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#0dfdae

a balanced, electric cyan · cool · closest name: Medium Spring Green

RGB
13, 253, 174
HSL
160°, 98%, 52%
CMYK
95, 0, 31, 1
Luminance
0.7339

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #0dfdae is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#0dfdae
Hue
160°
cyan
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
52%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7339
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
79/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.68:1
Closest name
Medium Spring Green
ΔE2000 3.1
Where it sits
Hue160° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness52%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool79% 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#0dfdae
RGBrgb(13, 253, 174)
HSLhsl(160, 98%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(95%, 0%, 31%, 1%)
LABlab(88.6 -67.4 24.1)
LCHlch(88.6 71.6 160.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.879 0.193 161.5)
Decimal916910
Display P3color(display-p3 0.051 0.992 0.682)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #0dfdae;
background-color: #0dfdae;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#0dfdae] bg-[#0dfdae]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #0dfdae;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.051, green: 0.992, blue: 0.682)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#0dfdae")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF0DFDAE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(174, 253, 13)

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 #0dfdae · 15.68:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.34:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.68:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #0dfdae as text scores 1.34:1 on white and 15.68:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#0dfdae on white: 1.34:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#0dfdae on black: 15.68:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #F9E9A9
deuteranopia · #E1D7B3
tritanopia · #00FCE8

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #0dfdae is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FEF9
#E3FCF4
#C1FBE8
#90FEDA
#58FEC7
#0dfdae
#02F3A4
#02CA88
#01A26D
#067550
#044932
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F1FEF9Darkest = 950 · #044932
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FEF9;
  --brand-100: #E3FCF4;
  --brand-200: #C1FBE8;
  --brand-300: #90FEDA;
  --brand-400: #58FEC7;
  --brand-500: #0dfdae;
  --brand-600: #02F3A4;
  --brand-700: #02CA88;
  --brand-800: #01A26D;
  --brand-900: #067550;
  --brand-950: #044932;
  --brand: #0dfdae;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #0dfdae

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#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDDE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B81
Captions on the surface
Accent#FF0B98
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#017E55
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FFF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241F
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 #0dfdae

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
  • 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
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • 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#FD0D5C
Analogous left#0DFD36
Analogous right#0DD4FD
Split-complement 1#FD0DD4
Split-complement 2#FD360D
Triadic 1#AE0DFD
Triadic 2#FDAE0D
Tetradic#360DFD

RGB percentages

Red5.1%
Green99.2%
Blue68.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan94.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow31.2%
Key (black)0.8%

Color previews

#0dfdae text on a black background

contrast 15.68:1

Card sample

#0dfdae text on a white background

contrast 1.34:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #0dfdae;
Background color
Panel with #0dfdae background
background-color: #0dfdae;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #0dfdae;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(13, 253, 174, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(13, 253, 174, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #0dfdae;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0dfdae, #0DACFD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #0dfdae

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.

#0dfdae in the real world

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

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

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

#0dfdae, answered

What color is #0dfdae?

#0dfdae is a balanced electric cyan, closest to Medium Spring Green (ΔE2000 3.1). It sits at 160° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 52% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #0dfdae?

rgb(13, 253, 174) — 13 red, 253 green and 174 blue out of 255, or 5.1% / 99.2% / 68.2% by channel.

Is #0dfdae a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7339 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 15.68:1.

Should I use black or white text on #0dfdae?

Black. It scores 15.68:1 against #0dfdae, versus 1.34:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #0dfdae?

#FD0D5C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FD0DD4 and #FD360D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #0dfdae?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDDE for borders, #4B9B81 for secondary text, #FF0B98 as an accent and #017E55 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #0DFD36 and #0DD4FD stays calm, while #FD0D5C is the loudest partner.

What is #0dfdae in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(95%, 0%, 31%, 1%). 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 #0dfdae warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 79 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #0DFD56; nudged cooler, #0BF6FF.

Work with #0dfdae in the Color Lab