#D1FAE5 — Tints, Shades & Color Values

#D1FAE5

#D1FAE5 is a very light, vivid green. In Tailwind CSS this exact color is the utility class emerald-100 (e.g. bg-emerald-100, text-emerald-100). Its nearest CSS named color is lightcyan (#e0ffff). For readable text on a #D1FAE5 background, black text gives the strongest contrast (18.52:1). Because it is so light, #D1FAE5 works best as a background or surface color paired with dark text, or as a high-percentage tint in an existing palette.

Want to fine-tune this color interactively? Open #D1FAE5 in the tint & shade generator to explore the full lightness, hue, and chroma scales and copy any step.

Color Values

Hex#D1FAE5
RGBrgb(209, 250, 229)
HSLhsl(149, 80%, 90%)
HSV / HSB149°, 16%, 98%
Nearest namedlightcyan (#e0ffff)

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#D1FAE5 in Tailwind CSS (emerald-100)

#D1FAE5 ships with Tailwind CSS as emerald-100 — use it as bg-emerald-100, text-emerald-100, or border-emerald-100. It sits at step 100 of the emerald ramp; every other step links to its own page:

Browse the full Tailwind palette in the color library, or generate in-between steps with the tint & shade generator.

Tints of #D1FAE5 (Mixed with White)

Each step blends the base color toward white using new = old + (255 − old) × factor. Click a swatch to open it in the generator.

Shades of #D1FAE5 (Mixed with Black)

Each step blends the base color toward black using new = old × (1 − factor).

WCAG Contrast & Accessibility

Contrast ratios for text placed on a #D1FAE5 background. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 3:1 for large text (AA), and 7:1 for normal text (AAA).

Text color White text 1.13:1 — AA normal: Fail · AA large: Fail · AAA: Fail
Black text 18.52:1 — AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA: Pass

If neither pure white nor pure black reaches the level you need, pick a darker shade of #D1FAE5 from the ramps above as the background instead — small lightness moves change contrast quickly. Test any other pair with the free contrast checker.

More green colors in the library: #ECFCCB (lime-100), #E8F0EC, #DCFCE7 (green-100), #BBF7D0 (green-200), #F7FEE7 (lime-50), #F0FDF4 (green-50).

Frequently Asked Questions

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