What is the hex code for Honeydew?

Honeydew is #f0fff0. In CSS the keyword honeydew, the hex #f0fff0, rgb(240, 255, 240) and hsl(120, 100%, 97%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Honeydew on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #fff0ff, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Honeydew for text?

Honeydew as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.04:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 20.27:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

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Honeydew color: hex #f0fff0, RGB and HSL

Honeydew is the CSS keyword honeydew, hex #f0fff0, rgb(240, 255, 240), hsl(120, 100%, 97%). It is a very light, fully saturated green in the whites family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: honeydew
Hex: #f0fff0
RGB: rgb(240, 255, 240)
HSL: hsl(120, 100%, 97%)
On white: 1.04:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 20.27:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: honeydew;          /* keyword */
  color: #f0fff0;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(240, 255, 240); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(120, 100%, 97%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with honeydew

Each match keeps honeydew's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside honeydew as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#fff0ff

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#f8f0ff

#fff0f8

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#f0f0ff

#fff0f0

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#f8fff0

#f0fff8

Tints and shades of honeydew

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as honeydew — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#f3fff3

#f5fff5

#f8fff8

#fafffa

#fdfffd

Shades (darker)

#9eff9e

#4bff4b

#00f800

#00a500

#005200

A UI color palette built from honeydew

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from honeydew as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #f0fff0
secondary: #f8f0ff
accent: #fff0f8
background: #fcfdfc
surface: #f3f7f3
text: #112211
muted: #568f56
border: #dfecdf

Dark mode

primary: #f0fff0
secondary: #f8f0ff
accent: #fff0f8
background: #0e1b0e
surface: #152815
text: #f3f6f3
muted: #94b894
border: #274927

Open honeydew in the palette generator

Using honeydew in an interface

The near-whites are page backgrounds. A canvas at ivory or alice blue instead of pure white is the difference between a page that feels designed and one that feels blank — and it is exactly what a tinted `background` role does in a semantic palette. Whichever role honeydew takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Honeydew?: Honeydew is #f0fff0. In CSS the keyword honeydew, the hex #f0fff0, rgb(240, 255, 240) and hsl(120, 100%, 97%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Honeydew?: Its complement is #fff0ff, the split-complementary pair is #f8f0ff and #fff0f8, the triadic partners are #f0f0ff and #fff0f0, and the analogous neighbors are #f8fff0 and #f0fff8. In an interface, use Honeydew for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Honeydew on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #fff0ff, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Honeydew for text?: Honeydew as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.04:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 20.27:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.