Skip to content
green · cool

#6da16f

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Moss

RGB
109, 161, 111
HSL
122°, 22%, 53%
CMYK
32, 0, 31, 37
Luminance
0.2989

#6da16f is a balanced soft green, 122° on the wheel and 58/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.98:1). As text it scores 3.01:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Medium Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(122 22% 53%)rgb(109 161 111)Base step 500AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #6da16f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#6da16f
Hue
122°
green
Saturation
22%
soft
Lightness
53%
balanced
Brightness
63%
HSV value
Perceived
56%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2989
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
58/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
6.98:1
Closest name
Medium Sea Green
ΔE2000 8.2
Chroma
34.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.659
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 10.8
Web-safe
#669966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue122° of 360°
Saturation22%
Lightness53%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #6da16f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool58% 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%
Green85%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#6da16f
HEX (8-digit)#6da16fff
RGBrgb(109, 161, 111)
RGBArgba(109, 161, 111, 1)
HSLhsl(122, 22%, 53%)
HSV / HSBhsv(122, 32%, 63%)
HWBhwb(122 43% 37%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 0%, 31%, 37%)
LABlab(61.6 -27.7 20.7)
LCHlch(61.6 34.6 143.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.659 0.092 145.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(21.92, 29.89, 19.65)
Decimal7184751
Display P3color(display-p3 0.427 0.631 0.435)
Web-safe#669966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #6da16f;
background-color: #6da16f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #6da16f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#6da16f] bg-[#6da16f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #6da16f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.427, green: 0.631, blue: 0.435)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.427, green: 0.631, blue: 0.435, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#6DA16F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF6DA16F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF6DA16F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(111, 161, 109)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(109, 161, 111)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(109, 161, 111)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 109, 161, 111)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4275f, 0.6314f, 0.4353f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{109,161,111}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #6da16f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #6da16f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#324E33, #DAE7DA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #6da16f 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: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-100: #EDF2ED;
  --brand-200: #D8E4D8;
  --brand-300: #BBD3BC;
  --brand-400: #99BD9A;
  --brand-500: #6da16f;
  --brand-600: #609562;
  --brand-700: #507C52;
  --brand-800: #406341;
  --brand-900: #314932;
  --brand-950: #1F2E1F;
  --brand: #6da16f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-border: #CDDFCE;
  --brand-hover: #5C8E5E;
  --brand-pressed: #4E794F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #162216;
    --brand-ink: #DAE7DA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F6',
        100: '#EDF2ED',
        200: '#D8E4D8',
        300: '#BBD3BC',
        400: '#99BD9A',
        500: '#6da16f',
        600: '#609562',
        700: '#507C52',
        800: '#406341',
        900: '#314932',
        950: '#1F2E1F',
        DEFAULT: '#6da16f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F6,
  '100': #EDF2ED,
  '200': #D8E4D8,
  '300': #BBD3BC,
  '400': #99BD9A,
  '500': #6da16f,
  '600': #609562,
  '700': #507C52,
  '800': #406341,
  '900': #314932,
  '950': #1F2E1F,
);
$brand-base: #6da16f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF2ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D8E4D8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BBD3BC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#99BD9A", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6da16f", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#609562", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#507C52", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#406341", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#314932", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1F2E1F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #6da16f · 6.98:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.01:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.98:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #6da16f as text scores 3.01:1 on white and 6.98:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #324E33 at 3.07:1.

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
#527F53 · 4.65:1
AA on white−12% L
#527F53
The quick fox
#3E603F · 7.12:1
AAA on white−22% L
#3E603F
The quick fox
#6da16f · 6.98:1
AA on blackalready passes
#6da16f
The quick fox
#70A372 · 7.17:1
AAA on black+1% L
#70A372

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6DA16F 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
#6da16f on white: 3.01:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#6da16f on black: 6.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #6da16f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #6da16f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.01:1AaAa
Slate 502.88:1AaAa
Slate 1002.75:1AaAa
Slate 2002.44:1AaAa
Slate 3002.03:1AaAa
Slate 4001.17:1AaAa
Slate 5001.58:1AaAa
Slate 6002.52:1AaAa
Slate 7003.44:1AaAa
Slate 8004.86:1AaAa
Slate 9005.93:1AaAa
Black6.98:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A3986C
deuteranopia · #9B9372
tritanopia · #679E94

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. #6da16f 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.

