Tailwind CSS v3 color
Tailwind green-100 #DCFCE7
Tailwind CSS v3's green-100 is #DCFCE7. It is a pale grayish green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.962, chroma 0.043 and hue 156.7°. The nearest CSS named color is honeydew (#F0FFF0), ΔE2000 5.8 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.9061
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.962 · 0.043 · 156.7
- Best text
- Black 19.12:1
- Hue family
- Green
#DCFCE7 color codes
- HEX
#DCFCE7- RGB
rgb(220, 252, 231)- HSL
hsl(141, 84%, 93%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.962 0.043 156.7)- OKLab
oklab(0.962 -0.040 0.017)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 96.25, a* -14.22, b* 6.58- XYZ (D65)
X 78.75, Y 90.60, Z 88.93- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(13%, 0%, 8%, 1%)
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 #DCFCE7 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 19.12:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.09:1.
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
19.12:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +99
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White text on it
1.09:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.09:1
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As text on black
19.12:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −100
-
As text on white
1.09:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.09:1
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#617D6B 4.51:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.96 to 0.56 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#DCFCE7 19.12:1
It already reaches 19.12:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #DCFCE7 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.
Scale
Shades and tints of #DCFCE7
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #DCFCE7 sits at step 50.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Tailwind CSS v3 green scale
The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.
Gamut
How vivid #DCFCE7 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.058; #DCFCE7 uses 75% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.064 there: 12% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.043
- sRGB edge
- 0.058
- Display P3 edge
- 0.064
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.076
- Dominant wavelength
- 528 nm
- Excitation purity
- 4%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3049, y 0.3508
- This color#DCFCE7
- Most vivid in sRGB#D4FFE3
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.962 0.064 156.7)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #dcfce7;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8539 1 0.892); }
}Mixing
Mixing #DCFCE7
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%#EEFEF3
- OKLab50%#EEFEF3
- OKLCH50%#EEFEF3
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#6E7E74
- OKLab50%#546259
- OKLCH50%#546259
Its complement #FFECF9
- sRGB50%#EEF4F0
- OKLab50%#EEF4F0
- OKLCH50%#FFF0E1
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #dcfce7, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #dcfce7 50%, white);In use
#DCFCE7 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, 4.5:119.12:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.09:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.09:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.09:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #617D6B 4.51:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:119.12:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.05:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:117.05:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.05:1 Passes
Color vision
How #DCFCE7 looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 14.8; tritanopia changes it least, 6.2.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#FCF7E6 ΔE2000 13.3
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#F6F3E8 ΔE2000 13.3
Distinct
Reads as off-white
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#D7FBF6 ΔE2000 6.2
Noticeable
Reads as pale grayish cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#F4F4F4 ΔE2000 14.8
Distinct
Reads as off-white
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #FFECF9. 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 | #DCFCE7 · #FFECF9 | 29.7 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #FCF7E6 · #ECF0FA | 12.9 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #F6F3E8 · #F0F2F8 | 8.4 | Harder to tell apart |
| Tritanopia | #D7FBF6 · #FFECF0 | 25.7 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #F4F4F4 · #F1F1F1 | 0.6 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #DCFCE7
Its complement is #FFECF9, a pale grayish magenta.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#DCFCE7
- Complement#FFECF9
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#EBF9D9
- Base#DCFCE7
- +30°#D3FDF7
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#DCFCE7
- +120°#EFF2FF
- +240°#FFEFEA
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#DCFCE7
- +150°#F6EFFF
- +210°#FFEEF0
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-green-100: #dcfce7;
}// tailwind.config.js — already built in as green-100;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
green: { 100: '#dcfce7' },
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
/* v4 has its own green-100; this pins the v3 value. */
--color-green-100: oklch(0.962 0.043 156.7);
}{
"color": {
"green-100": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.8627, 0.9882, 0.9059],
"hex": "#dcfce7"
},
"$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 green-100"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let green100 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.863, green: 0.988, blue: 0.906, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Green100 = Color(0xFFDCFCE7)
}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
Open #DCFCE7 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.