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#45eb83

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Basil

RGB
69, 235, 131
HSL
142°, 81%, 60%
CMYK
71, 0, 44, 8
Luminance
0.6232

#45eb83 is a balanced electric green, 142° on the wheel and 72/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.46:1). As text it scores 1.56:1 on white — use #0F883C instead. Nearest name is Medium Spring Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(142 81% 60%)rgb(69 235 131)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #45eb83 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#45eb83
Hue
142°
green
Saturation
81%
electric
Lightness
60%
balanced
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
74%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6232
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
72/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
13.46:1
Closest name
Medium Spring Green
ΔE2000 4.3
Chroma
75.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.832
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 9.3
Web-safe
#33FF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue142° of 360°
Saturation81%
Lightness60%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #45eb83.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool72% 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
Red2%
Green95%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#45eb83
HEX (8-digit)#45eb83ff
RGBrgb(69, 235, 131)
RGBArgba(69, 235, 131, 1)
HSLhsl(142, 81%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(142, 71%, 92%)
HWBhwb(142 27% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 44%, 8%)
LABlab(83.1 -64.5 38.4)
LCHlch(83.1 75.0 149.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.832 0.198 151.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.26, 62.32, 31.59)
Decimal4582275
Display P3color(display-p3 0.271 0.922 0.514)
Web-safe#33FF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #45eb83;
background-color: #45eb83;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #45eb83;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#45eb83] bg-[#45eb83]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #45eb83;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.271, green: 0.922, blue: 0.514)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.271, green: 0.922, blue: 0.514, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#45EB83</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF45EB83)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF45EB83)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(131, 235, 69)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(69, 235, 131)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(69, 235, 131)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 69, 235, 131)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2706f, 0.9216f, 0.5137f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{69,235,131}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #45eb83 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #45eb83 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#0C7333, #D3EEDD);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #45eb83 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: #F3FCF6;
  --brand-100: #E6F9ED;
  --brand-200: #C6F5D8;
  --brand-300: #9AF4BB;
  --brand-400: #67EF9A;
  --brand-500: #45eb83;
  --brand-600: #18DD61;
  --brand-700: #14B851;
  --brand-800: #109341;
  --brand-900: #106B32;
  --brand-950: #0A431F;
  --brand: #45eb83;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C0EDD1;
  --brand-hover: #25E86D;
  --brand-pressed: #17D25D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241A;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDD;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCF6',
        100: '#E6F9ED',
        200: '#C6F5D8',
        300: '#9AF4BB',
        400: '#67EF9A',
        500: '#45eb83',
        600: '#18DD61',
        700: '#14B851',
        800: '#109341',
        900: '#106B32',
        950: '#0A431F',
        DEFAULT: '#45eb83',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCF6,
  '100': #E6F9ED,
  '200': #C6F5D8,
  '300': #9AF4BB,
  '400': #67EF9A,
  '500': #45eb83,
  '600': #18DD61,
  '700': #14B851,
  '800': #109341,
  '900': #106B32,
  '950': #0A431F,
);
$brand-base: #45eb83;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E6F9ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C6F5D8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9AF4BB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#67EF9A", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#45eb83", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#18DD61", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#14B851", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#109341", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#106B32", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0A431F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #45eb83 · 13.46:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.56:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.46:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #45eb83 as text scores 1.56:1 on white and 13.46:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #0C7333 at 3.83:1.

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
#0F883C · 4.56:1
AA on white−30% L
#0F883C
The quick fox
#0B632C · 7.41:1
AAA on white−38% L
#0B632C
The quick fox
#45eb83 · 13.46:1
AA on blackalready passes
#45eb83
The quick fox
#45eb83 · 13.46:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#45eb83

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #12A94A 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
#45eb83 on white: 1.56:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#45eb83 on black: 13.46:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #45eb83 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #45eb83.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.56:1AaAa
Slate 501.49:1AaAa
Slate 1001.42:1AaAa
Slate 2001.27:1AaAa
Slate 3001.05:1AaAa
Slate 4001.64:1AaAa
Slate 5003.05:1AaAa
Slate 6004.86:1AaAa
Slate 7006.64:1AaAa
Slate 8009.38:1AaAa
Slate 90011.45:1AaAa
Black13.46:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #ECD77B
deuteranopia · #D8C98A
tritanopia · #00E7D2

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. #45eb83 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.

