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#6cd2af

a balanced, vivid green · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Atlas Jade

RGB
108, 210, 175
HSL
159°, 53%, 62%
CMYK
49, 0, 17, 18
Luminance
0.5238

#6cd2af is a balanced vivid green, 159° on the wheel and 79/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.48:1). As text it scores 1.83:1 on white — use #288263 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(159 53% 62%)rgb(108 210 175)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #6cd2af is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#6cd2af
Hue
159°
green
Saturation
53%
vivid
Lightness
62%
balanced
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
71%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5238
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
79/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.48:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 1.3
Chroma
38.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.792
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 9.9
Web-safe
#66CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue159° of 360°
Saturation53%
Lightness62%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #6cd2af.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool79% 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
Red6%
Green88%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#6cd2af
HEX (8-digit)#6cd2afff
RGBrgb(108, 210, 175)
RGBArgba(108, 210, 175, 1)
HSLhsl(159, 53%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159, 49%, 82%)
HWBhwb(159 42% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(49%, 0%, 17%, 18%)
LABlab(77.5 -38.1 8.3)
LCHlch(77.5 38.9 167.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.792 0.109 168.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.97, 52.37, 48.71)
Decimal7131823
Display P3color(display-p3 0.424 0.824 0.686)
Web-safe#66CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #6cd2af;
background-color: #6cd2af;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #6cd2af;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#6cd2af] bg-[#6cd2af]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #6cd2af;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.424, green: 0.824, blue: 0.686)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.424, green: 0.824, blue: 0.686, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#6CD2AF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF6CD2AF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF6CD2AF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(175, 210, 108)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(108, 210, 175)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(108, 210, 175)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 108, 210, 175)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4235f, 0.8235f, 0.6863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{108,210,175}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #6cd2af 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #6cd2af 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1E624A, #D3EEE5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #6cd2af 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: #F4FBF8;
  --brand-100: #E9F6F2;
  --brand-200: #CEEDE3;
  --brand-300: #A9E5D0;
  --brand-400: #6cd2af;
  --brand-500: #53CAA1;
  --brand-600: #39BB8F;
  --brand-700: #309C77;
  --brand-800: #267D5F;
  --brand-900: #1F5B47;
  --brand-950: #14392C;
  --brand: #6cd2af;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C1ECDD;
  --brand-hover: #51CAA0;
  --brand-pressed: #3ABD90;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241F;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF8',
        100: '#E9F6F2',
        200: '#CEEDE3',
        300: '#A9E5D0',
        400: '#6cd2af',
        500: '#53CAA1',
        600: '#39BB8F',
        700: '#309C77',
        800: '#267D5F',
        900: '#1F5B47',
        950: '#14392C',
        DEFAULT: '#6cd2af',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF8,
  '100': #E9F6F2,
  '200': #CEEDE3,
  '300': #A9E5D0,
  '400': #6cd2af,
  '500': #53CAA1,
  '600': #39BB8F,
  '700': #309C77,
  '800': #267D5F,
  '900': #1F5B47,
  '950': #14392C,
);
$brand-base: #6cd2af;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9F6F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CEEDE3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A9E5D0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6cd2af", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#53CAA1", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#39BB8F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#309C77", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#267D5F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1F5B47", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#14392C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #6cd2af · 11.48:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.83:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.48:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #6cd2af as text scores 1.83:1 on white and 11.48:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1E624A at 3.96:1.

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
#288263 · 4.70:1
AA on white−29% L
#288263
The quick fox
#1E634C · 7.13:1
AAA on white−37% L
#1E634C
The quick fox
#6cd2af · 11.48:1
AA on blackalready passes
#6cd2af
The quick fox
#6cd2af · 11.48:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#6cd2af

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #33A67E 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
#6cd2af on white: 1.83:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#6cd2af on black: 11.48:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #6cd2af as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #6cd2af.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.83:1AaAa
Slate 501.75:1AaAa
Slate 1001.67:1AaAa
Slate 2001.48:1AaAa
Slate 3001.23:1AaAa
Slate 4001.40:1AaAa
Slate 5002.60:1AaAa
Slate 6004.14:1AaAa
Slate 7005.66:1AaAa
Slate 8007.99:1AaAa
Slate 9009.76:1AaAa
Black11.48:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CDC6AD
deuteranopia · #BEBBB1
tritanopia · #47D3C8

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. #6cd2af 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.

