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#6eb397

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Basil

RGB
110, 179, 151
HSL
156°, 31%, 57%
CMYK
39, 0, 16, 30
Luminance
0.3779

#6eb397 is a balanced soft green, 156° on the wheel and 74/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.56:1). As text it scores 2.45:1 on white — use #448169 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(156 31% 57%)rgb(110 179 151)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #6eb397 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#6eb397
Hue
156°
green
Saturation
31%
soft
Lightness
57%
balanced
Brightness
70%
HSV value
Perceived
62%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3779
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
74/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.56:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 7.2
Chroma
29.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.713
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 8.4
Web-safe
#66CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue156° of 360°
Saturation31%
Lightness57%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #6eb397.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool74% 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
Red9%
Green85%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#6eb397
HEX (8-digit)#6eb397ff
RGBrgb(110, 179, 151)
RGBArgba(110, 179, 151, 1)
HSLhsl(156, 31%, 57%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156, 39%, 70%)
HWBhwb(156 43% 30%)
CMYKcmyk(39%, 0%, 16%, 30%)
LABlab(67.9 -28.3 7.5)
LCHlch(67.9 29.2 165.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.713 0.082 166.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(28.13, 37.79, 35.08)
Decimal7254935
Display P3color(display-p3 0.431 0.702 0.592)
Web-safe#66CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #6eb397;
background-color: #6eb397;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #6eb397;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#6eb397] bg-[#6eb397]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #6eb397;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.431, green: 0.702, blue: 0.592)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.431, green: 0.702, blue: 0.592, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#6EB397</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF6EB397)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF6EB397)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(151, 179, 110)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(110, 179, 151)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(110, 179, 151)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 110, 179, 151)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4314f, 0.7020f, 0.5922f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{110,179,151}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #6eb397 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #6eb397 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2C5444, #D7EAE2);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #6eb397 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: #F5F9F8;
  --brand-100: #ECF3F0;
  --brand-200: #D5E7E0;
  --brand-300: #B5D8CA;
  --brand-400: #91C5B0;
  --brand-500: #6eb397;
  --brand-600: #54A182;
  --brand-700: #46866C;
  --brand-800: #386B56;
  --brand-900: #2C4F41;
  --brand-950: #1B3128;
  --brand: #6eb397;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C9E3D9;
  --brand-hover: #57A686;
  --brand-pressed: #4B8F73;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241E;
    --brand-ink: #D7EAE2;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F9F8',
        100: '#ECF3F0',
        200: '#D5E7E0',
        300: '#B5D8CA',
        400: '#91C5B0',
        500: '#6eb397',
        600: '#54A182',
        700: '#46866C',
        800: '#386B56',
        900: '#2C4F41',
        950: '#1B3128',
        DEFAULT: '#6eb397',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F9F8,
  '100': #ECF3F0,
  '200': #D5E7E0,
  '300': #B5D8CA,
  '400': #91C5B0,
  '500': #6eb397,
  '600': #54A182,
  '700': #46866C,
  '800': #386B56,
  '900': #2C4F41,
  '950': #1B3128,
);
$brand-base: #6eb397;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F9F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF3F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D5E7E0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B5D8CA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#91C5B0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6eb397", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#54A182", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#46866C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#386B56", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2C4F41", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1B3128", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #6eb397 · 8.56:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.45:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.56:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #6eb397 as text scores 2.45:1 on white and 8.56:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2C5444 at 3.48:1.

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
#448169 · 4.58:1
AA on white−18% L
#448169
The quick fox
#32604E · 7.19:1
AAA on white−28% L
#32604E
The quick fox
#6eb397 · 8.56:1
AA on blackalready passes
#6eb397
The quick fox
#6eb397 · 8.56:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#6eb397

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #55A384 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
#6eb397 on white: 2.45:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#6eb397 on black: 8.56:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #6eb397 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #6eb397.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.45:1AaAa
Slate 502.35:1AaAa
Slate 1002.24:1AaAa
Slate 2001.99:1AaAa
Slate 3001.65:1AaAa
Slate 4001.04:1AaAa
Slate 5001.94:1AaAa
Slate 6003.09:1AaAa
Slate 7004.22:1AaAa
Slate 8005.96:1AaAa
Slate 9007.28:1AaAa
Black8.56:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B0AA96
deuteranopia · #A5A299
tritanopia · #5CB3AB

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. #6eb397 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.

