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#dff9da

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

Token name suggestion: Chalk Moss

RGB
223, 249, 218
HSL
110°, 72%, 92%
CMYK
10, 0, 12, 2
Luminance
0.8850

#dff9da is a pale vivid green, 110° on the wheel and 58/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.70:1). As text it scores 1.12:1 on white — use #288616 instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(110 72% 92%)rgb(223 249 218)Base step 100AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dff9da is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dff9da
Hue
110°
green
Saturation
72%
vivid
Lightness
92%
pale
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
93%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8850
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
58/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
18.70:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 6.6
Chroma
18.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.955
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 24.8
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue110° of 360°
Saturation72%
Lightness92%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dff9da.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool58% 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%
Green77%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#dff9da
HEX (8-digit)#dff9daff
RGBrgb(223, 249, 218)
RGBArgba(223, 249, 218, 1)
HSLhsl(110, 72%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(110, 12%, 98%)
HWBhwb(110 85% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(10%, 0%, 12%, 2%)
LABlab(95.4 -14.0 12.0)
LCHlch(95.4 18.5 139.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.955 0.049 140.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(76.96, 88.50, 79.34)
Decimal14678490
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.976 0.855)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dff9da;
background-color: #dff9da;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dff9da;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dff9da] bg-[#dff9da]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dff9da;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.976, blue: 0.855)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.976, blue: 0.855, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DFF9DA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDFF9DA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDFF9DA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(218, 249, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 249, 218)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 249, 218)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 249, 218)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.9765f, 0.8549f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,249,218}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dff9da 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dff9da 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#216E12, #D7EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dff9da 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: #F4FCF3;
  --brand-100: #dff9da;
  --brand-200: #D0F3C9;
  --brand-300: #ACEF9E;
  --brand-400: #82E86E;
  --brand-500: #58E03E;
  --brand-600: #3FD322;
  --brand-700: #34B01C;
  --brand-800: #2A8C17;
  --brand-900: #226615;
  --brand-950: #15400D;
  --brand: #dff9da;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C7EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #C5F4BB;
  --brand-pressed: #AAEF9D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #162414;
    --brand-ink: #D7EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FCF3',
        100: '#dff9da',
        200: '#D0F3C9',
        300: '#ACEF9E',
        400: '#82E86E',
        500: '#58E03E',
        600: '#3FD322',
        700: '#34B01C',
        800: '#2A8C17',
        900: '#226615',
        950: '#15400D',
        DEFAULT: '#dff9da',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FCF3,
  '100': #dff9da,
  '200': #D0F3C9,
  '300': #ACEF9E,
  '400': #82E86E,
  '500': #58E03E,
  '600': #3FD322,
  '700': #34B01C,
  '800': #2A8C17,
  '900': #226615,
  '950': #15400D,
);
$brand-base: #dff9da;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#dff9da", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D0F3C9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ACEF9E", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#82E86E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#58E03E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3FD322", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#34B01C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2A8C17", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#226615", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#15400D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dff9da · 18.70:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.12:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.70:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dff9da as text scores 1.12:1 on white and 18.70:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #216E12 at 5.66:1.

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
#288616 · 4.65:1
AA on white−61% L
#288616
The quick fox
#1E6310 · 7.38:1
AAA on white−69% L
#1E6310
The quick fox
#dff9da · 18.70:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dff9da
The quick fox
#dff9da · 18.70:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dff9da

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #32A91B 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
#dff9da on white: 1.12:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dff9da on black: 18.70:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dff9da as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dff9da.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.12:1AaAa
Slate 501.07:1AaAa
Slate 1001.03:1AaAa
Slate 2001.10:1AaAa
Slate 3001.32:1AaAa
Slate 4002.28:1AaAa
Slate 5004.24:1AaAa
Slate 6006.75:1AaAa
Slate 7009.22:1AaAa
Slate 80013.03:1AaAa
Slate 90015.90:1AaAa
Black18.70:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FBF3D8
deuteranopia · #F7F1DB
tritanopia · #DEF7F0

