Tea Green Color
Tea Green is a green color with hex code #BDF8A3. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with tea green, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Tea Green Color Values
What Does Tea Green Mean?
Tea Green belongs to the green family of colors. Green asks less of the eye than any other family, which is why long reading sessions feel easier on green-tinted backgrounds. The associations run to nature, health, and money, and compared with most hues they hold remarkably steady across cultures. As a lighter shade, Tea Green reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Tea Green is classified as a green (nearest centroid: brilliant yellowish green, #83D37D). It is also known as Reindeer Moss.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Tea Green
Tea Green and #DFA5F8 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #E8F8A5 and #A5F8B6, which sit beside tea green on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair tea green with triadic partners #A5BEF8 and #F8A5BE. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Washed Out Green —
#BCF5A6(Delta E 3) - Light Light Green —
#C8FFB0(Delta E 4) - Reef —
#C9FFA2(Delta E 5) - Light Pastel Green —
#B2FBA5(Delta E 5) - Pale Green —
#C7FDB5(Delta E 7)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #BDF8A3; }
.background { background-color: #BDF8A3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #BDF8A3; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #BDF8A340; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for tea green?
Tea Green has the hex code #BDF8A3. In RGB notation it is rgb(189, 248, 163), in HSL it is hsl(102, 86%, 81%), and its OKLCH value is 0.919, 0.127, 136.5.
What does the color tea green mean?
Green-family colors like tea green carry distinct psychological associations. Tea Green belongs to the green family of colors. Green asks less of the eye than any other family, which is why long reading sessions feel easier on green-tinted backgrounds. The associations run to nature, health, and money, and compared with most hues they hold remarkably steady across cultures. As a lighter shade, Tea Green reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with tea green?
Tea Green has three easy routes: its complement #DFA5F8 for punch, its neighbors #E8F8A5 and #A5F8B6 for something calmer, or triadic partners #A5BEF8 and #F8A5BE when you want energy.
Is tea green a standard web color?
No — Tea Green is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #BDF8A3 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make tea green lighter or darker?
To lighten tea green, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F5FEF1 (lightest tint) to #174205 (darkest shade).
About Tea Green
Tea Green is classified as a Green in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Green hue family. It has alternative names including Reindeer Moss. The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #BDF8A3 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.