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#dfeddb

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Moss

RGB
223, 237, 219
HSL
107°, 33%, 89%
CMYK
6, 0, 8, 7
Luminance
0.8137

#dfeddb is a pale soft green, 107° on the wheel and 57/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.27:1). As text it scores 1.22:1 on white — use #508341 instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(107 33% 89%)rgb(223 237 219)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

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

Hex
#dfeddb
Hue
107°
green
Saturation
33%
soft
Lightness
89%
pale
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8137
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
57/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
17.27:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 3.9
Chroma
10.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.931
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 25.4
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue107° of 360°
Saturation33%
Lightness89%
Saturation × lightness field

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

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%
Green74%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#dfeddb
HEX (8-digit)#dfeddbff
RGBrgb(223, 237, 219)
RGBArgba(223, 237, 219, 1)
HSLhsl(107, 33%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(107, 8%, 93%)
HWBhwb(107 86% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 0%, 8%, 7%)
LABlab(92.3 -7.9 7.1)
LCHlch(92.3 10.6 137.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.931 0.028 138.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(73.50, 81.37, 78.84)
Decimal14675419
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.929 0.859)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dfeddb;
background-color: #dfeddb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dfeddb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dfeddb] bg-[#dfeddb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dfeddb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.929, blue: 0.859)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.929, blue: 0.859, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DFEDDB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDFEDDB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDFEDDB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(219, 237, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 237, 219)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 237, 219)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 237, 219)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.9294f, 0.8588f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,237,219}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dfeddb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dfeddb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#34552B, #DBEBD6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dfeddb 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: #F6F9F5;
  --brand-100: #EDF4EC;
  --brand-200: #dfeddb;
  --brand-300: #BDDAB4;
  --brand-400: #9BC78F;
  --brand-500: #7AB469;
  --brand-600: #64A352;
  --brand-700: #538844;
  --brand-800: #426D36;
  --brand-900: #33502A;
  --brand-950: #20321B;
  --brand: #dfeddb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF5;
  --brand-border: #CFE4C9;
  --brand-hover: #CAE1C3;
  --brand-pressed: #B5D5AB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #172414;
    --brand-ink: #DBEBD6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F5',
        100: '#EDF4EC',
        200: '#dfeddb',
        300: '#BDDAB4',
        400: '#9BC78F',
        500: '#7AB469',
        600: '#64A352',
        700: '#538844',
        800: '#426D36',
        900: '#33502A',
        950: '#20321B',
        DEFAULT: '#dfeddb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F5,
  '100': #EDF4EC,
  '200': #dfeddb,
  '300': #BDDAB4,
  '400': #9BC78F,
  '500': #7AB469,
  '600': #64A352,
  '700': #538844,
  '800': #426D36,
  '900': #33502A,
  '950': #20321B,
);
$brand-base: #dfeddb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF4EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#dfeddb", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BDDAB4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9BC78F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7AB469", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#64A352", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#538844", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#426D36", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#33502A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#20321B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dfeddb · 17.27:1
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 · 17.27:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dfeddb as text scores 1.22:1 on white and 17.27:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #34552B at 6.96:1.

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
#508341 · 4.50:1
AA on white−51% L
#508341
The quick fox
#3B6130 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−61% L
#3B6130
The quick fox
#dfeddb · 17.27:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dfeddb
The quick fox
#dfeddb · 17.27:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dfeddb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #62A151 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
#dfeddb on white: 1.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dfeddb on black: 17.27:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

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

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.22:1AaAa
Slate 501.16:1AaAa
Slate 1001.11:1AaAa
Slate 2001.01:1AaAa
Slate 3001.22:1AaAa
Slate 4002.11:1AaAa
Slate 5003.91:1AaAa
Slate 6006.23:1AaAa
Slate 7008.52:1AaAa
Slate 80012.03:1AaAa
Slate 90014.69:1AaAa
Black17.27:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #EEEADA
deuteranopia · #ECE8DC
tritanopia · #DFECE8

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. #dfeddb 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.