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. #dff9da is pinned to step 100; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FCF3
#dff9da
#D0F3C9
#ACEF9E
#82E86E
#58E03E
#3FD322
#34B01C
#2A8C17
#226615
#15400D
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F4FCF3Darkest = 950 · #15400DText 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 0.012 140.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.020 140.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.030 140.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.038 140.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.045 140.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.049 140.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.049 140.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.046 140.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.041 140.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.034 140.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.027 140.6);
}

Colors that work with #dff9da

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#F5FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C7EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#589B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#7218B4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#216E12
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECFBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162414
Dark-mode background
Hover#C5F4BB
One step down in lightness
Pressed#AAEF9D
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DFFBDA
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 #dff9da

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 #216E12
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #32A91B

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
  • Weight8/100
  • 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#F4DAF9
Analogous left#EFF9DA
Analogous right#DAF9E5
Split-complement 1#E5DAF9
Split-complement 2#F9DAEF
Triadic 1#DADFF9
Triadic 2#F9DADF
Tetradic#DAEFF9
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°110°

#dff9da sits at 110°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green97.6%
Blue85.5%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
249
0xf9
B · 0–255
218
0xda

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow12.4%
Key (black)2.4%

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

Color previews

#dff9da text on a black background

contrast 18.70:1

Card sample

#dff9da text on a white background

contrast 1.12:1

Card sample

#dff9da on grey

1.03:1

#dff9da on its own surface

1.06:1

#dff9da on its dark surface

14.42:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dff9da;
Background color
Panel with #dff9da background
background-color: #dff9da;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dff9da;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 249, 218, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 249, 218, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dff9da;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dff9da, #DAF9EA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dff9da, #DAF9F1);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dff9da;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dff9da;
caret-color: #dff9da;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dff9da;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECFBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dff9da;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dff9da 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dff9da 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, 249, 218, 0.5)
rgb(223 249 218 / 50%)
#dff9da80
hsl(110 72% 92% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dff9da 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dff9da1a#FCFEFB
20%#dff9da33#F9FEF8
40%#dff9da66#F2FDF0
60%#dff9da99#ECFBE9
80%#dff9dacc#E5FAE1

Gradients from #dff9da

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, #F0FCED, #dff9da 45%, #216E12);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dff9da, #C0F5DF);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dff9da, #F4DAF9);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4FDF2 0%, #dff9da 45%, #216E12 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F4FDF8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #216E12 0%, transparent 65%), #dff9da;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dff9da

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.

#dff9da 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

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.70:1.

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.

#dff9da, answered

What color is #dff9da?

#dff9da is a pale vivid green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 6.6). It sits at 110° on the hue wheel with 72% saturation and 92% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #dff9da?

rgb(223, 249, 218) — 223 red, 249 green and 218 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 97.6% / 85.5% by channel.

What is #dff9da in HSL and HSV?

hsl(110, 72%, 92%) and hsv(110, 12%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dff9da a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8850 and perceived brightness is 93%, so black text on it reaches 18.70:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dff9da?

Black. It scores 18.70:1 against #dff9da, versus 1.12:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dff9da accessible on a white background?

#dff9da on white scores 1.12:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #288616 to reach 4.5:1, or #1E6310 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dff9da?

#F4DAF9 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E5DAF9 and #F9DAEF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dff9da?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C7EDC0 for borders, #589B4B for secondary text, #7218B4 as an accent and #216E12 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EFF9DA and #DAF9E5 stays calm, while #F4DAF9 is the loudest partner.

What is #dff9da in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(10%, 0%, 12%, 2%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dff9da warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 58 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EAF9DA; nudged cooler, #DAF9E0.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dff9da?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 24.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dff9da as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dff9da in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dff9da] or text-[#dff9da], 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 #dff9da with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 249, 218, 0.5), or #dff9da80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFFCED; over black, #707D6D.

Is #dff9da a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 6.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dff9da 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 #dff9da?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F0FCED, #dff9da 45%, #216E12). For more colour, a short hue run to #C0F5DF keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dff9da in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dff9da at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.