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#628d7c

a balanced, soft green · cool · closest name: Cadet Blue

Token name suggestion: True Moss

RGB
98, 141, 124
HSL
156°, 18%, 47%
CMYK
31, 0, 12, 45
Luminance
0.2310

#628d7c is a balanced soft green, 156° on the wheel and 64/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.62:1). As text it scores 3.74:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Cadet Blue, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(156 18% 47%)rgb(98 141 124)Base step 600AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #628d7c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#628d7c
Hue
156°
green
Saturation
18%
soft
Lightness
47%
balanced
Brightness
55%
HSV value
Perceived
50%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2310
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
64/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
5.62:1
Closest name
Cadet Blue
ΔE2000 10.2
Chroma
19.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.607
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 15.4
Web-safe
#669966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue156° of 360°
Saturation18%
Lightness47%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #628d7c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool64% 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
Red11%
Green82%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#628d7c
HEX (8-digit)#628d7cff
RGBrgb(98, 141, 124)
RGBArgba(98, 141, 124, 1)
HSLhsl(156, 18%, 47%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156, 30%, 55%)
HWBhwb(156 38% 45%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 0%, 12%, 45%)
LABlab(55.2 -18.6 4.4)
LCHlch(55.2 19.1 166.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.607 0.054 168.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(18.20, 23.10, 22.56)
Decimal6458748
Display P3color(display-p3 0.384 0.553 0.486)
Web-safe#669966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #628d7c;
background-color: #628d7c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #628d7c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#628d7c] bg-[#628d7c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #628d7c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.384, green: 0.553, blue: 0.486)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.384, green: 0.553, blue: 0.486, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#628D7C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF628D7C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF628D7C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(124, 141, 98)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(98, 141, 124)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(98, 141, 124)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 98, 141, 124)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3843f, 0.5529f, 0.4863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{98,141,124}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #628d7c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #628d7c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#344B42, #DBE6E2);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #628d7c 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: #F6F8F8;
  --brand-100: #EEF2F0;
  --brand-200: #D9E3DF;
  --brand-300: #BDD1C9;
  --brand-400: #9CBAAE;
  --brand-500: #7BA393;
  --brand-600: #628d7c;
  --brand-700: #54786A;
  --brand-800: #436055;
  --brand-900: #33473F;
  --brand-950: #202D28;
  --brand: #628d7c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F8;
  --brand-border: #CFDED8;
  --brand-hover: #53786A;
  --brand-pressed: #456357;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #17211D;
    --brand-ink: #DBE6E2;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F8F8',
        100: '#EEF2F0',
        200: '#D9E3DF',
        300: '#BDD1C9',
        400: '#9CBAAE',
        500: '#7BA393',
        600: '#628d7c',
        700: '#54786A',
        800: '#436055',
        900: '#33473F',
        950: '#202D28',
        DEFAULT: '#628d7c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F8F8,
  '100': #EEF2F0,
  '200': #D9E3DF,
  '300': #BDD1C9,
  '400': #9CBAAE,
  '500': #7BA393,
  '600': #628d7c,
  '700': #54786A,
  '800': #436055,
  '900': #33473F,
  '950': #202D28,
);
$brand-base: #628d7c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F8F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF2F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9E3DF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BDD1C9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9CBAAE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7BA393", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#628d7c", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#54786A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#436055", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#33473F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#202D28", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #628d7c · 5.62:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.74:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.62:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #628d7c as text scores 3.74:1 on white and 5.62:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #344B42 at 2.52:1.

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
#587E6F · 4.54:1
AA on white−5% L
#587E6F
The quick fox
#415D52 · 7.21:1
AAA on white−16% L
#415D52
The quick fox
#628d7c · 5.62:1
AA on blackalready passes
#628d7c
The quick fox
#749F8E · 7.09:1
AAA on black+7% L
#749F8E

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #628D7C 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
#628d7c on white: 3.74:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#628d7c on black: 5.62:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #628d7c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #628d7c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.74:1AaAa
Slate 503.57:1AaAa
Slate 1003.41:1AaAa
Slate 2003.03:1AaAa
Slate 3002.52:1AaAa
Slate 4001.46:1AaAa
Slate 5001.27:1AaAa
Slate 6002.03:1AaAa
Slate 7002.77:1AaAa
Slate 8003.92:1AaAa
Slate 9004.78:1AaAa
Black5.62:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8B877B
deuteranopia · #83827D
tritanopia · #588D88

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. #628d7c 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.

