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#DDEFC8 — Pale Green

#DDEFC8 is a green color we call Pale Green, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gainsboro (#DCDCDC) — not an exact match. CSS gainsboro gives you #DCDCDC, a different color; use #DDEFC8 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DDEFC8 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 #DAC8EF; it also sits naturally between #EFEEC8 and #C9EFC8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DDEFC8 · RGB 221, 239, 200

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Color values

HEX#DDEFC8
RGB221, 239, 200
HSL88°, 55%, 86%
HSV88°, 16%, 94%
CMYK8%, 0%, 16%, 6%
XYZ71.11, 81.28, 66.58
Yxy81.28, 0.3248, 0.3712
CIE-Lab92.25, -12.70, 16.89
Hunter Lab90.15, -12.35, 14.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 94% · Blue 78%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 16% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DDEFC8 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DDEFC8 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DDEFC8

.text { color: #DDEFC8; }
.background { background-color: #DDEFC8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DDEFC8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(221, 239, 200); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(88, 55%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DDEFC8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(221, 239, 200, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DDEFC8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(221, 239, 200, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DDEFC8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DDEFC8">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DDEFC8

#C9E6A8#B5DD88#9FD265#8CC945#77B234#62922A#4D7321#354F17#202F0E#0B1005

Tints of #DDEFC8

#DFF0CC#E2F1D0#E4F2D4#E6F4D7#E9F5DB#EBF6DF#EEF7E3#F0F8E7#F3F9EB#F5FAEF

Tones of #DDEFC8

#DCECCB#DCE9CD#DCE6D0#DCE4D3#DCE1D6#DBDED8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DAC8EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #DDEFC8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DDEFC8

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DDEFC8: ·

How #DDEFC8 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E5D1Deuteranopia · #E4E2D4Tritanopia · #DED9DB

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 #DDEFC8 rather than the exact color:

Velvet Ruby Opal
#6BB11D · #2078C6 · #E458A2 · #DAF0C9
Palette A0c49d
#A0C49D · #C4D7B2 · #E1ECC8 · #F7FFE5
Palette A47251
#A47251 · #DD9E59 · #F0D8A1 · #DCF0C3
Modern Garden
#E1F0C4 · #AFEFBF · #BDE9F1 · #E0DEF6
Golden Harbor
#EAD7B6 · #DAF3CB · #BEE7D6 · #B6CAE3
Crimson Aurora
#DEF5C7 · #C7F19C · #6DC11B · #29450C

Similar colors

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

#DAF0C9#E1ECC8#DCF0C3#E1F0C4#DAF3CB#DEF5C7#DCEDC2#E1EDCD#E0EEC2#D9F4C5#E1E9C9#DCEDC1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DDEFC7  ·  #DDEFC9 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DDEFC8?

#DDEFC8 is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 221, 239, 200). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DDEFC8?

#DDEFC8 is RGB 221, 239, 200 — HSL 88°, 55%, 86% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 16%, 6%.

What colors go with #DDEFC8?

Its complement is #DAC8EF; analogous partners are #EFEEC8 and #C9EFC8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DDEFC8 for text?

Black text on #DDEFC8 has a contrast ratio of 17.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.