#F6F9F5
#EDF4EC
#dfeddb
#BDDAB4
#9BC78F
#7AB469
#64A352
#538844
#426D36
#33502A
#20321B
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F5Darkest = 950 · #20321BText 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 0.007 138.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.011 138.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.017 138.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.022 138.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.026 138.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.028 138.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.028 138.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.027 138.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.024 138.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.020 138.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.016 138.7);
}

Colors that work with #dfeddb

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#F6FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#CFE4C9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5D994D
Captions on the surface
Accent#6A408C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#34552B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F6EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#172414
Dark-mode background
Hover#CAE1C3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B5D5AB
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E6F3E2
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 #dfeddb

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 #34552B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #62A151

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#E9DBED
Analogous left#E8EDDB
Analogous right#DBEDE0
Split-complement 1#E0DBED
Split-complement 2#EDDBE8
Triadic 1#DBDFED
Triadic 2#EDDBDF
Tetradic#DBE8ED
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°107°

#dfeddb sits at 107°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green92.9%
Blue85.9%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
237
0xed
B · 0–255
219
0xdb

CMYK percentages

Cyan5.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow7.6%
Key (black)7.1%

Total ink coverage is 21%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dfeddb text on a black background

contrast 17.27:1

Card sample

#dfeddb text on a white background

contrast 1.22:1

Card sample

#dfeddb on grey

1.11:1

#dfeddb on its own surface

1.15:1

#dfeddb on its dark surface

13.30:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 237, 219, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 237, 219, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dfeddb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfeddb, #DBEDE3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dfeddb, #DBEDE7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dfeddb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dfeddb;
caret-color: #dfeddb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dfeddb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F6EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dfeddb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dfeddb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dfeddb 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(223, 237, 219, 0.5)
rgb(223 237 219 / 50%)
#dfeddb80
hsl(107 33% 89% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dfeddb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dfeddb1a#FCFDFB
20%#dfeddb33#F9FBF8
40%#dfeddb66#F2F8F1
60%#dfeddb99#ECF4E9
80%#dfeddbcc#E5F1E2

Gradients from #dfeddb

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, #F3F8F1, #dfeddb 45%, #34552B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dfeddb, #C7E3D5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dfeddb, #E9DBED);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6FAF5 0%, #dfeddb 45%, #34552B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEFEFD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EFF7F2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #34552B 0%, transparent 65%), #dfeddb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dfeddb

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.

#dfeddb 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 17.27:1.

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.

#dfeddb, answered

What color is #dfeddb?

#dfeddb is a pale soft green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 3.9). It sits at 107° on the hue wheel with 33% saturation and 89% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #dfeddb?

rgb(223, 237, 219) — 223 red, 237 green and 219 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 92.9% / 85.9% by channel.

What is #dfeddb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(107, 33%, 89%) and hsv(107, 8%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dfeddb a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8137 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 17.27:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dfeddb?

Black. It scores 17.27:1 against #dfeddb, versus 1.22:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dfeddb accessible on a white background?

#dfeddb on white scores 1.22:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #508341 to reach 4.5:1, or #3B6130 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dfeddb?

#E9DBED sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E0DBED and #EDDBE8, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dfeddb?

For interface work: #F6FAF5 as the surface, #CFE4C9 for borders, #5D994D for secondary text, #6A408C as an accent and #34552B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E8EDDB and #DBEDE0 stays calm, while #E9DBED is the loudest partner.

What is #dfeddb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(6%, 0%, 8%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dfeddb 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 #E6EDDB; nudged cooler, #DAEEDD.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dfeddb?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 25.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dfeddb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dfeddb in Tailwind CSS?

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

rgba(223, 237, 219, 0.5), or #dfeddb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFF6ED; over black, #70776E.

Is #dfeddb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 12.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dfeddb 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 #dfeddb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F3F8F1, #dfeddb 45%, #34552B). For more colour, a short hue run to #C7E3D5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dfeddb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

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