#F6F9F6
#EDF2ED
#D8E4D8
#BBD3BC
#99BD9A
#6da16f
#609562
#507C52
#406341
#314932
#1F2E1F
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F6Darkest = 950 · #1F2E1FText 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 0.023 145.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.037 145.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.055 145.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.072 145.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.084 145.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.092 145.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.092 145.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.086 145.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.077 145.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.064 145.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.050 145.3);
}

Colors that work with #6da16f

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#F6F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#CDDFCE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5A8C5C
Captions on the surface
Accent#9968A6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#324E33
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF5F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162216
Dark-mode background
Hover#5C8E5E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4E794F
Two steps down
Disabled#B1CDB2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#6EB471
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 #6da16f

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 #324E33
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
  • Weight47/100
  • 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#A16D9F
Analogous left#85A16D
Analogous right#6DA189
Split-complement 1#896DA1
Split-complement 2#A16D85
Triadic 1#6F6DA1
Triadic 2#A16F6D
Tetradic#6D85A1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°122°

#6da16f sits at 122°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red42.7%
Green63.1%
Blue43.5%
R · 0–255
109
0x6d
G · 0–255
161
0xa1
B · 0–255
111
0x6f

CMYK percentages

Cyan32.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow31.1%
Key (black)36.9%

Total ink coverage is 100%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#6da16f text on a black background

contrast 6.98:1

Card sample

#6da16f text on a white background

contrast 3.01:1

Card sample

#6da16f on grey

2.75:1

#6da16f on its own surface

2.84:1

#6da16f on its dark surface

5.47:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #6da16f;
Background color
Panel with #6da16f background
background-color: #6da16f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #6da16f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(109, 161, 111, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(109, 161, 111, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #6da16f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6da16f, #6DA192);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #6da16f, #6DA19F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #6da16f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #6da16f;
caret-color: #6da16f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #6da16f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF5F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #6da16f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#6da16f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #6da16f 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(109, 161, 111, 0.5)
rgb(109 161 111 / 50%)
#6da16f80
hsl(122 22% 53% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #6da16f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#6da16f1a#F0F6F1
20%#6da16f33#E2ECE2
40%#6da16f66#C5D9C5
60%#6da16f99#A7C7A9
80%#6da16fcc#8AB48C

Gradients from #6da16f

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, #92B994, #6da16f 45%, #324E33);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #6da16f, #5E9287);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #6da16f, #A16D9F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A5C5A6 0%, #6da16f 45%, #324E33 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A2B58C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #7FAD9C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #324E33 0%, transparent 65%), #6da16f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #6da16f

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.

#6da16f 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 6.98:1.

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.

#6da16f, answered

What color is #6da16f?

#6da16f is a balanced soft green, closest to Medium Sea Green (ΔE2000 8.2). It sits at 122° on the hue wheel with 22% saturation and 53% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #6da16f?

rgb(109, 161, 111) — 109 red, 161 green and 111 blue out of 255, or 42.7% / 63.1% / 43.5% by channel.

What is #6da16f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(122, 22%, 53%) and hsv(122, 32%, 63%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #6da16f a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2989 and perceived brightness is 56%, so black text on it reaches 6.98:1.

Should I use black or white text on #6da16f?

Black. It scores 6.98:1 against #6da16f, versus 3.01:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #6da16f accessible on a white background?

#6da16f on white scores 3.01:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #527F53 to reach 4.5:1, or #3E603F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #6da16f?

#A16D9F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #896DA1 and #A16D85, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #6da16f?

For interface work: #F6F9F6 as the surface, #CDDFCE for borders, #5A8C5C for secondary text, #9968A6 as an accent and #324E33 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #85A16D and #6DA189 stays calm, while #A16D9F is the loudest partner.

What is #6da16f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(32%, 0%, 31%, 37%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #6da16f warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 58 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #7EA16D; nudged cooler, #6AA381.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #6da16f?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 10.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #6da16f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #6da16f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#6da16f] or text-[#6da16f], 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 #6da16f with 50% opacity?

rgba(109, 161, 111, 0.5), or #6da16f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B6D0B7; over black, #375138.

Is #6da16f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669966, ΔE2000 2.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #6da16f 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 #6da16f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #92B994, #6da16f 45%, #324E33). For more colour, a short hue run to #5E9287 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #6da16f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #6da16f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.