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#DCF6CC — Pale Green

#DCF6CC is a green color we call Pale Green, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the green family.

#DCF6CC is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E5CBF6; it also sits naturally between #F1F6CB and #CBF6D0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCF6CC · RGB 220, 246, 204

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Color values

HEX#DCF6CC
RGB220, 246, 204
HSL97°, 70%, 88%
HSV97°, 17%, 96%
CMYK11%, 0%, 17%, 4%
XYZ73.37, 85.49, 69.76
Yxy85.49, 0.3209, 0.3739
CIE-Lab94.09, -15.87, 17.40
Hunter Lab92.46, -15.46, 15.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 96% · Blue 80%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 4%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DCF6CC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DCF6CC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DCF6CC

.text { color: #DCF6CC; }
.background { background-color: #DCF6CC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCF6CC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 246, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(97, 70%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCF6CC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 246, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCF6CC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 246, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCF6CC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCF6CC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DCF6CC

#C4F0A8#A9E981#91E35F#77DC38#62C723#51A51D#3E7E16#2D5B10#1A3409#091103

Tints of #DCF6CC

#DEF7CF#E1F7D4#E1F7D4#E4F8D8#E7F9DC#EAFAE1#EDFAE5#EDFAE5#F0FBE9#F3FCEE

Tones of #DCF6CC

#DCF3CE#DDF0D1#DEEDD4#DEEAD7#DFE7DA#E0E3DD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5CBF6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.16:1 Fails
Against black text18.10:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCF6CC: #000000.

How #DCF6CC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #E7E7D6Deuteranopia · #E6E4D9Tritanopia · #DDDEE0

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DCF6CC rather than the exact color:

Golden Harbor
#EAD7B6 · #DAF3CB · #BEE7D6 · #B6CAE3
Dreamy Orchard
#D9F7CF · #8CEA6C · #71E24B · #2C7712
Crimson Aurora
#DEF5C7 · #C7F19C · #6DC11B · #29450C
Gentle Ruby
#202734 · #36415A · #B7D894 · #E0F8C7
Velvet Ruby Opal
#6BB11D · #2078C6 · #E458A2 · #DAF0C9
Dusty Ruby Garden
#3D1180 · #844DE8 · #9FE537 · #D9F4C5

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#DAF3CB#D9F7CF#DEF5C7#E0F8C7#DAF0C9#D9F4C5#DEF9C4#DBF2D4#E2F4C5#D3F6D1#E5F7C7#E1EDCD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCF6CB  ·  #DCF6CD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCF6CC?

#DCF6CC is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 220, 246, 204). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCF6CC?

#DCF6CC is RGB 220, 246, 204 — HSL 97°, 70%, 88% — CMYK 11%, 0%, 17%, 4%.

What colors go with #DCF6CC?

Its complement is #E5CBF6; analogous partners are #F1F6CB and #CBF6D0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCF6CC for text?

Black text on #DCF6CC has a contrast ratio of 18.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.16:1.