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#f6fddc

a pale, electric green · warm · closest name: Light Yellow

Token name suggestion: Whisper Moss

RGB
246, 253, 220
HSL
73°, 89%, 93%
CMYK
3, 0, 13, 1
Luminance
0.9501

#f6fddc is a pale electric green, 73° on the wheel and 36/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (20.00:1). As text it scores 1.05:1 on white — use #637C07 instead. Nearest name is Light Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(73 89% 93%)rgb(246 253 220)Base step 100AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f6fddc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f6fddc
Hue
73°
green
Saturation
89%
electric
Lightness
93%
pale
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
97%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.9501
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
36/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
20.00:1
Closest name
Light Yellow
ΔE2000 2.8
Chroma
16.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.980
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 25.7
Web-safe
#FFFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue73° of 360°
Saturation89%
Lightness93%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f6fddc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool36% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green74%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#f6fddc
HEX (8-digit)#f6fddcff
RGBrgb(246, 253, 220)
RGBArgba(246, 253, 220, 1)
HSLhsl(73, 89%, 93%)
HSV / HSBhsv(73, 13%, 99%)
HWBhwb(73 86% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 0%, 13%, 1%)
LABlab(98.0 -7.8 15.0)
LCHlch(98.0 16.9 117.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.980 0.044 116.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(86.05, 95.01, 81.50)
Decimal16186844
Display P3color(display-p3 0.965 0.992 0.863)
Web-safe#FFFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f6fddc;
background-color: #f6fddc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f6fddc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f6fddc] bg-[#f6fddc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f6fddc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.965, green: 0.992, blue: 0.863)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.965, green: 0.992, blue: 0.863, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F6FDDC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF6FDDC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF6FDDC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(220, 253, 246)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(246, 253, 220)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(246, 253, 220)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 246, 253, 220)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9647f, 0.9922f, 0.8627f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{246,253,220}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f6fddc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f6fddc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#617907, #E8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f6fddc 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: #FAFDF2;
  --brand-100: #f6fddc;
  --brand-200: #EDF8C4;
  --brand-300: #E4F995;
  --brand-400: #D6F660;
  --brand-500: #C9F32B;
  --brand-600: #B9E80D;
  --brand-700: #9AC10B;
  --brand-800: #7C9A09;
  --brand-900: #5A6F0B;
  --brand-950: #384607;
  --brand: #f6fddc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E3EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #EDFBBA;
  --brand-pressed: #E5F998;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #212414;
    --brand-ink: #E8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFDF2',
        100: '#f6fddc',
        200: '#EDF8C4',
        300: '#E4F995',
        400: '#D6F660',
        500: '#C9F32B',
        600: '#B9E80D',
        700: '#9AC10B',
        800: '#7C9A09',
        900: '#5A6F0B',
        950: '#384607',
        DEFAULT: '#f6fddc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFDF2,
  '100': #f6fddc,
  '200': #EDF8C4,
  '300': #E4F995,
  '400': #D6F660,
  '500': #C9F32B,
  '600': #B9E80D,
  '700': #9AC10B,
  '800': #7C9A09,
  '900': #5A6F0B,
  '950': #384607,
);
$brand-base: #f6fddc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFDF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#f6fddc", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDF8C4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E4F995", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D6F660", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C9F32B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B9E80D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9AC10B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7C9A09", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5A6F0B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#384607", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f6fddc · 20.00:1
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 · 20.00:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f6fddc as text scores 1.05:1 on white and 20.00:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #617907 at 4.71:1.

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
#637C07 · 4.75:1
AA on white−67% L
#637C07
The quick fox
#4C5F05 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−73% L
#4C5F05
The quick fox
#f6fddc · 20.00:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f6fddc
The quick fox
#f6fddc · 20.00:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f6fddc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7E9E09 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
#f6fddc on white: 1.05:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f6fddc on black: 20.00:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f6fddc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f6fddc.

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 5004.53:1AaAa
Slate 6007.22:1AaAa
Slate 7009.86:1AaAa
Slate 80013.93:1AaAa
Slate 90017.00:1AaAa
Black20.00:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFF9DA
deuteranopia · #FFFADD
tritanopia · #FAF9F4

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. #f6fddc 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.

