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#e1f4df

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Fern

RGB
225, 244, 223
HSL
114°, 49%, 92%
CMYK
8, 0, 9, 4
Luminance
0.8604

#e1f4df is a pale vivid green, 114° on the wheel and 60/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.21:1). As text it scores 1.15:1 on white — use #37872E instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(114 49% 92%)rgb(225 244 223)Base step 100AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #e1f4df is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#e1f4df
Hue
114°
green
Saturation
49%
vivid
Lightness
92%
pale
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
93%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8604
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
60/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
18.21:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 3.7
Chroma
12.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.947
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 25.4
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue114° of 360°
Saturation49%
Lightness92%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #e1f4df.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool60% 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
Red19%
Green75%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#e1f4df
HEX (8-digit)#e1f4dfff
RGBrgb(225, 244, 223)
RGBArgba(225, 244, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(114, 49%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(114, 9%, 96%)
HWBhwb(114 87% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 0%, 9%, 4%)
LABlab(94.3 -10.0 8.0)
LCHlch(94.3 12.8 141.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.947 0.034 142.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(76.72, 86.04, 82.36)
Decimal14808287
Display P3color(display-p3 0.882 0.957 0.875)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #e1f4df;
background-color: #e1f4df;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #e1f4df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e1f4df] bg-[#e1f4df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e1f4df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.882, green: 0.957, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.882, green: 0.957, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#E1F4DF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFE1F4DF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFE1F4DF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 244, 225)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(225, 244, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(225, 244, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 225, 244, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8824f, 0.9569f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{225,244,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #e1f4df 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #e1f4df 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#275F21, #D5EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #e1f4df 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: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-100: #e1f4df;
  --brand-200: #D2ECD0;
  --brand-300: #B1E2AC;
  --brand-400: #8AD482;
  --brand-500: #62C658;
  --brand-600: #4AB63F;
  --brand-700: #3E9834;
  --brand-800: #31792A;
  --brand-900: #275922;
  --brand-950: #183715;
  --brand: #e1f4df;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C6EAC2;
  --brand-hover: #C8EBC5;
  --brand-pressed: #AFE2AA;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #152414;
    --brand-ink: #D5EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF4',
        100: '#e1f4df',
        200: '#D2ECD0',
        300: '#B1E2AC',
        400: '#8AD482',
        500: '#62C658',
        600: '#4AB63F',
        700: '#3E9834',
        800: '#31792A',
        900: '#275922',
        950: '#183715',
        DEFAULT: '#e1f4df',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF4,
  '100': #e1f4df,
  '200': #D2ECD0,
  '300': #B1E2AC,
  '400': #8AD482,
  '500': #62C658,
  '600': #4AB63F,
  '700': #3E9834,
  '800': #31792A,
  '900': #275922,
  '950': #183715,
);
$brand-base: #e1f4df;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#e1f4df", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D2ECD0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B1E2AC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8AD482", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#62C658", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4AB63F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3E9834", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#31792A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#275922", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#183715", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #e1f4df · 18.21:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.15:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.21:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #e1f4df as text scores 1.15:1 on white and 18.21:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #275F21 at 6.63:1.

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
#37872E · 4.50:1
AA on white−56% L
#37872E
The quick fox
#296523 · 7.05:1
AAA on white−65% L
#296523
The quick fox
#e1f4df · 18.21:1
AA on blackalready passes
#e1f4df
The quick fox
#e1f4df · 18.21:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#e1f4df

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #45A93A 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
#e1f4df on white: 1.15:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e1f4df on black: 18.21:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #e1f4df as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #e1f4df.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.15:1AaAa
Slate 501.10:1AaAa
Slate 1001.05:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.29:1AaAa
Slate 4002.22:1AaAa
Slate 5004.13:1AaAa
Slate 6006.57:1AaAa
Slate 7008.98:1AaAa
Slate 80012.68:1AaAa
Slate 90015.48:1AaAa
Black18.21:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F5F0DE
deuteranopia · #F2EEE0
tritanopia · #E0F2EE

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. #e1f4df 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.