#F4FBF8
#E9F6F2
#CEEDE3
#A9E5D0
#6cd2af
#53CAA1
#39BB8F
#309C77
#267D5F
#1F5B47
#14392C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF8Darkest = 950 · #14392CText 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 0.027 168.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.044 168.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.066 168.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.085 168.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.100 168.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.109 168.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.109 168.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.103 168.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.092 168.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.076 168.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.060 168.8);
}

Colors that work with #6cd2af

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#C1ECDD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B7F
Captions on the surface
Accent#D668A9
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1E624A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBF9F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241F
Dark-mode background
Hover#51CAA0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#3ABD90
Two steps down
Disabled#CEE0DA
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#73DFBA
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 #6cd2af

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 #1E624A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #33A67E

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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-high
  • Weight38/100
  • 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#D26C8F
Analogous left#6CD27C
Analogous right#6CC2D2
Split-complement 1#D26CC2
Split-complement 2#D27C6C
Triadic 1#AF6CD2
Triadic 2#D2AF6C
Tetradic#7C6CD2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°159°

#6cd2af sits at 159°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red42.4%
Green82.4%
Blue68.6%
R · 0–255
108
0x6c
G · 0–255
210
0xd2
B · 0–255
175
0xaf

CMYK percentages

Cyan48.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow16.7%
Key (black)17.6%

Total ink coverage is 83%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#6cd2af text on a black background

contrast 11.48:1

Card sample

#6cd2af text on a white background

contrast 1.83:1

Card sample

#6cd2af on grey

1.67:1

#6cd2af on its own surface

1.73:1

#6cd2af on its dark surface

8.81:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #6cd2af;
Background color
Panel with #6cd2af background
background-color: #6cd2af;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #6cd2af;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(108, 210, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(108, 210, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #6cd2af;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6cd2af, #6CB1D2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #6cd2af, #6C98D2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #6cd2af;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #6cd2af;
caret-color: #6cd2af;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #6cd2af;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBF9F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #6cd2af;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#6cd2af 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #6cd2af 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(108, 210, 175, 0.5)
rgb(108 210 175 / 50%)
#6cd2af80
hsl(159 53% 62% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #6cd2af 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#6cd2af1a#F0FBF7
20%#6cd2af33#E2F6EF
40%#6cd2af66#C4EDDF
60%#6cd2af99#A7E4CF
80%#6cd2afcc#89DBBF

Gradients from #6cd2af

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, #9BE0C9, #6cd2af 45%, #1E624A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #6cd2af, #559BCB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #6cd2af, #D26C8F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B2E8D5 0%, #6cd2af 45%, #1E624A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #93DE99 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #84C5D9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1E624A 0%, transparent 65%), #6cd2af;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #6cd2af

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.

#6cd2af 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 11.48:1.

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.

#6cd2af, answered

What color is #6cd2af?

#6cd2af is a balanced vivid green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 1.3). It sits at 159° on the hue wheel with 53% saturation and 62% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #6cd2af?

rgb(108, 210, 175) — 108 red, 210 green and 175 blue out of 255, or 42.4% / 82.4% / 68.6% by channel.

What is #6cd2af in HSL and HSV?

hsl(159, 53%, 62%) and hsv(159, 49%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #6cd2af a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5238 and perceived brightness is 71%, so black text on it reaches 11.48:1.

Should I use black or white text on #6cd2af?

Black. It scores 11.48:1 against #6cd2af, versus 1.83:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #6cd2af accessible on a white background?

#6cd2af on white scores 1.83:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #288263 to reach 4.5:1, or #1E634C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #6cd2af?

#D26C8F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D26CC2 and #D27C6C, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #6cd2af?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C1ECDD for borders, #4B9B7F for secondary text, #D668A9 as an accent and #1E624A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #6CD27C and #6CC2D2 stays calm, while #D26C8F is the loudest partner.

What is #6cd2af in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(49%, 0%, 17%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #6cd2af warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 79 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6CD28A; nudged cooler, #6AD1D4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #6cd2af?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 9.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #6cd2af as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #6cd2af in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#6cd2af] or text-[#6cd2af], 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 #6cd2af with 50% opacity?

rgba(108, 210, 175, 0.5), or #6cd2af80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B6E9D7; over black, #366958.

Is #6cd2af a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC99, ΔE2000 4.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #6cd2af 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 #6cd2af?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9BE0C9, #6cd2af 45%, #1E624A). For more colour, a short hue run to #559BCB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #6cd2af in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #6cd2af at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.