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Scale from white (50) through Tea Green (500) to black (900), interpolated in Lab color space.
Color Values
- HEX
- #D0F0C0
- RGB
- rgb(208, 240, 192)
- HSL
- hsl(100, 62%, 85%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.92 0.072 135)
- CMYK
- cmyk(13%, 0%, 20%, 6%)
--color-tea-greenbg-[#D0F0C0]Accessibility
Score: 48/100On White (#FFF)
1.24:1
On Black (#000)
16.91:1
On Light Gray (#F5F5F5)
1.14:1
Best text color on this background:
Design Applications
background-color: #D0F0C0
color: #D0F0C0
bg-[#D0F0C0] text-[#000000]
border-left: 4px solid #D0F0C0
Color Harmonies
Similar Colors
Color Meaning & Psychology
Green occupies the center of the visible spectrum where the eye is most sensitive, making it the easiest color to process — literally restful for the eye. Green's associations with nature, growth, and fresh produce are deeply biological, rooted in the evolutionary advantage of finding food. In finance, "going green" means profit. In design, green signals health, sustainability, and natural ingredients. Darker greens evoke prestige and reliability; lighter greens feel fresh and energetic; blue-greens feel sophisticated and trustworthy. Green is uniquely cross-cultural in positive associations, though it represents environmental risk in some financial contexts. As a very light tint, it carries the lightness and openness of its hue family while remaining gentle enough for backgrounds, subtle highlights, and delicate UI elements.
Industry Usage
Common contexts and industries where Tea Green is applied in professional design.
- Financial services and investment platforms
- Health, wellness, and organic food brands
- Environmental and sustainability organizations
- Pharmaceutical and medical products
- Agriculture and farming brands
- Eco-friendly consumer goods
- Real estate and property development
- Success and achievement badges in UI
Accessibility Considerations
Normal Text
Fails AA
4.5:1 minimum required
Large Text
Fails AA Large
3:1 minimum required
UI Components
Check contrast
3:1 for non-text UI
Tea Green is a light color. Use black (#000000) text on top of it for maximum readability (16.91:1). Avoid white text on this background.
CSS & Code Examples
Background
background-color: #D0F0C0;Text
color: #D0F0C0;Border
border: 2px solid #D0F0C0;Box Shadow
box-shadow: 0 4px 20px #D0F0C040;Gradient
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D0F0C0, #fffff3);Tailwind-style
--color-tea-green: #D0F0C0;Tailwind CSS Utilities
Use arbitrary value syntax in Tailwind CSS to apply Tea Green without a custom config.
Background
bg-[#D0F0C0]Text
text-[#D0F0C0]Border
border-[#D0F0C0]Ring
ring-[#D0F0C0]Fill
fill-[#D0F0C0]From (gradient)
from-[#D0F0C0]Via (gradient)
via-[#D0F0C0]To (gradient)
to-[#D0F0C0]Design Tokens
Ready-to-use Tea Green design token in CSS custom properties, SCSS, Tailwind v3/v4, and JSON formats.
CSS Custom Properties
:root {
--color-tea-green: #D0F0C0;
--color-tea-green-rgb: 208, 240, 192;
--color-tea-green-hsl: 100, 62%, 85%;
}SCSS Variables
$color-tea-green: #D0F0C0; $color-tea-green-rgb: 208, 240, 192; $color-tea-green-hsl: 100, 62%, 85%;
Tailwind v3 Config
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'tea-green': '#D0F0C0',
},
},
},
};Tailwind v4 (@theme)
/* tailwind.css */
@theme {
--color-tea-green: #D0F0C0;
}JSON Design Token (W3C format)
{
"tea-green": {
"value": "#D0F0C0",
"type": "color",
"description": "Tea Green — #D0F0C0"
}
}More green colors
View all →What Does Tea Green Mean? Color Psychology & Cultural Symbolism
The psychology of Tea Green runs through two distinct channels: the primal register of growth and nature, and the cultural layer of health, prosperity, and permission. At #D0F0C0, this shade settles into balance—drawing on both channels to create a response that's stable, reassuring, and positive.
- Across color psychology research, green consistently tests high for "health" associations, making Tea Green a reliable vehicle for balance in cross-demographic audiences.
- Brand designers draw on green-family tones to project trustworthiness and reliability—values that Tea Green communicates in a pale key.
- At 62% saturation, Tea Green reads as moderately saturated—neither overwhelming nor passive, landing in the growth, nature, health, and balance zone with measured confidence.
- Tea Green's pale lightness (85%) shifts its psychological register: Mint and sage tones feel fresh, airy, and calming—popular in wellness, beauty, and minimalist design for their ability to add life without dominance.
The enduring power of Tea Green is that it never needs to explain itself—growth, health, and permission are universally understood.
How to Use Tea Green in Design: Applications, Pairings & Best Practices
The design applications of Tea Green span from digital UI states to full brand identity systems. Its moderately saturated saturation (62%) means it reads as a clear, confident presence that holds its ground without overwhelming in both contexts—backgrounds, washes, and subtle tints where presence is needed without dominance in background uses, more active as an accent.
- Avoid: warning or danger contexts (except for safety signs), over-saturated versions in premium luxury branding, and contexts requiring urgency.
- Color harmonies: Tea Green's complementary color creates a high-energy split ideal for promotional design; its analogous palette (±30° hue) builds cohesive, monochromatic sophistication.
