A greenish white, black text passes AA
What color is honeydew?
honeydew is a greenish white: #f0fff0 in hex, rgb(240 255 240). Black text on it reaches 20.27:1, passing WCAG AAA. Recolor (recolor.page) shows it on a real page below.
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| Format | Value |
|---|---|
| Keyword | honeydew |
| Hex | #f0fff0 |
| RGB | rgb(240 255 240) |
| HSL | hsl(120 100% 97%) |
| OKLCH | oklch(98.5% 0.025 145.4) |
| Nearest Tailwind color | green-50 #f0fdf4, 0.009 away in OKLab |
| White text | 1.04:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails |
| Black text | 20.27:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes |
About honeydew
A greenish white is the plain description of honeydew: OKLCH lightness 98.5%, chroma 0.025, hue 145.4 degrees.
HSL and OKLCH agree on how light it is, 97% and 98.5%. Its nearest CSS named color, mintcream (#f5fffa), is 0.016 away in OKLab, too close to tell apart by eye.
Black text on honeydew measures 20.27:1, past the 7:1 of WCAG AAA, while white text manages only 1.04:1. In the hue-sorted table of named colors it sits between floralwhite and ghostwhite.
In Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 the nearest default color is green-50 (#f0fdf4), 0.009 away in OKLab; for the exact color, an arbitrary value such as bg-[#f0fff0] works.
Tints and shades
- #fdfffd
- #fafffa
- #f8fff8
- #f5fff5
- #f3fff3
- #f0fff0
- #bcc8bc
- #8b948b
- #5d635d
- #323632
- #0d0f0d
From light to dark: 5 toward white and 5 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.
A palette around it
- #f0fff0
- #635886
- #c1acc3
- #332230
- #a47787
Recolor's generator, with honeydew locked as swatch 1 and the seed taken from its hex, drew an analogous palette, hues next to each other on the wheel: #635886, #c1acc3, #332230, #a47787. Open it in Recolor.
Using honeydew
As a text color, honeydew on a black page gives the same 20.27:1.
.notice {
background-color: honeydew; /* #f0fff0 */
color: black; /* 20.27:1 */
}Common questions
Does white text pass WCAG AA on honeydew?
No. White text measures 1.04:1 on honeydew, under AA's 4.5:1; black text measures 20.27:1 and passes.
Can honeydew be written in OKLCH?
Yes: oklch(98.5% 0.025 145.4), computed from #f0fff0. A named color is an sRGB color, so its OKLCH value converts back to the same hex.
Is there a named color close to honeydew?
Yes: mintcream (#f5fffa) is the nearest, 0.016 away in OKLab, then ivory at 0.019.