: 1.21:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dcefd6 on black: 17.36:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dcefd6 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dcefd6.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.21:1AaAa
Slate 501.16:1AaAa
Slate 1001.10:1AaAa
Slate 2001.02:1AaAa
Slate 3001.23:1AaAa
Slate 4002.12:1AaAa
Slate 5003.93:1AaAa
Slate 6006.26:1AaAa
Slate 7008.56:1AaAa
Slate 80012.09:1AaAa
Slate 90014.76:1AaAa
Black17.36:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F1EBD5
deuteranopia · #EEE9D7
tritanopia · #DCEDE8

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. #dcefd6 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.

#F6FAF5
#EDF5EA
#dcefd6
#BAE0AE
#98D086
#75C05E
#5EB045
#4F9339
#3F752E
#305624
#1E3617
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F6FAF5Darkest = 950 · #1E3617Text 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 0.010 138.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.016 138.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.023 138.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.030 138.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.036 138.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.039 138.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.039 138.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.037 138.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.033 138.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.027 138.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.021 138.2);
}

Colors that work with #dcefd6

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#CDE8C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5E9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#683696
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#315C24
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF8ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182414
Dark-mode background
Hover#C6E5BC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B0DBA3
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E5F6E0
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 #dcefd6

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 #315C24
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #58A440

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
  • Weight11/100
  • 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#E9D6EF
Analogous left#E8EFD6
Analogous right#D6EFDC
Split-complement 1#DCD6EF
Split-complement 2#EFD6E8
Triadic 1#D6DCEF
Triadic 2#EFD6DC
Tetradic#D6E8EF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°106°

#dcefd6 sits at 106°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red86.3%
Green93.7%
Blue83.9%
R · 0–255
220
0xdc
G · 0–255
239
0xef
B · 0–255
214
0xd6

CMYK percentages

Cyan7.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow10.5%
Key (black)6.3%

Total ink coverage is 25%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dcefd6 text on a black background

contrast 17.36:1

Card sample

#dcefd6 text on a white background

contrast 1.21:1

Card sample

#dcefd6 on grey

1.10:1

#dcefd6 on its own surface

1.15:1

#dcefd6 on its dark surface

13.34:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dcefd6;
Background color
Panel with #dcefd6 background
background-color: #dcefd6;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dcefd6;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(220, 239, 214, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(220, 239, 214, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dcefd6;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcefd6, #D6EFE1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dcefd6, #D6EFE7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dcefd6;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dcefd6;
caret-color: #dcefd6;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dcefd6;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF8ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dcefd6;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dcefd6 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dcefd6 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(220, 239, 214, 0.5)
rgb(220 239 214 / 50%)
#dcefd680
hsl(106 44% 89% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dcefd6 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dcefd61a#FCFDFB
20%#dcefd633#F8FCF7
40%#dcefd666#F1F9EF
60%#dcefd699#EAF5E6
80%#dcefd6cc#E3F2DE

Gradients from #dcefd6

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, #F2F9F0, #dcefd6 45%, #315C24);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dcefd6, #C0E6D4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dcefd6, #E9D6EF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6FBF4 0%, #dcefd6 45%, #315C24 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%, #FDFDFB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ECF8F0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #315C24 0%, transparent 65%), #dcefd6;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dcefd6

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.

#dcefd6 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 17.36:1.

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.

#dcefd6, answered

What color is #dcefd6?

#dcefd6 is a pale soft green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 5.3). It sits at 106° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 89% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #dcefd6?

rgb(220, 239, 214) — 220 red, 239 green and 214 blue out of 255, or 86.3% / 93.7% / 83.9% by channel.

What is #dcefd6 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(106, 44%, 89%) and hsv(106, 10%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dcefd6 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8180 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 17.36:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dcefd6?

Black. It scores 17.36:1 against #dcefd6, versus 1.21:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dcefd6 accessible on a white background?

#dcefd6 on white scores 1.21:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #468333 to reach 4.5:1, or #356226 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dcefd6?

#E9D6EF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DCD6EF and #EFD6E8, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dcefd6?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CDE8C4 for borders, #5E9B4B for secondary text, #683696 as an accent and #315C24 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E8EFD6 and #D6EFDC stays calm, while #E9D6EF is the loudest partner.

What is #dcefd6 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(8%, 0%, 11%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dcefd6 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 57 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E5EFD6; nudged cooler, #D5F0D9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dcefd6?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 24.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dcefd6 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dcefd6 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dcefd6] or text-[#dcefd6], 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 #dcefd6 with 50% opacity?

rgba(220, 239, 214, 0.5), or #dcefd680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EEF7EB; over black, #6E786B.

Is #dcefd6 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 9.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dcefd6 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 #dcefd6?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2F9F0, #dcefd6 45%, #315C24). For more colour, a short hue run to #C0E6D4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dcefd6 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dcefd6 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.