#FAFDF2
#f6fddc
#EDF8C4
#E4F995
#D6F660
#C9F32B
#B9E80D
#9AC10B
#7C9A09
#5A6F0B
#384607
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #FAFDF2Darkest = 950 · #384607Text 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 0.011 116.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.017 116.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.026 116.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.034 116.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.040 116.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.044 116.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.044 116.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.041 116.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.037 116.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.031 116.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.024 116.9);
}

Colors that work with #f6fddc

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#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E3EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8A9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#060BC6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#617907
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9FEE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#212414
Dark-mode background
Hover#EDFBBA
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E5F998
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F6FFD6
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 #f6fddc

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 #617907
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7E9E09

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
  • Weight7/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

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#E3DCFD
Analogous left#FDF3DC
Analogous right#E5FDDC
Split-complement 1#DCE5FD
Split-complement 2#F3DCFD
Triadic 1#DCF6FD
Triadic 2#FDDCF6
Tetradic#DCFDF3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°73°

#f6fddc sits at 73°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.5%
Green99.2%
Blue86.3%
R · 0–255
246
0xf6
G · 0–255
253
0xfd
B · 0–255
220
0xdc

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow13.0%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 17%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f6fddc text on a black background

contrast 20.00:1

Card sample

#f6fddc text on a white background

contrast 1.05:1

Card sample

#f6fddc on grey

1.04:1

#f6fddc on its own surface

1.00:1

#f6fddc on its dark surface

15.07:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f6fddc;
Background color
Panel with #f6fddc background
background-color: #f6fddc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f6fddc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(246, 253, 220, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(246, 253, 220, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f6fddc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6fddc, #E0FDDC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f6fddc, #DCFDE0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f6fddc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f6fddc;
caret-color: #f6fddc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f6fddc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9FEE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f6fddc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f6fddc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f6fddc 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(246, 253, 220, 0.5)
rgb(246 253 220 / 50%)
#f6fddc80
hsl(73 89% 93% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f6fddc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f6fddc1a#FEFFFC
20%#f6fddc33#FDFFF8
40%#f6fddc66#FBFEF1
60%#f6fddc99#FAFEEA
80%#f6fddccc#F8FDE3

Gradients from #f6fddc

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, #FAFEEC, #f6fddc 45%, #617907);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f6fddc, #C1FBBF);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f6fddc, #E3DCFD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBFEF1 0%, #f6fddc 45%, #617907 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #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%, #FAFFF9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #617907 0%, transparent 65%), #f6fddc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f6fddc

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.

#f6fddc 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 20.00:1.

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.

#f6fddc, answered

What color is #f6fddc?

#f6fddc is a pale electric green, closest to Light Yellow (ΔE2000 2.8). It sits at 73° on the hue wheel with 89% saturation and 93% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f6fddc?

rgb(246, 253, 220) — 246 red, 253 green and 220 blue out of 255, or 96.5% / 99.2% / 86.3% by channel.

What is #f6fddc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(73, 89%, 93%) and hsv(73, 13%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f6fddc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.9501 and perceived brightness is 97%, so black text on it reaches 20.00:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f6fddc?

Black. It scores 20.00:1 against #f6fddc, versus 1.05:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f6fddc accessible on a white background?

#f6fddc on white scores 1.05:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #637C07 to reach 4.5:1, or #4C5F05 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f6fddc?

#E3DCFD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DCE5FD and #F3DCFD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f6fddc?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E3EDC0 for borders, #8A9B4B for secondary text, #060BC6 as an accent and #617907 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FDF3DC and #E5FDDC stays calm, while #E3DCFD is the loudest partner.

What is #f6fddc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(3%, 0%, 13%, 1%). 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 #f6fddc warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 36 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FDF8DC; nudged cooler, #EAFDDB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f6fddc?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 25.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f6fddc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f6fddc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f6fddc] or text-[#f6fddc], 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 #f6fddc with 50% opacity?

rgba(246, 253, 220, 0.5), or #f6fddc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FBFEEE; over black, #7B7F6E.

Is #f6fddc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFCC, ΔE2000 5.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f6fddc 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 #f6fddc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAFEEC, #f6fddc 45%, #617907). For more colour, a short hue run to #C1FBBF keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f6fddc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f6fddc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.