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#6dbb50

a balanced, soft green · neutral · closest name: Lime Green

Token name suggestion: True Basil

RGB
109, 187, 80
HSL
104°, 44%, 52%
CMYK
42, 0, 57, 27
Luminance
0.3937

#6dbb50 is a balanced soft green, 104° on the wheel and 56/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.87:1). As text it scores 2.37:1 on white — use #488233 instead. Nearest name is Lime Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(104 44% 52%)rgb(109 187 80)Base step 500AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #6dbb50 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#6dbb50
Hue
104°
green
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
52%
balanced
Brightness
73%
HSV value
Perceived
62%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3937
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
56/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.87:1
Closest name
Lime Green
ΔE2000 7
Chroma
63.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.718
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 7
Web-safe
#66CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue104° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness52%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #6dbb50.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool56% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red8%
Green90%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#6dbb50
HEX (8-digit)#6dbb50ff
RGBrgb(109, 187, 80)
RGBArgba(109, 187, 80, 1)
HSLhsl(104, 44%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(104, 57%, 73%)
HWBhwb(104 31% 27%)
CMYKcmyk(42%, 0%, 57%, 27%)
LABlab(69.0 -43.9 46.0)
LCHlch(69.0 63.6 133.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.718 0.162 138.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(25.52, 39.37, 13.84)
Decimal7191376
Display P3color(display-p3 0.427 0.733 0.314)
Web-safe#66CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #6dbb50;
background-color: #6dbb50;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #6dbb50;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#6dbb50] bg-[#6dbb50]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #6dbb50;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.427, green: 0.733, blue: 0.314)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.427, green: 0.733, blue: 0.314, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#6DBB50</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF6DBB50)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF6DBB50)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(80, 187, 109)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(109, 187, 80)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(109, 187, 80)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 109, 187, 80)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4275f, 0.7333f, 0.3137f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{109,187,80}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #6dbb50 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #6dbb50 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#335C24, #DAEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #6dbb50 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: #F6FAF5;
  --brand-100: #EDF5EA;
  --brand-200: #D8EBD1;
  --brand-300: #BCE0AE;
  --brand-400: #9AD086;
  --brand-500: #6dbb50;
  --brand-600: #62B045;
  --brand-700: #529339;
  --brand-800: #41762E;
  --brand-900: #325624;
  --brand-950: #1F3617;
  --brand: #6dbb50;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CEE8C4;
  --brand-hover: #5DA741;
  --brand-pressed: #4E8D37;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182414;
    --brand-ink: #DAEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FAF5',
        100: '#EDF5EA',
        200: '#D8EBD1',
        300: '#BCE0AE',
        400: '#9AD086',
        500: '#6dbb50',
        600: '#62B045',
        700: '#529339',
        800: '#41762E',
        900: '#325624',
        950: '#1F3617',
        DEFAULT: '#6dbb50',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FAF5,
  '100': #EDF5EA,
  '200': #D8EBD1,
  '300': #BCE0AE,
  '400': #9AD086,
  '500': #6dbb50,
  '600': #62B045,
  '700': #529339,
  '800': #41762E,
  '900': #325624,
  '950': #1F3617,
);
$brand-base: #6dbb50;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D8EBD1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BCE0AE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9AD086", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6dbb50", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#62B045", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#529339", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#41762E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#325624", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1F3617", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #6dbb50 · 8.87:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.37:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.87:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #6dbb50 as text scores 2.37:1 on white and 8.87:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #335C24 at 3.29:1.

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
#488233 · 4.65:1
AA on white−17% L
#488233
The quick fox
#366126 · 7.25:1
AAA on white−26% L
#366126
The quick fox
#6dbb50 · 8.87:1
AA on blackalready passes
#6dbb50
The quick fox
#6dbb50 · 8.87:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#6dbb50

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #5AA33F 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
#6dbb50 on white: 2.37:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#6dbb50 on black: 8.87:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #6dbb50 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #6dbb50.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.37:1AaAa
Slate 502.26:1AaAa
Slate 1002.16:1AaAa
Slate 2001.92:1AaAa
Slate 3001.59:1AaAa
Slate 4001.08:1AaAa
Slate 5002.01:1AaAa
Slate 6003.20:1AaAa
Slate 7004.38:1AaAa
Slate 8006.18:1AaAa
Slate 9007.54:1AaAa
Black8.87:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C0AD45
deuteranopia · #B6A658
tritanopia · #68B5A3

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. #6dbb50 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.

