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#6af751

a balanced, electric green · cool · closest name: Lime

RGB
106, 247, 81
HSL
111°, 91%, 64%
CMYK
57, 0, 67, 3
Luminance
0.7018

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #6af751 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#6af751
Hue
111°
green
Saturation
91%
electric
Lightness
64%
balanced
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
78%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7018
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.04:1
Closest name
Lime
ΔE2000 4.4
Where it sits
Hue111° of 360°
Saturation91%
Lightness64%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% 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#6af751
RGBrgb(106, 247, 81)
HSLhsl(111, 91%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(57%, 0%, 67%, 3%)
LABlab(87.1 -67.5 65.6)
LCHlch(87.1 94.1 135.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.866 0.238 140.9)
Decimal7010129
Display P3color(display-p3 0.416 0.969 0.318)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #6af751;
background-color: #6af751;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#6af751] bg-[#6af751]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #6af751;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.416, green: 0.969, blue: 0.318)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#6af751")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF6AF751)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(81, 247, 106)

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 #6af751 · 15.04:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.40:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.04:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #6af751 as text scores 1.40:1 on white and 15.04:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#6af751 on white: 1.40:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#6af751 on black: 15.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #FDE139
deuteranopia · #EBD660
tritanopia · #57EFD5

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #6af751 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.

#F3FDF2
#E8FBE5
#CBF9C3
#A3FA94
#6af751
#47F528
#2CEA0B
#25C309
#1E9C07
#19710A
#104606
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F3FDF2Darkest = 950 · #104606
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3FDF2;
  --brand-100: #E8FBE5;
  --brand-200: #CBF9C3;
  --brand-300: #A3FA94;
  --brand-400: #6af751;
  --brand-500: #47F528;
  --brand-600: #2CEA0B;
  --brand-700: #25C309;
  --brand-800: #1E9C07;
  --brand-900: #19710A;
  --brand-950: #104606;
  --brand: #6af751;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #6af751

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#F5FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C6EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#579B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#B54DFB
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#177A06
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFEE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162414
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 #6af751

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
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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#DE51F7
Analogous left#BDF751
Analogous right#51F78B
Split-complement 1#8B51F7
Split-complement 2#F751BD
Triadic 1#516AF7
Triadic 2#F7516A
Tetradic#51BDF7

RGB percentages

Red41.6%
Green96.9%
Blue31.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan57.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow67.2%
Key (black)3.1%

Color previews

#6af751 text on a black background

contrast 15.04:1

Card sample

#6af751 text on a white background

contrast 1.40:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #6af751;
Background color
Panel with #6af751 background
background-color: #6af751;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #6af751;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(106, 247, 81, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(106, 247, 81, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #6af751;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6af751, #51F7A7);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #6af751

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.

#6af751 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.

#6af751, answered

What color is #6af751?

#6af751 is a balanced electric green, closest to Lime (ΔE2000 4.4). It sits at 111° on the hue wheel with 91% saturation and 64% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #6af751?

rgb(106, 247, 81) — 106 red, 247 green and 81 blue out of 255, or 41.6% / 96.9% / 31.8% by channel.

Is #6af751 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7018 and perceived brightness is 78%, so black text on it reaches 15.04:1.

Should I use black or white text on #6af751?

Black. It scores 15.04:1 against #6af751, versus 1.40:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #6af751?

#DE51F7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8B51F7 and #F751BD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #6af751?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C6EDC0 for borders, #579B4B for secondary text, #B54DFB as an accent and #177A06 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BDF751 and #51F78B stays calm, while #DE51F7 is the loudest partner.

What is #6af751 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(57%, 0%, 67%, 3%). 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 #6af751 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A7F751; nudged cooler, #4FF974.

Work with #6af751 in the Color Lab