- Proportional use: Tea Green's moderately saturated saturation (62%) means small applications—accents, highlights, icons—deliver maximum impact without visual fatigue. Reserve large-scale use for intentional brand moments.
- Tea Green creates strong legibility with black text overlays (16.9:1 contrast ratio), making it a reliable background or surface color in design systems
- Typography: Tea Green as text requires a dark background; its 85% lightness means it provides 1.2:1 contrast on white, not meeting WCAG AA.
The enduring power of Tea Green is that it never needs to explain itself—growth, health, and permission are universally understood.
Tea Green Accessibility: WCAG Contrast Ratios, Color Blindness & Inclusive Design
Tea Green (#D0F0C0) achieves a 16.91:1 contrast ratio with black text, surpassing the WCAG 2.1 AAA threshold of 7:1. This exceptional contrast qualifies it for body text, UI components at any size, and all accessibility-sensitive interface contexts. Relative luminance: 79.5%.
- As text on white (#FFFFFF): 1.24:1 — Fail
- As text on black (#000000): 16.91:1 — AAA ✓
- Best text color on Tea Green background: Black (#000000) at 16.91:1
- WCAG 2.1 luminance: 79.5% — high-luminance (near-white)—it provides excellent readability for dark text overlays and integrates naturally into light design systems
- Tea Green qualifies for all text sizes including small body copy (AAA).
Tea Green's WCAG profile makes it a compliant choice for most text applications.
Tea Green in Industry: Branding, Design & Market Applications
Across industry research, green-family tones consistently outperform competitors in categories built on growth, nature, health, and balance. Tea Green is a pale expression of this advantage—best positioned in Healthcare & Wellness and adjacent markets.
- Healthcare & Wellness: Green's association with health, nature, and healing makes it the second-most-common color in healthcare branding (after blue). It signals vitality, recovery, and natural wellness without the clinical coldness of pure white or blue. (examples: CVS Health, Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente) Works best in teal-green and sage variations for digital health products; more saturated greens suit fitness and sports medicine.
- Finance & Banking: In Western markets, the green-money association is deeply embedded. Financial institutions use dark, sophisticated greens to communicate growth, prosperity, and fiduciary reliability. It's equally effective for positive portfolio indicators and "go" confirmation states in trading UIs. (examples: Capital One, PayPal, Visa) Dark greens with gold accents signal premium financial services; bright greens in fintech apps signal growth metrics.
- Sustainability & Organic: Green is the categorical color of environmental consciousness. Sustainability brands, organic food labels, and clean-energy companies use it as an immediate, unambiguous signal of ecological values and natural origin. (examples: Patagonia, Allbirds, Grove Collaborative) The challenge is differentiation—nearly every sustainability brand uses green, so typography, illustration style, and specific tone matter more.
- Brand positioning: Tea Green is best suited for brands projecting trustworthiness, reliability, growth. Categories outside this positioning—warning or danger contexts (except for safety signs)—tend to see weaker results.
- Adjacent applications: Beyond primary industries, Tea Green works effectively in financial dashboards, nature and outdoor products, health and wellness UIs—contexts where growth serves a secondary but reinforcing role.
Tea Green earns its strongest ROI in industries where trust and recognition compound over time: Healthcare & Wellness, Finance & Banking, Sustainability & Organic. Use it to build the kind of brand recognition that decades reinforce.
Accessibility & Design Guides
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the hex code for Tea Green? ▾
- The hex code for Tea Green is #D0F0C0. Its RGB values are rgb(208, 240, 192) and its HSL values are hsl(100, 62%, 85%).
- What does Tea Green mean in design? ▾
- Green occupies the center of the visible spectrum where the eye is most sensitive, making it the easiest color to process — literally restful for the eye. Green's associations with nature, growth, and fresh produce are deeply biological, rooted in the evolutionary advantage of finding food. In finance, "going green" means profit. In design, green signals health, sustainability, and natural ingredients. Darker greens evoke prestige and reliability; lighter greens feel fresh and energetic; blue-greens feel sophisticated and trustworthy. Green is uniquely cross-cultural in positive associations, though it represents environmental risk in some financial contexts. As a very light tint, it carries the lightness and openness of its hue family while remaining gentle enough for backgrounds, subtle highlights, and delicate UI elements.
- Is Tea Green WCAG accessible? ▾
- Tea Green (#D0F0C0) does not pass WCAG AA on white (1.24:1 ratio). Use it on dark backgrounds where it achieves 16.91:1. Its overall accessibility score is 48/100.
- What colors go well with Tea Green? ▾
- Tea Green pairs well with its complementary color Wisteria (#C9A0DC). Analogous colors like Army Green and Green Yellow also work harmoniously. Check the Color Harmonies section above for the full palette.
- What is Tea Green used for? ▾
- Tea Green is commonly used for: Financial services and investment platforms; Health, wellness, and organic food brands; Environmental and sustainability organizations; Pharmaceutical and medical products; Agriculture and farming brands.
- What are the CSS and Tailwind values for Tea Green? ▾
- In CSS, use `color: #D0F0C0` or `background-color: #D0F0C0`. The CSS custom property is `--color-tea-green: #D0F0C0`. In Tailwind CSS, use the arbitrary value class `bg-[#D0F0C0]` for backgrounds or `text-[#D0F0C0]` for text.