#F3FCF6
#E6F9ED
#C6F5D8
#9AF4BB
#67EF9A
#45eb83
#18DD61
#14B851
#109341
#106B32
#0A431F
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F3FCF6Darkest = 950 · #0A431FText 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 0.049 151.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.079 151.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.119 151.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.154 151.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.182 151.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.198 151.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.198 151.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.186 151.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.166 151.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.138 151.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.109 151.4);
}

Colors that work with #45eb83

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#C0EDD1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B69
Captions on the surface
Accent#EF41DA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0C7333
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E8FDF0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241A
Dark-mode background
Hover#25E86D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#17D25D
Two steps down
Disabled#C6DACD
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#4EF68D
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 #45eb83

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 #0C7333
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #12A94A

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
  • Weight40/100
  • 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#EB45AD
Analogous left#5AEB45
Analogous right#45EBD6
Split-complement 1#D645EB
Split-complement 2#EB455A
Triadic 1#8345EB
Triadic 2#EB8345
Tetradic#455AEB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°142°

#45eb83 sits at 142°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red27.1%
Green92.2%
Blue51.4%
R · 0–255
69
0x45
G · 0–255
235
0xeb
B · 0–255
131
0x83

CMYK percentages

Cyan70.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow44.3%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 123%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#45eb83 text on a black background

contrast 13.46:1

Card sample

#45eb83 text on a white background

contrast 1.56:1

Card sample

#45eb83 on grey

1.42:1

#45eb83 on its own surface

1.48:1

#45eb83 on its dark surface

10.38:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #45eb83;
Background color
Panel with #45eb83 background
background-color: #45eb83;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #45eb83;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(69, 235, 131, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(69, 235, 131, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #45eb83;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #45eb83, #45E4EB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #45eb83, #45BBEB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #45eb83;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #45eb83;
caret-color: #45eb83;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #45eb83;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E8FDF0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #45eb83;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#45eb83 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #45eb83 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(69, 235, 131, 0.5)
rgb(69 235 131 / 50%)
#45eb8380
hsl(142 81% 60% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #45eb83 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#45eb831a#ECFDF3
20%#45eb8333#DAFBE6
40%#45eb8366#B5F7CD
60%#45eb8399#8FF3B5
80%#45eb83cc#6AEF9C

Gradients from #45eb83

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, #7CF1A8, #45eb83 45%, #0C7333);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #45eb83, #29D1E8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #45eb83, #EB45AD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #98F4BA 0%, #45eb83 45%, #0C7333 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #8DF073 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #61EEE8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #0C7333 0%, transparent 65%), #45eb83;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #45eb83

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.

#45eb83 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 13.46:1.

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.

#45eb83, answered

What color is #45eb83?

#45eb83 is a balanced electric green, closest to Medium Spring Green (ΔE2000 4.3). It sits at 142° on the hue wheel with 81% saturation and 60% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #45eb83?

rgb(69, 235, 131) — 69 red, 235 green and 131 blue out of 255, or 27.1% / 92.2% / 51.4% by channel.

What is #45eb83 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(142, 81%, 60%) and hsv(142, 71%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #45eb83 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6232 and perceived brightness is 74%, so black text on it reaches 13.46:1.

Should I use black or white text on #45eb83?

Black. It scores 13.46:1 against #45eb83, versus 1.56:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #45eb83 accessible on a white background?

#45eb83 on white scores 1.56:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #0F883C to reach 4.5:1, or #0B632C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #45eb83?

#EB45AD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D645EB and #EB455A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #45eb83?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C0EDD1 for borders, #4B9B69 for secondary text, #EF41DA as an accent and #0C7333 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #5AEB45 and #45EBD6 stays calm, while #EB45AD is the loudest partner.

What is #45eb83 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(71%, 0%, 44%, 8%). 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 #45eb83 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 72 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #45EB46; nudged cooler, #43EDC1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #45eb83?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 9.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #45eb83 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #45eb83 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#45eb83] or text-[#45eb83], 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 #45eb83 with 50% opacity?

rgba(69, 235, 131, 0.5), or #45eb8380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A2F5C1; over black, #237642.

Is #45eb83 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33FF99, ΔE2000 4.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #45eb83 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 #45eb83?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #7CF1A8, #45eb83 45%, #0C7333). For more colour, a short hue run to #29D1E8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #45eb83 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #45eb83 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.