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#04df6c

a dark, electric green · cool · closest name: Spring Green

RGB
4, 223, 108
HSL
149°, 97%, 45%
CMYK
98, 0, 52, 13
Luminance
0.5388

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #04df6c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#04df6c
Hue
149°
green
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
45%
dark
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
69%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5388
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
74/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
11.78:1
Closest name
Spring Green
ΔE2000 6.9
Where it sits
Hue149° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness45%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool74% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#04df6c
RGBrgb(4, 223, 108)
HSLhsl(149, 97%, 45%)
CMYKcmyk(98%, 0%, 52%, 13%)
LABlab(78.4 -69.7 43.5)
LCHlch(78.4 82.2 148.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.790 0.214 150.6)
Decimal319340
Display P3color(display-p3 0.016 0.875 0.424)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #04df6c;
background-color: #04df6c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#04df6c] bg-[#04df6c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #04df6c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.016, green: 0.875, blue: 0.424)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#04df6c")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF04DF6C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(108, 223, 4)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #04df6c · 11.78:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.78:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.78:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #04df6c as text scores 1.78:1 on white and 11.78:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#04df6c on white: 1.78:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#04df6c on black: 11.78:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #E0CB62
deuteranopia · #CCBC75
tritanopia · #00DBC5

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #04df6c is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FDF7
#E4FCEF
#C1FBDC
#91FDC4
#5AFCA7
#23FB89
#04df6c
#04C861
#03A04E
#07743A
#044825
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F1FDF7Darkest = 950 · #044825
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FDF7;
  --brand-100: #E4FCEF;
  --brand-200: #C1FBDC;
  --brand-300: #91FDC4;
  --brand-400: #5AFCA7;
  --brand-500: #23FB89;
  --brand-600: #04df6c;
  --brand-700: #04C861;
  --brand-800: #03A04E;
  --brand-900: #07743A;
  --brand-950: #044825;
  --brand: #04df6c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #04df6c

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDD5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B71
Captions on the surface
Accent#E300B0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#027D3D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FFF2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241C
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #04df6c

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#DF0477
Analogous left#09DF04
Analogous right#04DFDA
Split-complement 1#DA04DF
Split-complement 2#DF0409
Triadic 1#6C04DF
Triadic 2#DF6C04
Tetradic#0409DF

RGB percentages

Red1.6%
Green87.5%
Blue42.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan98.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow51.6%
Key (black)12.5%

Color previews

#04df6c text on a black background

contrast 11.78:1

Card sample

#04df6c text on a white background

contrast 1.78:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #04df6c;
Background color
Panel with #04df6c background
background-color: #04df6c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #04df6c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(4, 223, 108, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(4, 223, 108, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #04df6c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #04df6c, #04C0DF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #04df6c

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#04df6c in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#04df6c, answered

What color is #04df6c?

#04df6c is a dark electric green, closest to Spring Green (ΔE2000 6.9). It sits at 149° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 45% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #04df6c?

rgb(4, 223, 108) — 4 red, 223 green and 108 blue out of 255, or 1.6% / 87.5% / 42.4% by channel.

Is #04df6c a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5388 and perceived brightness is 69%, so black text on it reaches 11.78:1.

Should I use black or white text on #04df6c?

Black. It scores 11.78:1 against #04df6c, versus 1.78:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #04df6c?

#DF0477 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DA04DF and #DF0409, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #04df6c?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C0EDD5 for borders, #4B9B71 for secondary text, #E300B0 as an accent and #027D3D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #09DF04 and #04DFDA stays calm, while #DF0477 is the loudest partner.

What is #04df6c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(98%, 0%, 52%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #04df6c warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 74 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #04DF1C; nudged cooler, #02E1BE.

Work with #04df6c in the Color Lab