#F5FAF4
#e1f4df
#D2ECD0
#B1E2AC
#8AD482
#62C658
#4AB63F
#3E9834
#31792A
#275922
#183715
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF4Darkest = 950 · #183715Text 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 0.009 142.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.014 142.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.021 142.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.027 142.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.032 142.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.034 142.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.034 142.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.032 142.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.029 142.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.024 142.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.019 142.6);
}

Colors that work with #e1f4df

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#C6EAC2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#529B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#772F9D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#275F21
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF8EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#152414
Dark-mode background
Hover#C8EBC5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#AFE2AA
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E1F7DF
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 #e1f4df

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 #275F21
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #45A93A

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#F2DFF4
Analogous left#ECF4DF
Analogous right#DFF4E8
Split-complement 1#E8DFF4
Split-complement 2#F4DFEC
Triadic 1#DFE1F4
Triadic 2#F4DFE1
Tetradic#DFECF4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°114°

#e1f4df sits at 114°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red88.2%
Green95.7%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
225
0xe1
G · 0–255
244
0xf4
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan7.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow8.6%
Key (black)4.3%

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

Color previews

#e1f4df text on a black background

contrast 18.21:1

Card sample

#e1f4df text on a white background

contrast 1.15:1

Card sample

#e1f4df on grey

1.05:1

#e1f4df on its own surface

1.09:1

#e1f4df on its dark surface

14.07:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e1f4df;
Background color
Panel with #e1f4df background
background-color: #e1f4df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e1f4df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(225, 244, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(225, 244, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e1f4df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e1f4df, #DFF4EB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e1f4df, #DFF4F0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #e1f4df;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #e1f4df;
caret-color: #e1f4df;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #e1f4df;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF8EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #e1f4df;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#e1f4df 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #e1f4df 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(225, 244, 223, 0.5)
rgb(225 244 223 / 50%)
#e1f4df80
hsl(114 49% 92% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #e1f4df 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#e1f4df1a#FCFEFC
20%#e1f4df33#F9FDF9
40%#e1f4df66#F3FBF2
60%#e1f4df99#EDF8EC
80%#e1f4dfcc#E7F6E5

Gradients from #e1f4df

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, #F1FAF0, #e1f4df 45%, #275F21);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #e1f4df, #C8ECE0);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e1f4df, #F2DFF4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4FBF4 0%, #e1f4df 45%, #275F21 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%, #F6FCF9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #275F21 0%, transparent 65%), #e1f4df;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e1f4df

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.

#e1f4df 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 18.21:1.

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.

#e1f4df, answered

What color is #e1f4df?

#e1f4df is a pale vivid green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 3.7). It sits at 114° on the hue wheel with 49% saturation and 92% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #e1f4df?

rgb(225, 244, 223) — 225 red, 244 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 88.2% / 95.7% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #e1f4df in HSL and HSV?

hsl(114, 49%, 92%) and hsv(114, 9%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #e1f4df a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8604 and perceived brightness is 93%, so black text on it reaches 18.21:1.

Should I use black or white text on #e1f4df?

Black. It scores 18.21:1 against #e1f4df, versus 1.15:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #e1f4df accessible on a white background?

#e1f4df on white scores 1.15:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #37872E to reach 4.5:1, or #296523 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #e1f4df?

#F2DFF4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E8DFF4 and #F4DFEC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #e1f4df?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C6EAC2 for borders, #529B4B for secondary text, #772F9D as an accent and #275F21 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #ECF4DF and #DFF4E8 stays calm, while #F2DFF4 is the loudest partner.

What is #e1f4df in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(8%, 0%, 9%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #e1f4df warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 60 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E9F4DF; nudged cooler, #DFF4E5.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #e1f4df?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 25.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #e1f4df as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #e1f4df in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#e1f4df] or text-[#e1f4df], 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 #e1f4df with 50% opacity?

rgba(225, 244, 223, 0.5), or #e1f4df80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F0FAEF; over black, #717A70.

Is #e1f4df a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 10.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #e1f4df 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 #e1f4df?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F1FAF0, #e1f4df 45%, #275F21). For more colour, a short hue run to #C8ECE0 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #e1f4df in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #e1f4df at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.