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#4ffeb6

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

RGB
79, 254, 182
HSL
155°, 99%, 65%
CMYK
69, 0, 28, 0
Luminance
0.7592

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #4ffeb6 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#4ffeb6
Hue
155°
green
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
65%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
82%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7592
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
77/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.18:1
Closest name
Medium Spring Green
ΔE2000 4.4
Where it sits
Hue155° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness65%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool77% 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#4ffeb6
RGBrgb(79, 254, 182)
HSLhsl(155, 99%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 0%, 28%, 0%)
LABlab(89.8 -60.4 21.8)
LCHlch(89.8 64.3 160.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.891 0.174 161.4)
Decimal5242550
Display P3color(display-p3 0.310 0.996 0.714)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #4ffeb6;
background-color: #4ffeb6;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#4ffeb6] bg-[#4ffeb6]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #4ffeb6;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.310, green: 0.996, blue: 0.714)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#4ffeb6")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF4FFEB6)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(182, 254, 79)

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 #4ffeb6 · 16.18:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.30:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.18:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #4ffeb6 as text scores 1.30:1 on white and 16.18:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#4ffeb6 on white: 1.30:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#4ffeb6 on black: 16.18:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #FAEBB2
deuteranopia · #E4DBBB
tritanopia · #00FDEB

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #4ffeb6 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FEF8
#E3FCF2
#C0FBE3
#8FFED1
#4ffeb6
#20FEA2
#01F390
#01CB78
#01A260
#067547
#03492C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F1FEF8Darkest = 950 · #03492C
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FEF8;
  --brand-100: #E3FCF2;
  --brand-200: #C0FBE3;
  --brand-300: #8FFED1;
  --brand-400: #4ffeb6;
  --brand-500: #20FEA2;
  --brand-600: #01F390;
  --brand-700: #01CB78;
  --brand-800: #01A260;
  --brand-900: #067547;
  --brand-950: #03492C;
  --brand: #4ffeb6;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #4ffeb6

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#C0EDDA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B7A
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC0087
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#017F4B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FFF4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241E
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 #4ffeb6

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
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • 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
  • White 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#FE4F97
Analogous left#4FFE5E
Analogous right#4FEFFE
Split-complement 1#FE4FEF
Split-complement 2#FE5E4F
Triadic 1#B64FFE
Triadic 2#FEB64F
Tetradic#5E4FFE

RGB percentages

Red31.0%
Green99.6%
Blue71.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan68.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow28.3%
Key (black)0.4%

Color previews

#4ffeb6 text on a black background

contrast 16.18:1

Card sample

#4ffeb6 text on a white background

contrast 1.30:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #4ffeb6;
Background color
Panel with #4ffeb6 background
background-color: #4ffeb6;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #4ffeb6;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(79, 254, 182, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(79, 254, 182, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #4ffeb6;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ffeb6, #4FD1FE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #4ffeb6

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.

#4ffeb6 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
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

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

#4ffeb6, answered

What color is #4ffeb6?

#4ffeb6 is a light electric green, closest to Medium Spring Green (ΔE2000 4.4). It sits at 155° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 65% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #4ffeb6?

rgb(79, 254, 182) — 79 red, 254 green and 182 blue out of 255, or 31% / 99.6% / 71.4% by channel.

Is #4ffeb6 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7592 and perceived brightness is 82%, so black text on it reaches 16.18:1.

Should I use black or white text on #4ffeb6?

Black. It scores 16.18:1 against #4ffeb6, versus 1.30:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #4ffeb6?

#FE4F97 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FE4FEF and #FE5E4F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #4ffeb6?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDDA for borders, #4B9B7A for secondary text, #CC0087 as an accent and #017F4B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #4FFE5E and #4FEFFE stays calm, while #FE4F97 is the loudest partner.

What is #4ffeb6 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(69%, 0%, 28%, 0%). 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 #4ffeb6 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 77 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #4FFE76; nudged cooler, #4EFFF7.

Work with #4ffeb6 in the Color Lab