Honeydew

#dcece1

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for honeydew, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Honeydew sits in the green range, pale and soft. Greens like this connect to growth and calm. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Honeydew color values

Every conversion for #dcece1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcece1

RGB220, 236, 225

HSL139, 30%, 89%

HSV139, 7%, 93%

CMYK7%, 0%, 5%, 7%

Lab91.97, -7.29, 3.5

XYZ73.1, 80.64, 82.95

Decimal14478561

Web safe#ccffcc

Pantone566 C

Shades of honeydew

#c0ddc9 #a5ceb2 #89bf9a #6eb082 #569e6c #478259 #386746 #294b33 #1a2f21 #0b140e

Tints of honeydew

#deede3 #e1efe5 #e3f0e7 #e5f1e9 #e8f2eb #eaf4ed #ecf5ef #eff6f1 #f1f7f3 #f3f9f5

Colors that go with honeydew

Complementary#ecdce7 Analogous#dfecdc Analogous#dcece9 Triadic#e1dcec Triadic#ece1dc Split complementary#e9dcec Split complementary#ecdcdf

Honeydew in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 7, 0, 5, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcece1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 0 5 7

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 9 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Honeydew in css

Copy #dcece1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcece1; }
.text { color: #dcece1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcece1; }

How honeydew looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Honeydew and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dcece1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcece1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Honeydew on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dcece1 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around honeydew? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn honeydew into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dcece1 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from honeydew, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #dcece1 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.