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#6eee5f

a light, electric green · cool · closest name: Light Green

Token name suggestion: Meadow Jade

RGB
110, 238, 95
HSL
114°, 81%, 65%
CMYK
54, 0, 60, 7
Luminance
0.6529

#6eee5f is a light electric green, 114° on the wheel and 60/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.06:1). As text it scores 1.49:1 on white — use #1B870E instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(114 81% 65%)rgb(110 238 95)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #6eee5f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#6eee5f
Hue
114°
green
Saturation
81%
electric
Lightness
65%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
76%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6529
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
60/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
14.06:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
84.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.847
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 10.4
Web-safe
#66FF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue114° of 360°
Saturation81%
Lightness65%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #6eee5f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool60% 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
Red5%
Green94%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#6eee5f
HEX (8-digit)#6eee5fff
RGBrgb(110, 238, 95)
RGBArgba(110, 238, 95, 1)
HSLhsl(114, 81%, 65%)
HSV / HSBhsv(114, 60%, 93%)
HWBhwb(114 37% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 0%, 60%, 7%)
LABlab(84.6 -62.0 57.3)
LCHlch(84.6 84.4 137.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.847 0.216 141.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(39.07, 65.29, 21.37)
Decimal7269983
Display P3color(display-p3 0.431 0.933 0.373)
Web-safe#66FF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #6eee5f;
background-color: #6eee5f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #6eee5f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#6eee5f] bg-[#6eee5f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #6eee5f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.431, green: 0.933, blue: 0.373)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.431, green: 0.933, blue: 0.373, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#6EEE5F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF6EEE5F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF6EEE5F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(95, 238, 110)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(110, 238, 95)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(110, 238, 95)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 110, 238, 95)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4314f, 0.9333f, 0.3725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{110,238,95}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #6eee5f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #6eee5f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#17730C, #D6EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #6eee5f 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: #F4FCF3;
  --brand-100: #E8F9E6;
  --brand-200: #CBF5C6;
  --brand-300: #A3F49A;
  --brand-400: #6eee5f;
  --brand-500: #47E934;
  --brand-600: #2CDD18;
  --brand-700: #25B814;
  --brand-800: #1E9410;
  --brand-900: #196B10;
  --brand-950: #10430A;
  --brand: #6eee5f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C4EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #51EB3F;
  --brand-pressed: #34E71E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #152414;
    --brand-ink: #D6EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FCF3',
        100: '#E8F9E6',
        200: '#CBF5C6',
        300: '#A3F49A',
        400: '#6eee5f',
        500: '#47E934',
        600: '#2CDD18',
        700: '#25B814',
        800: '#1E9410',
        900: '#196B10',
        950: '#10430A',
        DEFAULT: '#6eee5f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FCF3,
  '100': #E8F9E6,
  '200': #CBF5C6,
  '300': #A3F49A,
  '400': #6eee5f,
  '500': #47E934,
  '600': #2CDD18,
  '700': #25B814,
  '800': #1E9410,
  '900': #196B10,
  '950': #10430A,
);
$brand-base: #6eee5f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F9E6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CBF5C6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A3F49A", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6eee5f", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#47E934", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2CDD18", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#25B814", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1E9410", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#196B10", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#10430A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #6eee5f · 14.06:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.49:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.06:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #6eee5f as text scores 1.49:1 on white and 14.06:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #17730C at 4.02:1.

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
#1B870E · 4.65:1
AA on white−36% L
#1B870E
The quick fox
#15670B · 7.05:1
AAA on white−43% L
#15670B
The quick fox
#6eee5f · 14.06:1
AA on blackalready passes
#6eee5f
The quick fox
#6eee5f · 14.06:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#6eee5f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #22AC12 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
#6eee5f on white: 1.49:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#6eee5f on black: 14.06:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #6eee5f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #6eee5f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.49:1AaAa
Slate 501.43:1AaAa
Slate 1001.36:1AaAa
Slate 2001.21:1AaAa
Slate 3001.01:1AaAa
Slate 4001.72:1AaAa
Slate 5003.19:1AaAa
Slate 6005.07:1AaAa
Slate 7006.93:1AaAa
Slate 8009.79:1AaAa
Slate 90011.95:1AaAa
Black14.06:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F3DA4F
deuteranopia · #E3CF6B
tritanopia · #5DE7CF

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. #6eee5f 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.

