Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind emerald-100 #D1FAE5

Tailwind CSS v3's emerald-100 is #D1FAE5. It is a pale muted green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.950, chroma 0.051 and hue 163.1°. The nearest CSS named color is honeydew (#F0FFF0), ΔE2000 8.0 away.

Relative luminance: 0.8758
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.950 · 0.051 · 163.1
Best text: Black 18.51:1
Hue family: Green

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#D1FAE5 color codes

HEX: #D1FAE5
RGB: rgb(209, 250, 229)
HSL: hsl(149, 80%, 90%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.950 0.051 163.1)
OKLab: oklab(0.950 -0.049 0.015)
CIELAB (D65): L* 94.98, a* -17.13, b* 5.70
XYZ (D65): X 74.62, Y 87.58, Z 87.09
CMYK (naive): cmyk(16%, 0%, 8%, 2%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #D1FAE5 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 18.51:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.13:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

18.51:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +97
White text on it

1.13:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.13:1
As text on black

18.51:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −98
As text on white

1.13:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.13:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#597E6C 4.53:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.95 to 0.56 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#D1FAE5 18.51:1

It already reaches 18.51:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #D1FAE5 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #D1FAE5

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #D1FAE5 sits at step 100.

50#DEFEED

White
1.07
Black
19.50
100This color#D1FAE5

White
1.13
Black
18.51
200#BEE1CF

White
1.41
Black
14.86
300#A3C8B5

White
1.82
Black
11.48
400#86AC99

White
2.50
Black
8.37
500#6A907D

White
3.56
Black
5.89
600#537866

White
4.94
Black
4.24
700#3E6150

White
6.92
Black
3.03
800#274839

White
10.13
Black
2.07
900#122F23

White
14.41
Black
1.45
950#031B11

White
17.96
Black
1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 emerald scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

50#ECFDF5
White
1.05
Black
19.93
100This color#D1FAE5

White
1.13
Black
18.51
200#A7F3D0
White
1.28
Black
16.37
300#6EE7B7
White
1.52
Black
13.77
400#34D399
White
1.92
Black
10.92
500#10B981
White
2.53
Black
8.27
600#059669
White
3.76
Black
5.57
700#047857
White
5.48
Black
3.82
800#065F46
White
7.68
Black
2.73
900#064E3B
White
9.71
Black
2.16
950#022C22
White
15.15
Black
1.38

Gamut

How vivid #D1FAE5 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.074; #D1FAE5 uses 68% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.083 there: 12% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.051
sRGB edge: 0.074
Display P3 edge: 0.083
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.099
Dominant wavelength: 514 nm
Excitation purity: 5%
Chromaticity: x 0.2993, y 0.3513

This color#D1FAE5
Most vivid in sRGB#C2FFE1
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.950 0.083 163.1)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #d1fae5;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.7924 1 0.8822); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #D1FAE5

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#E8FDF2
OKLab50%#E8FDF2
OKLCH50%#E8FDF2

Black #000000

sRGB50%#697D73
OKLab50%#506158
OKLCH50%#506158

Its complement #FFE7F4

sRGB50%#E8F1ED
OKLab50%#E9F1ED
OKLCH50%#FFEBD3

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #d1fae5, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #d1fae5 50%, white);

In use

#D1FAE5 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:118.51:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.13:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.13:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.13:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #597E6C 4.53:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:118.51:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:116.51:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:116.51:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:116.51:1 Passes

Color vision

How #D1FAE5 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 16.4; tritanopia changes it least, 5.8.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#F8F4E4 ΔE2000 15.0

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#F1EEE6 ΔE2000 15.9

Distinct

Reads as off-white
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#C9FAF4 ΔE2000 5.8

Noticeable

Reads as pale muted cyan
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#F1F1F1 ΔE2000 16.4

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #FFE7F4. Their lightness contrast is only 1.02:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#D1FAE5 · #FFE7F4	33.6	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#F8F4E4 · #E8EBF5	12.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#F1EEE6 · #EDEFF3	6.1	Harder to tell apart
Tritanopia	#C9FAF4 · #FFE7EB	32.8	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#F1F1F1 · #EDEDED	0.8	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #D1FAE5

Its complement is #FFE7F4, a pale grayish magenta.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#D1FAE5
Complement#FFE7F4

Complementary

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−30°#E2F7D4
Base#D1FAE5
+30°#C8FAF8

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#D1FAE5
+120°#ECEDFF
+240°#FFE9E1

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#D1FAE5
+150°#F7E9FF
+210°#FFE8EA

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-emerald-100: #d1fae5;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as emerald-100;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        emerald: { 100: '#d1fae5' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own emerald-100; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-emerald-100: oklch(0.950 0.051 163.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "emerald-100": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8196, 0.9804, 0.898],
        "hex": "#d1fae5"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 emerald-100"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let emerald100 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.820, green: 0.980, blue: 0.898, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Emerald100 = Color(0xFFD1FAE5)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Tailwind emerald-100 #D1FAE5

#D1FAE5 color codes

Contrast: is #D1FAE5 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #D1FAE5 live

Shades and tints of #D1FAE5

Tailwind CSS v3 emerald scale

How vivid #D1FAE5 can get

Mixing #D1FAE5

#D1FAE5 in an interface

How #D1FAE5 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #D1FAE5

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #D1FAE5 in the tools