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#1dd18b

a balanced, electric green · cool · closest name: Medium Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Atlas Moss

RGB
29, 209, 139
HSL
157°, 76%, 47%
CMYK
86, 0, 34, 18
Luminance
0.4773

#1dd18b is a balanced electric green, 157° on the wheel and 78/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.55:1). As text it scores 1.99:1 on white — use #128559 instead. Nearest name is Medium Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(157 76% 47%)rgb(29 209 139)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #1dd18b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#1dd18b
Hue
157°
green
Saturation
76%
electric
Lightness
47%
balanced
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
66%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4773
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
78/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
10.55:1
Closest name
Medium Sea Green
ΔE2000 8
Chroma
62.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.761
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 6.5
Web-safe
#33CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue157° of 360°
Saturation76%
Lightness47%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #1dd18b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool78% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red1%
Green96%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#1dd18b
HEX (8-digit)#1dd18bff
RGBrgb(29, 209, 139)
RGBArgba(29, 209, 139, 1)
HSLhsl(157, 76%, 47%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157, 86%, 82%)
HWBhwb(157 11% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(86%, 0%, 34%, 18%)
LABlab(74.7 -58.2 23.1)
LCHlch(74.7 62.6 158.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.761 0.168 159.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(27.96, 47.72, 32.16)
Decimal1954187
Display P3color(display-p3 0.114 0.820 0.545)
Web-safe#33CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #1dd18b;
background-color: #1dd18b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #1dd18b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#1dd18b] bg-[#1dd18b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #1dd18b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.114, green: 0.820, blue: 0.545)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.114, green: 0.820, blue: 0.545, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#1DD18B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF1DD18B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF1DD18B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(139, 209, 29)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(29, 209, 139)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(29, 209, 139)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 29, 209, 139)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1137f, 0.8196f, 0.5451f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{29,209,139}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #1dd18b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #1dd18b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#10704B, #D3EEE3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #1dd18b h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3FCF8;
  --brand-100: #E7F9F2;
  --brand-200: #C8F4E3;
  --brand-300: #9CF1D0;
  --brand-400: #6BEAB9;
  --brand-500: #3AE4A2;
  --brand-600: #1dd18b;
  --brand-700: #19B377;
  --brand-800: #148F5F;
  --brand-900: #136847;
  --brand-950: #0C412C;
  --brand: #1dd18b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C0EDDB;
  --brand-hover: #19B276;
  --brand-pressed: #149261;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241E;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCF8',
        100: '#E7F9F2',
        200: '#C8F4E3',
        300: '#9CF1D0',
        400: '#6BEAB9',
        500: '#3AE4A2',
        600: '#1dd18b',
        700: '#19B377',
        800: '#148F5F',
        900: '#136847',
        950: '#0C412C',
        DEFAULT: '#1dd18b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCF8,
  '100': #E7F9F2,
  '200': #C8F4E3,
  '300': #9CF1D0,
  '400': #6BEAB9,
  '500': #3AE4A2,
  '600': #1dd18b,
  '700': #19B377,
  '800': #148F5F,
  '900': #136847,
  '950': #0C412C,
);
$brand-base: #1dd18b;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCF8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7F9F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C8F4E3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9CF1D0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6BEAB9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3AE4A2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1dd18b", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#19B377", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#148F5F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#136847", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0C412C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

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 #1dd18b · 10.55:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.99:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.55:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #1dd18b as text scores 1.99:1 on white and 10.55:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #10704B at 3.06:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#128559 · 4.64:1
AA on white−17% L
#128559
The quick fox
#0E6141 · 7.49:1
AAA on white−25% L
#0E6141
The quick fox
#1dd18b · 10.55:1
AA on blackalready passes
#1dd18b
The quick fox
#1dd18b · 10.55:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#1dd18b

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #17A970 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#1dd18b on white: 1.99:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#1dd18b on black: 10.55:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #1dd18b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #1dd18b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.99:1AaAa
Slate 501.90:1AaAa
Slate 1001.82:1AaAa
Slate 2001.62:1AaAa
Slate 3001.34:1AaAa
Slate 4001.29:1AaAa
Slate 5002.39:1AaAa
Slate 6003.81:1AaAa
Slate 7005.20:1AaAa
Slate 8007.35:1AaAa
Slate 9008.96:1AaAa
Black10.55:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CEC087
deuteranopia · #BBB290
tritanopia · #00D0BF

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #1dd18b 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.