#F5F9F8
#ECF3F0
#D5E7E0
#B5D8CA
#91C5B0
#6eb397
#54A182
#46866C
#386B56
#2C4F41
#1B3128
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F5F9F8Darkest = 950 · #1B3128Text 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 0.020 166.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.033 166.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.049 166.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.064 166.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.075 166.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.082 166.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.082 166.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.077 166.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.069 166.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.057 166.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.045 166.4);
}

Colors that work with #6eb397

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#F5FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C9E3D9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4F977A
Captions on the surface
Accent#B76A9D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2C5444
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEF6F3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241E
Dark-mode background
Hover#57A686
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4B8F73
Two steps down
Disabled#BDD5CB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#71C4A3
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 #6eb397

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 #2C5444
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #55A384

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
  • Weight43/100
  • 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#B36E8A
Analogous left#6EB375
Analogous right#6EACB3
Split-complement 1#B36EAC
Split-complement 2#B3756E
Triadic 1#976EB3
Triadic 2#B3976E
Tetradic#756EB3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°156°

#6eb397 sits at 156°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red43.1%
Green70.2%
Blue59.2%
R · 0–255
110
0x6e
G · 0–255
179
0xb3
B · 0–255
151
0x97

CMYK percentages

Cyan38.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow15.6%
Key (black)29.8%

Total ink coverage is 84%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#6eb397 text on a black background

contrast 8.56:1

Card sample

#6eb397 text on a white background

contrast 2.45:1

Card sample

#6eb397 on grey

2.24:1

#6eb397 on its own surface

2.33:1

#6eb397 on its dark surface

6.58:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #6eb397;
Background color
Panel with #6eb397 background
background-color: #6eb397;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #6eb397;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(110, 179, 151, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(110, 179, 151, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #6eb397;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6eb397, #6EA1B3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #6eb397, #6E90B3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #6eb397;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #6eb397;
caret-color: #6eb397;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #6eb397;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEF6F3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #6eb397;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#6eb397 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #6eb397 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(110, 179, 151, 0.5)
rgb(110 179 151 / 50%)
#6eb39780
hsl(156 31% 57% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #6eb397 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#6eb3971a#F1F7F5
20%#6eb39733#E2F0EA
40%#6eb39766#C5E1D5
60%#6eb39799#A8D1C1
80%#6eb397cc#8BC2AC

Gradients from #6eb397

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, #96C8B4, #6eb397 45%, #2C5444);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #6eb397, #5A8DA9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #6eb397, #B36E8A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #AAD3C2 0%, #6eb397 45%, #2C5444 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #90C590 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #82B3BE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2C5444 0%, transparent 65%), #6eb397;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #6eb397

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.

#6eb397 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 8.56:1.

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.

#6eb397, answered

What color is #6eb397?

#6eb397 is a balanced soft green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 7.2). It sits at 156° on the hue wheel with 31% saturation and 57% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #6eb397?

rgb(110, 179, 151) — 110 red, 179 green and 151 blue out of 255, or 43.1% / 70.2% / 59.2% by channel.

What is #6eb397 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(156, 31%, 57%) and hsv(156, 39%, 70%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #6eb397 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3779 and perceived brightness is 62%, so black text on it reaches 8.56:1.

Should I use black or white text on #6eb397?

Black. It scores 8.56:1 against #6eb397, versus 2.45:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #6eb397 accessible on a white background?

#6eb397 on white scores 2.45:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #448169 to reach 4.5:1, or #32604E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #6eb397?

#B36E8A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B36EAC and #B3756E, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #6eb397?

For interface work: #F5FAF8 as the surface, #C9E3D9 for borders, #4F977A for secondary text, #B76A9D as an accent and #2C5444 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #6EB375 and #6EACB3 stays calm, while #B36E8A is the loudest partner.

What is #6eb397 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(39%, 0%, 16%, 30%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #6eb397 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 74 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6EB37E; nudged cooler, #6CB5B2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #6eb397?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 8.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #6eb397 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #6eb397 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#6eb397] or text-[#6eb397], 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 #6eb397 with 50% opacity?

rgba(110, 179, 151, 0.5), or #6eb39780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B7D9CB; over black, #375A4C.

Is #6eb397 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC99, ΔE2000 8.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #6eb397 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 #6eb397?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #96C8B4, #6eb397 45%, #2C5444). For more colour, a short hue run to #5A8DA9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #6eb397 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #6eb397 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.