Honeydew color (#F0FFF0)
Honeydew is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword honeydew
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #F0FFF0, which is rgb(240, 255, 240) in RGB.
It is a very light, muted color with a hue angle of 120° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 99% in OKLCH. On a honeydew background, black text gives the higher contrast at 20.26:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Honeydew color codes
| CSS name | honeydew |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #F0FFF0 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #F0FFF0FF |
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| RGB | rgb(240, 255, 240) |
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| HSL | hsl(120, 100%, 97%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(120, 6%, 100%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(98.5% 0.0252 145.4) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 0%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for honeydew used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of honeydew
Tints mix honeydew with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with honeydew
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Honeydew with color blindness
Approximately how honeydew appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using honeydew in CSS
.element {
color: honeydew;
background-color: #f0fff0;
border-color: rgb(240 255 240 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(98.5% 0.0252 145.4);
}Similar named colors
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