#F4FCF3
#E8F9E6
#CBF5C6
#A3F49A
#6eee5f
#47E934
#2CDD18
#25B814
#1E9410
#196B10
#10430A
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F4FCF3Darkest = 950 · #10430AText step on white = 900
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 0.054 141.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.086 141.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.130 141.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.168 141.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.199 141.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.216 141.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.216 141.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.203 141.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.181 141.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.151 141.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.119 141.6);
}

Colors that work with #6eee5f

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#C4EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#539B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#BC5BF2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#17730C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFDE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#152414
Dark-mode background
Hover#51EB3F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#34E71E
Two steps down
Disabled#D9E6D7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#79F86A
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #6eee5f

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
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • 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
  • White text placed on it
  • 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 #17730C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #22AC12

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight35/100
  • 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#DF5FEE
Analogous left#B6EE5F
Analogous right#5FEE98
Split-complement 1#985FEE
Split-complement 2#EE5FB6
Triadic 1#5F6EEE
Triadic 2#EE5F6E
Tetradic#5FB6EE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°114°

#6eee5f sits at 114°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red43.1%
Green93.3%
Blue37.3%
R · 0–255
110
0x6e
G · 0–255
238
0xee
B · 0–255
95
0x5f

CMYK percentages

Cyan53.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow60.1%
Key (black)6.7%

Total ink coverage is 121%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#6eee5f text on a black background

contrast 14.06:1

Card sample

#6eee5f text on a white background

contrast 1.49:1

Card sample

#6eee5f on grey

1.36:1

#6eee5f on its own surface

1.41:1

#6eee5f on its dark surface

10.86:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #6eee5f;
Background color
Panel with #6eee5f background
background-color: #6eee5f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #6eee5f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(110, 238, 95, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(110, 238, 95, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #6eee5f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6eee5f, #5FEEAF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #6eee5f, #5FEED3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #6eee5f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #6eee5f;
caret-color: #6eee5f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #6eee5f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFDE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #6eee5f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#6eee5f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #6eee5f 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, 238, 95, 0.5)
rgb(110 238 95 / 50%)
#6eee5f80
hsl(114 81% 65% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #6eee5f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#6eee5f1a#F1FDEF
20%#6eee5f33#E2FCDF
40%#6eee5f66#C5F8BF
60%#6eee5f99#A8F59F
80%#6eee5fcc#8BF17F

Gradients from #6eee5f

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, #A0F496, #6eee5f 45%, #17730C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #6eee5f, #43EBB0);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #6eee5f, #DF5FEE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B9F7B2 0%, #6eee5f 45%, #17730C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D3F38D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #7BF1B3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #17730C 0%, transparent 65%), #6eee5f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #6eee5f

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.

#6eee5f 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
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 14.06:1.

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.

#6eee5f, answered

What color is #6eee5f?

#6eee5f is a light electric green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 114° on the hue wheel with 81% saturation and 65% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #6eee5f?

rgb(110, 238, 95) — 110 red, 238 green and 95 blue out of 255, or 43.1% / 93.3% / 37.3% by channel.

What is #6eee5f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(114, 81%, 65%) and hsv(114, 60%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #6eee5f a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6529 and perceived brightness is 76%, so black text on it reaches 14.06:1.

Should I use black or white text on #6eee5f?

Black. It scores 14.06:1 against #6eee5f, versus 1.49:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #6eee5f accessible on a white background?

#6eee5f on white scores 1.49:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1B870E to reach 4.5:1, or #15670B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #6eee5f?

#DF5FEE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #985FEE and #EE5FB6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #6eee5f?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C4EDC0 for borders, #539B4B for secondary text, #BC5BF2 as an accent and #17730C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B6EE5F and #5FEE98 stays calm, while #DF5FEE is the loudest partner.

What is #6eee5f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(54%, 0%, 60%, 7%). 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 #6eee5f warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 60 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A2EE5F; nudged cooler, #5DF084.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #6eee5f?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 10.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #6eee5f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #6eee5f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#6eee5f] or text-[#6eee5f], 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 #6eee5f with 50% opacity?

rgba(110, 238, 95, 0.5), or #6eee5f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B7F7AF; over black, #377730.

Is #6eee5f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66FF66, ΔE2000 3.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #6eee5f 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 #6eee5f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A0F496, #6eee5f 45%, #17730C). For more colour, a short hue run to #43EBB0 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #6eee5f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #6eee5f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.