#F3FCF8
#E7F9F2
#C8F4E3
#9CF1D0
#6BEAB9
#3AE4A2
#1dd18b
#19B377
#148F5F
#136847
#0C412C
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F3FCF8Darkest = 950 · #0C412CText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.042 159.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.067 159.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.101 159.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.131 159.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.155 159.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.168 159.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.168 159.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.158 159.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.141 159.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.118 159.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.092 159.7);
}

Colors that work with #1dd18b

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#C0EDDB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B7C
Captions on the surface
Accent#D61891
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#10704B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9FCF4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241E
Dark-mode background
Hover#19B276
One step down in lightness
Pressed#149261
Two steps down
Disabled#9EC1B3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#16ED99
Offset from the fill so it reads
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

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #1dd18b

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
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #10704B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #17A970

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight53/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

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#D11D63
Analogous left#1DD131
Analogous right#1DBDD1
Split-complement 1#D11DBD
Split-complement 2#D1311D
Triadic 1#8B1DD1
Triadic 2#D18B1D
Tetradic#311DD1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°157°

#1dd18b sits at 157°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red11.4%
Green82.0%
Blue54.5%
R · 0–255
29
0x1d
G · 0–255
209
0xd1
B · 0–255
139
0x8b

CMYK percentages

Cyan86.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow33.5%
Key (black)18.0%

Total ink coverage is 138%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#1dd18b text on a black background

contrast 10.55:1

Card sample

#1dd18b text on a white background

contrast 1.99:1

Card sample

#1dd18b on grey

1.82:1

#1dd18b on its own surface

1.88:1

#1dd18b on its dark surface

8.11:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #1dd18b;
Background color
Panel with #1dd18b background
background-color: #1dd18b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #1dd18b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(29, 209, 139, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(29, 209, 139, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #1dd18b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1dd18b, #1D9FD1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1dd18b, #1D72D1);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #1dd18b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #1dd18b;
caret-color: #1dd18b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #1dd18b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9FCF4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #1dd18b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#1dd18b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #1dd18b over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(29, 209, 139, 0.5)
rgb(29 209 139 / 50%)
#1dd18b80
hsl(157 76% 47% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #1dd18b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#1dd18b1a#E8FAF3
20%#1dd18b33#D2F6E8
40%#1dd18b66#A5EDD1
60%#1dd18b99#77E3B9
80%#1dd18bcc#4ADAA2

Gradients from #1dd18b

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46E5A7, #1dd18b 45%, #10704B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #1dd18b, #197DB6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1dd18b, #D11D63);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #61E9B4 0%, #1dd18b 45%, #10704B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #3DE442 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #2BBEE2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #10704B 0%, transparent 65%), #1dd18b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #1dd18b

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

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.

#1dd18b 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.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 10.55:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#1dd18b, answered

What color is #1dd18b?

#1dd18b is a balanced electric green, closest to Medium Sea Green (ΔE2000 8). It sits at 157° on the hue wheel with 76% saturation and 47% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #1dd18b?

rgb(29, 209, 139) — 29 red, 209 green and 139 blue out of 255, or 11.4% / 82% / 54.5% by channel.

What is #1dd18b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(157, 76%, 47%) and hsv(157, 86%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #1dd18b a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4773 and perceived brightness is 66%, so black text on it reaches 10.55:1.

Should I use black or white text on #1dd18b?

Black. It scores 10.55:1 against #1dd18b, versus 1.99:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #1dd18b accessible on a white background?

#1dd18b on white scores 1.99:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #128559 to reach 4.5:1, or #0E6141 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #1dd18b?

#D11D63 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D11DBD and #D1311D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #1dd18b?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDDB for borders, #4B9B7C for secondary text, #D61891 as an accent and #10704B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #1DD131 and #1DBDD1 stays calm, while #D11D63 is the loudest partner.

What is #1dd18b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(86%, 0%, 34%, 18%). 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 #1dd18b warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 78 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #1DD149; nudged cooler, #1BD3CF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #1dd18b?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 6.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #1dd18b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #1dd18b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#1dd18b] or text-[#1dd18b], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #1dd18b with 50% opacity?

rgba(29, 209, 139, 0.5), or #1dd18b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #8EE8C5; over black, #0F6946.

Is #1dd18b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CC99, ΔE2000 4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #1dd18b mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #1dd18b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #46E5A7, #1dd18b 45%, #10704B). For more colour, a short hue run to #197DB6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #1dd18b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #1dd18b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.