#F6F8F8
#EEF2F0
#D9E3DF
#BDD1C9
#9CBAAE
#7BA393
#628d7c
#54786A
#436055
#33473F
#202D28
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F6F8F8Darkest = 950 · #202D28Text step on white = 700
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 0.013 168.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.022 168.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.032 168.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.042 168.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.050 168.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.054 168.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.054 168.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.051 168.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.045 168.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.038 168.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.030 168.0);
}

Colors that work with #628d7c

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#F6F9F8
Tinted page background
Border#CFDED8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5E8777
Captions on the surface
Accent#925D7F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#344B42
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F5F3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#17211D
Dark-mode background
Hover#53786A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#456357
Two steps down
Disabled#A1BEB3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#5FA589
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

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #628d7c

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

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • 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
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • 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
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #344B42
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

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
  • Weight53/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#8D6273
Analogous left#628D67
Analogous right#62898D
Split-complement 1#8D6289
Split-complement 2#8D6762
Triadic 1#7C628D
Triadic 2#8D7C62
Tetradic#67628D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°156°

#628d7c sits at 156°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red38.4%
Green55.3%
Blue48.6%
R · 0–255
98
0x62
G · 0–255
141
0x8d
B · 0–255
124
0x7c

CMYK percentages

Cyan30.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow12.1%
Key (black)44.7%

Total ink coverage is 87%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#628d7c text on a black background

contrast 5.62:1

Card sample

#628d7c text on a white background

contrast 3.74:1

Card sample

#628d7c on grey

3.41:1

#628d7c on its own surface

3.53:1

#628d7c on its dark surface

4.42:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #628d7c;
Background color
Panel with #628d7c background
background-color: #628d7c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #628d7c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(98, 141, 124, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(98, 141, 124, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #628d7c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #628d7c, #62818D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #628d7c, #62778D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #628d7c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #628d7c;
caret-color: #628d7c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #628d7c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F5F3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #628d7c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#628d7c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #628d7c 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(98, 141, 124, 0.5)
rgb(98 141 124 / 50%)
#628d7c80
hsl(156 18% 47% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #628d7c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#628d7c1a#EFF4F2
20%#628d7c33#E0E8E5
40%#628d7c66#C0D1CB
60%#628d7c99#A1BBB0
80%#628d7ccc#81A496

Gradients from #628d7c

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, #83A99A, #628d7c 45%, #344B42);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #628d7c, #566E7B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #628d7c, #8D6273);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #95B6A9 0%, #628d7c 45%, #344B42 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #7DA57E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #71949D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #344B42 0%, transparent 65%), #628d7c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #628d7c

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.

#628d7c 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 5.62:1.

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.

#628d7c, answered

What color is #628d7c?

#628d7c is a balanced soft green, closest to Cadet Blue (ΔE2000 10.2). It sits at 156° on the hue wheel with 18% saturation and 47% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #628d7c?

rgb(98, 141, 124) — 98 red, 141 green and 124 blue out of 255, or 38.4% / 55.3% / 48.6% by channel.

What is #628d7c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(156, 18%, 47%) and hsv(156, 30%, 55%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #628d7c a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2310 and perceived brightness is 50%, so black text on it reaches 5.62:1.

Should I use black or white text on #628d7c?

Black. It scores 5.62:1 against #628d7c, versus 3.74:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #628d7c accessible on a white background?

#628d7c on white scores 3.74:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #587E6F to reach 4.5:1, or #415D52 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #628d7c?

#8D6273 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8D6289 and #8D6762, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #628d7c?

For interface work: #F6F9F8 as the surface, #CFDED8 for borders, #5E8777 for secondary text, #925D7F as an accent and #344B42 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #628D67 and #62898D stays calm, while #8D6273 is the loudest partner.

What is #628d7c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 0%, 12%, 45%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #628d7c warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 64 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #628D6C; nudged cooler, #60908E.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #628d7c?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 15.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #628d7c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #628d7c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#628d7c] or text-[#628d7c], 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 #628d7c with 50% opacity?

rgba(98, 141, 124, 0.5), or #628d7c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B1C6BE; over black, #31473E.

Is #628d7c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669966, ΔE2000 10.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #628d7c 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 #628d7c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #83A99A, #628d7c 45%, #344B42). For more colour, a short hue run to #566E7B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #628d7c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #628d7c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.