#F6FAF5
#EDF5EA
#D8EBD1
#BCE0AE
#9AD086
#6dbb50
#62B045
#529339
#41762E
#325624
#1F3617
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F6FAF5Darkest = 950 · #1F3617Text 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 0.041 138.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.065 138.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.097 138.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.127 138.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.149 138.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.162 138.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.162 138.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.153 138.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.136 138.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.114 138.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.089 138.1);
}

Colors that work with #6dbb50

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#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#CEE8C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#609B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#834BC0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#335C24
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F8ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182414
Dark-mode background
Hover#5DA741
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4E8D37
Two steps down
Disabled#B7CCAF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#74CC54
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #6dbb50

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 #335C24
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #5AA33F

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
  • Weight48/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#9E50BB
Analogous left#A3BB50
Analogous right#50BB69
Split-complement 1#6950BB
Split-complement 2#BB50A3
Triadic 1#506DBB
Triadic 2#BB506D
Tetradic#50A3BB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°104°

#6dbb50 sits at 104°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red42.7%
Green73.3%
Blue31.4%
R · 0–255
109
0x6d
G · 0–255
187
0xbb
B · 0–255
80
0x50

CMYK percentages

Cyan41.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow57.2%
Key (black)26.7%

Total ink coverage is 126%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#6dbb50 text on a black background

contrast 8.87:1

Card sample

#6dbb50 text on a white background

contrast 2.37:1

Card sample

#6dbb50 on grey

2.16:1

#6dbb50 on its own surface

2.24:1

#6dbb50 on its dark surface

6.82:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #6dbb50;
Background color
Panel with #6dbb50 background
background-color: #6dbb50;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #6dbb50;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(109, 187, 80, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(109, 187, 80, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #6dbb50;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6dbb50, #50BB7A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #6dbb50, #50BB95);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #6dbb50;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #6dbb50;
caret-color: #6dbb50;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #6dbb50;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F8ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #6dbb50;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#6dbb50 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #6dbb50 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, 187, 80, 0.5)
rgb(109 187 80 / 50%)
#6dbb5080
hsl(104 44% 52% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #6dbb50 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#6dbb501a#F0F8EE
20%#6dbb5033#E2F1DC
40%#6dbb5066#C5E4B9
60%#6dbb5099#A7D696
80%#6dbb50cc#8AC973

Gradients from #6dbb50

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, #92CC7C, #6dbb50 45%, #335C24);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #6dbb50, #42AA74);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #6dbb50, #9E50BB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A4D592 0%, #6dbb50 45%, #335C24 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #BDC975 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #66C483 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #335C24 0%, transparent 65%), #6dbb50;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #6dbb50

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.

#6dbb50 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 8.87:1.

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.

#6dbb50, answered

What color is #6dbb50?

#6dbb50 is a balanced soft green, closest to Lime Green (ΔE2000 7). It sits at 104° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 52% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #6dbb50?

rgb(109, 187, 80) — 109 red, 187 green and 80 blue out of 255, or 42.7% / 73.3% / 31.4% by channel.

What is #6dbb50 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(104, 44%, 52%) and hsv(104, 57%, 73%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #6dbb50 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3937 and perceived brightness is 62%, so black text on it reaches 8.87:1.

Should I use black or white text on #6dbb50?

Black. It scores 8.87:1 against #6dbb50, versus 2.37:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #6dbb50 accessible on a white background?

#6dbb50 on white scores 2.37:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #488233 to reach 4.5:1, or #366126 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #6dbb50?

#9E50BB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6950BB and #BB50A3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #6dbb50?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CEE8C4 for borders, #609B4B for secondary text, #834BC0 as an accent and #335C24 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A3BB50 and #50BB69 stays calm, while #9E50BB is the loudest partner.

What is #6dbb50 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(42%, 0%, 57%, 27%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #6dbb50 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 56 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #94BB50; nudged cooler, #4EBD58.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #6dbb50?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #6dbb50 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #6dbb50 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#6dbb50] or text-[#6dbb50], 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 #6dbb50 with 50% opacity?

rgba(109, 187, 80, 0.5), or #6dbb5080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B6DDA8; over black, #375E28.

Is #6dbb50 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC66, ΔE2000 5.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #6dbb50 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 #6dbb50?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #92CC7C, #6dbb50 45%, #335C24). For more colour, a short hue run to #42AA74 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #6dbb50 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #6dbb50 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.