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#5eb569

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

Token name suggestion: Studio Moss

RGB
94, 181, 105
HSL
128°, 37%, 54%
CMYK
48, 0, 42, 29
Luminance
0.3645

#5eb569 is a balanced soft green, 128° on the wheel and 66/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.29:1). As text it scores 2.53:1 on white — use #3D8446 instead. Nearest name is Medium Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(128 37% 54%)rgb(94 181 105)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #5eb569 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#5eb569
Hue
128°
green
Saturation
37%
soft
Lightness
54%
balanced
Brightness
71%
HSV value
Perceived
60%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3645
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
66/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.29:1
Closest name
Medium Sea Green
ΔE2000 4.3
Chroma
52.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.700
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 6.3
Web-safe
#66CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue128° of 360°
Saturation37%
Lightness54%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #5eb569.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool66% 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
Red7%
Green91%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#5eb569
HEX (8-digit)#5eb569ff
RGBrgb(94, 181, 105)
RGBArgba(94, 181, 105, 1)
HSLhsl(128, 37%, 54%)
HSV / HSBhsv(128, 48%, 71%)
HWBhwb(128 37% 29%)
CMYKcmyk(48%, 0%, 42%, 29%)
LABlab(66.9 -42.5 30.8)
LCHlch(66.9 52.5 144.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.700 0.138 146.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(23.69, 36.45, 19.15)
Decimal6206825
Display P3color(display-p3 0.369 0.710 0.412)
Web-safe#66CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #5eb569;
background-color: #5eb569;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #5eb569;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#5eb569] bg-[#5eb569]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #5eb569;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.369, green: 0.710, blue: 0.412)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.369, green: 0.710, blue: 0.412, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#5EB569</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF5EB569)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF5EB569)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(105, 181, 94)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(94, 181, 105)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(94, 181, 105)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 94, 181, 105)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3686f, 0.7098f, 0.4118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{94,181,105}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #5eb569 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #5eb569 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#28572E, #D5ECD8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #5eb569 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: #F5FAF6;
  --brand-100: #EBF4EC;
  --brand-200: #D3E9D6;
  --brand-300: #B2DCB7;
  --brand-400: #8CCA94;
  --brand-500: #5eb569;
  --brand-600: #4DA859;
  --brand-700: #408C4A;
  --brand-800: #33703B;
  --brand-900: #28522E;
  --brand-950: #19331D;
  --brand: #5eb569;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF5;
  --brand-border: #C7E5CB;
  --brand-hover: #4BA457;
  --brand-pressed: #408B4A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142416;
    --brand-ink: #D5ECD8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF6',
        100: '#EBF4EC',
        200: '#D3E9D6',
        300: '#B2DCB7',
        400: '#8CCA94',
        500: '#5eb569',
        600: '#4DA859',
        700: '#408C4A',
        800: '#33703B',
        900: '#28522E',
        950: '#19331D',
        DEFAULT: '#5eb569',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF6,
  '100': #EBF4EC,
  '200': #D3E9D6,
  '300': #B2DCB7,
  '400': #8CCA94,
  '500': #5eb569,
  '600': #4DA859,
  '700': #408C4A,
  '800': #33703B,
  '900': #28522E,
  '950': #19331D,
);
$brand-base: #5eb569;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF4EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D3E9D6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B2DCB7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8CCA94", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5eb569", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4DA859", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#408C4A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#33703B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#28522E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#19331D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #5eb569 · 8.29:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.53:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.29:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #5eb569 as text scores 2.53:1 on white and 8.29:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #28572E at 3.33:1.

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
#3D8446 · 4.58:1
AA on white−16% L
#3D8446
The quick fox
#2D6133 · 7.32:1
AAA on white−26% L
#2D6133
The quick fox
#5eb569 · 8.29:1
AA on blackalready passes
#5eb569
The quick fox
#5eb569 · 8.29:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#5eb569

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4DA758 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
#5eb569 on white: 2.53:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#5eb569 on black: 8.29:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #5eb569 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #5eb569.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.53:1AaAa
Slate 502.42:1AaAa
Slate 1002.31:1AaAa
Slate 2002.05:1AaAa
Slate 3001.71:1AaAa
Slate 4001.01:1AaAa
Slate 5001.88:1AaAa
Slate 6002.99:1AaAa
Slate 7004.09:1AaAa
Slate 8005.77:1AaAa
Slate 9007.05:1AaAa
Black8.29:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B7A863
deuteranopia · #AB9F6E
tritanopia · #50B1A2

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. #5eb569 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.

