#CEE1C8Endive (#CEE1C8) is a very light, muted green with an OKLCH hue of 138°, lightness 0.89 and chroma 0.039. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #CEE1C8 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(206, 225, 200) |
| HSL | hsl(106, 29%, 83%) |
| HSV | hsv(106, 11%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8%, 0%, 11%, 12%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(87.6 -10.9 10.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.889 0.039 138) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Endive shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#d8dbba — ΔE 2.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow#d6e2c4 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow-green#cee1c8 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#cee2cb — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward blue-greenTest Endive in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.38:1 and against black 15.23:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#e6f8e0 · #cee1c8 · #98a892 · #73826f · #515d4d · #313b2e
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#cee1c8 · #bfcf9b · #b9b784 · #b1a072 · #a68a64 · #98755a
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#cee1c8 · #a0c2bf · #88a57e · #408b87 · #4f6847 · #294c4a
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#cee1c8 · #b0bbad · #9f7da9 · #4a5b44 · #2e3c29 · #162014
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#cee1c8 · #c0bbc2 · #80877e · #524e53 · #1c221a · #010102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#cee1c8 · #97a094 · #3a4536 · #1d2819 · #010600 · #98d982
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#cee1c8 · #97a094 · #3a4536 · #1d2819 · #010600 · #f4b84d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cee1c8 · #c4b9c7 · #94799c · #61426a · #2d1534 · #000200
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cee1c8 · #c4b9c7 · #827fa7 · #6e3e57 · #201a3d · #040002
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#cee1c8 · #b5becc · #6e86a9 · #733e40 · #391114 · #000007
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#cee1c8 · #afc1c9 · #5d8ca1 · #61426a · #381501 · #030004
#D4E5CF · #DAE8D5 · #E0ECDC · #E6F0E2 · #ECF3E9
#A7B8A1 · #81907C · #5D6A59 · #3C4739 · #1D261B
#D1E0CC · #D3DED0 · #D6DDD4
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.