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#ebffe9

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

Token name suggestion: Frost Basil

RGB
235, 255, 233
HSL
115°, 100%, 96%
CMYK
8, 0, 9, 0
Luminance
0.9507

#ebffe9 is a pale electric green, 115° on the wheel and 60/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (20.01:1). As text it scores 1.05:1 on white — use #0C8800 instead. Nearest name is Honey Dew, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(115 100% 96%)rgb(235 255 233)Base step 50AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ebffe9 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ebffe9
Hue
115°
green
Saturation
100%
electric
Lightness
96%
pale
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
97%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.9507
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
60/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
20.01:1
Closest name
Honey Dew
ΔE2000 3.1
Chroma
13.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.979
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 26.9
Web-safe
#FFFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue115° of 360°
Saturation100%
Lightness96%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ebffe9.

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#ebffe9
HEX (8-digit)#ebffe9ff
RGBrgb(235, 255, 233)
RGBArgba(235, 255, 233, 1)
HSLhsl(115, 100%, 96%)
HSV / HSBhsv(115, 9%, 100%)
HWBhwb(115 91% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 0%, 9%, 0%)
LABlab(98.1 -10.4 8.3)
LCHlch(98.1 13.3 141.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.979 0.036 142.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(84.73, 95.06, 90.96)
Decimal15466473
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 1.000 0.914)
Web-safe#FFFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ebffe9;
background-color: #ebffe9;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ebffe9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ebffe9] bg-[#ebffe9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ebffe9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 1.000, blue: 0.914)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 1.000, blue: 0.914, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EBFFE9</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEBFFE9)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEBFFE9)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(233, 255, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 255, 233)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 255, 233)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 255, 233)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 1.0000f, 0.9137f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,255,233}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ebffe9 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ebffe9 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#0C8000, #D5EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ebffe9 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: #ebffe9;
  --brand-100: #E5FCE3;
  --brand-200: #C5FCC0;
  --brand-300: #99FF8F;
  --brand-400: #66FF57;
  --brand-500: #33FF1F;
  --brand-600: #16F500;
  --brand-700: #13CC00;
  --brand-800: #0FA300;
  --brand-900: #0F7605;
  --brand-950: #0A4903;
  --brand: #ebffe9;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C4EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #CBFFC5;
  --brand-pressed: #AAFFA2;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #152414;
    --brand-ink: #D5EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#ebffe9',
        100: '#E5FCE3',
        200: '#C5FCC0',
        300: '#99FF8F',
        400: '#66FF57',
        500: '#33FF1F',
        600: '#16F500',
        700: '#13CC00',
        800: '#0FA300',
        900: '#0F7605',
        950: '#0A4903',
        DEFAULT: '#ebffe9',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #ebffe9,
  '100': #E5FCE3,
  '200': #C5FCC0,
  '300': #99FF8F,
  '400': #66FF57,
  '500': #33FF1F,
  '600': #16F500,
  '700': #13CC00,
  '800': #0FA300,
  '900': #0F7605,
  '950': #0A4903,
);
$brand-base: #ebffe9;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#ebffe9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E5FCE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C5FCC0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#99FF8F", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#66FF57", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#33FF1F", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#16F500", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#13CC00", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#0FA300", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#0F7605", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0A4903", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #ebffe9 · 20.01:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.05:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 20.01:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ebffe9 as text scores 1.05:1 on white and 20.01:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #0C8000 at 4.88:1.

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
#0C8800 · 4.63:1
AA on white−69% L
#0C8800
The quick fox
#096400 · 7.41:1
AAA on white−76% L
#096400
The quick fox
#ebffe9 · 20.01:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ebffe9
The quick fox
#ebffe9 · 20.01:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ebffe9

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #10AC00 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
#ebffe9 on white: 1.05:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ebffe9 on black: 20.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ebffe9 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ebffe9.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.05:1AaAa
Slate 501.00:1AaAa
Slate 1001.04:1AaAa
Slate 2001.17:1AaAa
Slate 3001.41:1AaAa
Slate 4002.44:1AaAa
Slate 5004.54:1AaAa
Slate 6007.22:1AaAa
Slate 7009.87:1AaAa
Slate 80013.94:1AaAa
Slate 90017.01:1AaAa
Black20.01:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFFBE8
deuteranopia · #FDF9EA
tritanopia · #EAFDF8