#F5FAF6
#EBF4EC
#D3E9D6
#B2DCB7
#8CCA94
#5eb569
#4DA859
#408C4A
#33703B
#28522E
#19331D
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF6Darkest = 950 · #19331DText step on white = 800
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 0.035 146.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.055 146.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.083 146.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.108 146.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.127 146.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.138 146.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.138 146.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.130 146.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.116 146.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.097 146.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.076 146.6);
}

Colors that work with #5eb569

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#F5FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#C7E5CB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B55
Captions on the surface
Accent#AE59BA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#28572E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEF7EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142416
Dark-mode background
Hover#4BA457
One step down in lightness
Pressed#408B4A
Two steps down
Disabled#B4CFB7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#61C66E
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #5eb569

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #28572E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4DA758

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight46/100
  • 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#B55EAA
Analogous left#7EB55E
Analogous right#5EB594
Split-complement 1#945EB5
Split-complement 2#B55E7E
Triadic 1#695EB5
Triadic 2#B5695E
Tetradic#5E7EB5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°128°

#5eb569 sits at 128°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red36.9%
Green71.0%
Blue41.2%
R · 0–255
94
0x5e
G · 0–255
181
0xb5
B · 0–255
105
0x69

CMYK percentages

Cyan48.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow42.0%
Key (black)29.0%

Total ink coverage is 119%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#5eb569 text on a black background

contrast 8.29:1

Card sample

#5eb569 text on a white background

contrast 2.53:1

Card sample

#5eb569 on grey

2.31:1

#5eb569 on its own surface

2.40:1

#5eb569 on its dark surface

6.41:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #5eb569;
Background color
Panel with #5eb569 background
background-color: #5eb569;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #5eb569;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(94, 181, 105, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(94, 181, 105, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #5eb569;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5eb569, #5EB5A3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #5eb569, #5EB1B5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #5eb569;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #5eb569;
caret-color: #5eb569;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #5eb569;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEF7EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #5eb569;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#5eb569 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #5eb569 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(94, 181, 105, 0.5)
rgb(94 181 105 / 50%)
#5eb56980
hsl(128 37% 54% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #5eb569 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#5eb5691a#EFF8F0
20%#5eb56933#DFF0E1
40%#5eb56966#BFE1C3
60%#5eb56999#9ED3A5
80%#5eb569cc#7EC487

Gradients from #5eb569

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, #88C890, #5eb569 45%, #28572E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #5eb569, #4DA79C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #5eb569, #B55EAA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #9DD2A4 0%, #5eb569 45%, #28572E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A0C581 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #73BFA9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #28572E 0%, transparent 65%), #5eb569;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #5eb569

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.

#5eb569 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 8.29:1.

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.

#5eb569, answered

What color is #5eb569?

#5eb569 is a balanced soft green, closest to Medium Sea Green (ΔE2000 4.3). It sits at 128° on the hue wheel with 37% saturation and 54% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #5eb569?

rgb(94, 181, 105) — 94 red, 181 green and 105 blue out of 255, or 36.9% / 71% / 41.2% by channel.

What is #5eb569 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(128, 37%, 54%) and hsv(128, 48%, 71%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #5eb569 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3645 and perceived brightness is 60%, so black text on it reaches 8.29:1.

Should I use black or white text on #5eb569?

Black. It scores 8.29:1 against #5eb569, versus 2.53:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #5eb569 accessible on a white background?

#5eb569 on white scores 2.53:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3D8446 to reach 4.5:1, or #2D6133 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #5eb569?

#B55EAA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #945EB5 and #B55E7E, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #5eb569?

For interface work: #F5FAF5 as the surface, #C7E5CB for borders, #4B9B55 for secondary text, #AE59BA as an accent and #28572E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #7EB55E and #5EB594 stays calm, while #B55EAA is the loudest partner.

What is #5eb569 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(48%, 0%, 42%, 29%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #5eb569 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 66 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #73B55E; nudged cooler, #5CB789.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #5eb569?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 6.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #5eb569 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #5eb569 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#5eb569] or text-[#5eb569], 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 #5eb569 with 50% opacity?

rgba(94, 181, 105, 0.5), or #5eb56980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #AFDAB4; over black, #2F5B35.

Is #5eb569 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC66, ΔE2000 6.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #5eb569 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #5eb569?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #88C890, #5eb569 45%, #28572E). For more colour, a short hue run to #4DA79C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #5eb569 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #5eb569 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.