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. #ebffe9 is pinned to step 50; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#ebffe9
#E5FCE3
#C5FCC0
#99FF8F
#66FF57
#33FF1F
#16F500
#13CC00
#0FA300
#0F7605
#0A4903
Base = 50Lightest = 50 · #ebffe9Darkest = 950 · #0A4903Text 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 0.009 142.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.014 142.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.021 142.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.028 142.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.033 142.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.036 142.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.036 142.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.034 142.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.030 142.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.025 142.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.020 142.7);
}

Colors that work with #ebffe9

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#C4EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#529B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#8B00CC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0C8000
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E8FFE5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#152414
Dark-mode background
Hover#CBFFC5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#AAFFA2
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DAFFD6
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 #ebffe9

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 #0C8000
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #10AC00

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight4/100
  • 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#FDE9FF
Analogous left#F6FFE9
Analogous right#E9FFF2
Split-complement 1#F2E9FF
Split-complement 2#FFE9F6
Triadic 1#E9EBFF
Triadic 2#FFE9EB
Tetradic#E9F6FF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°115°

#ebffe9 sits at 115°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green100.0%
Blue91.4%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
255
0xff
B · 0–255
233
0xe9

CMYK percentages

Cyan7.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow8.6%
Key (black)0.0%

Total ink coverage is 16%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ebffe9 text on a black background

contrast 20.01:1

Card sample

#ebffe9 text on a white background

contrast 1.05:1

Card sample

#ebffe9 on grey

1.04:1

#ebffe9 on its own surface

1.01:1

#ebffe9 on its dark surface

15.46:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ebffe9;
Background color
Panel with #ebffe9 background
background-color: #ebffe9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ebffe9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 255, 233, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 255, 233, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ebffe9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebffe9, #E9FFF6);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ebffe9, #E9FFFB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ebffe9;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ebffe9;
caret-color: #ebffe9;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ebffe9;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E8FFE5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ebffe9;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ebffe9 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ebffe9 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(235, 255, 233, 0.5)
rgb(235 255 233 / 50%)
#ebffe980
hsl(115 100% 96% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ebffe9 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ebffe91a#FDFFFD
20%#ebffe933#FBFFFB
40%#ebffe966#F7FFF6
60%#ebffe999#F3FFF2
80%#ebffe9cc#EFFFED

Gradients from #ebffe9

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, #ECFFEB, #ebffe9 45%, #0C8000);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ebffe9, #CAFFED);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ebffe9, #FDE9FF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F1FFF0 0%, #ebffe9 45%, #0C8000 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%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #0C8000 0%, transparent 65%), #ebffe9;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ebffe9

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.

#ebffe9 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 20.01:1.

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.

#ebffe9, answered

What color is #ebffe9?

#ebffe9 is a pale electric green, closest to Honey Dew (ΔE2000 3.1). It sits at 115° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 96% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #ebffe9?

rgb(235, 255, 233) — 235 red, 255 green and 233 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 100% / 91.4% by channel.

What is #ebffe9 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(115, 100%, 96%) and hsv(115, 9%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ebffe9 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.9507 and perceived brightness is 97%, so black text on it reaches 20.01:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ebffe9?

Black. It scores 20.01:1 against #ebffe9, versus 1.05:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ebffe9 accessible on a white background?

#ebffe9 on white scores 1.05:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #0C8800 to reach 4.5:1, or #096400 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ebffe9?

#FDE9FF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F2E9FF and #FFE9F6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ebffe9?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C4EDC0 for borders, #529B4B for secondary text, #8B00CC as an accent and #0C8000 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F6FFE9 and #E9FFF2 stays calm, while #FDE9FF is the loudest partner.

What is #ebffe9 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(8%, 0%, 9%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #ebffe9 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 #F3FFE9; nudged cooler, #E9FFEF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ebffe9?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 26.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ebffe9 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ebffe9 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ebffe9] or text-[#ebffe9], 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 #ebffe9 with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 255, 233, 0.5), or #ebffe980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5FFF4; over black, #768075.

Is #ebffe9 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFFF, ΔE2000 12.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ebffe9 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 #ebffe9?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #ECFFEB, #ebffe9 45%, #0C8000). For more colour, a short hue run to #CAFFED keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ebffe9 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ebffe9 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.