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#71db9b

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Basil

RGB
113, 219, 155
HSL
144°, 60%, 65%
CMYK
48, 0, 29, 14
Luminance
0.5654

#71db9b is a light vivid green, 144° on the wheel and 72/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.31:1). As text it scores 1.71:1 on white — use #22874A instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(144 60% 65%)rgb(113 219 155)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #71db9b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#71db9b
Hue
144°
green
Saturation
60%
vivid
Lightness
65%
light
Brightness
86%
HSV value
Perceived
73%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5654
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
72/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.31:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 7.5
Chroma
50.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.811
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 9.9
Web-safe
#66CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue144° of 360°
Saturation60%
Lightness65%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #71db9b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool72% 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%
Green90%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#71db9b
HEX (8-digit)#71db9bff
RGBrgb(113, 219, 155)
RGBArgba(113, 219, 155, 1)
HSLhsl(144, 60%, 65%)
HSV / HSBhsv(144, 48%, 86%)
HWBhwb(144 44% 14%)
CMYKcmyk(48%, 0%, 29%, 14%)
LABlab(79.9 -44.9 22.2)
LCHlch(79.9 50.1 153.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.811 0.135 155.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(38.06, 56.54, 39.91)
Decimal7461787
Display P3color(display-p3 0.443 0.859 0.608)
Web-safe#66CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #71db9b;
background-color: #71db9b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #71db9b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#71db9b] bg-[#71db9b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #71db9b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.443, green: 0.859, blue: 0.608)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.443, green: 0.859, blue: 0.608, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#71DB9B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF71DB9B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF71DB9B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(155, 219, 113)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(113, 219, 155)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(113, 219, 155)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 113, 219, 155)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4431f, 0.8588f, 0.6078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{113,219,155}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #71db9b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #71db9b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1A6638, #D3EEDE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #71db9b 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: #F4FBF7;
  --brand-100: #E9F7EE;
  --brand-200: #CCEFDA;
  --brand-300: #A5E8C0;
  --brand-400: #71db9b;
  --brand-500: #4CD281;
  --brand-600: #31C36B;
  --brand-700: #29A359;
  --brand-800: #218248;
  --brand-900: #1C5F36;
  --brand-950: #113B22;
  --brand: #71db9b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C0EDD2;
  --brand-hover: #54D487;
  --brand-pressed: #38CD73;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241A;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF7',
        100: '#E9F7EE',
        200: '#CCEFDA',
        300: '#A5E8C0',
        400: '#71db9b',
        500: '#4CD281',
        600: '#31C36B',
        700: '#29A359',
        800: '#218248',
        900: '#1C5F36',
        950: '#113B22',
        DEFAULT: '#71db9b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF7,
  '100': #E9F7EE,
  '200': #CCEFDA,
  '300': #A5E8C0,
  '400': #71db9b,
  '500': #4CD281,
  '600': #31C36B,
  '700': #29A359,
  '800': #218248,
  '900': #1C5F36,
  '950': #113B22,
);
$brand-base: #71db9b;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9F7EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CCEFDA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A5E8C0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#71db9b", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#4CD281", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#31C36B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#29A359", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#218248", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1C5F36", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#113B22", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #71db9b · 12.31:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.71:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.31:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #71db9b as text scores 1.71:1 on white and 12.31:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1A6638 at 4.10:1.

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
#22874A · 4.53:1
AA on white−32% L
#22874A
The quick fox
#1A6638 · 7.00:1
AAA on white−40% L
#1A6638
The quick fox
#71db9b · 12.31:1
AA on blackalready passes
#71db9b
The quick fox
#71db9b · 12.31:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#71db9b

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #2AA75C 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
#71db9b on white: 1.71:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#71db9b on black: 12.31:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #71db9b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #71db9b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.71:1AaAa
Slate 501.63:1AaAa
Slate 1001.56:1AaAa
Slate 2001.38:1AaAa
Slate 3001.15:1AaAa
Slate 4001.50:1AaAa
Slate 5002.79:1AaAa
Slate 6004.44:1AaAa
Slate 7006.07:1AaAa
Slate 8008.57:1AaAa
Slate 90010.46:1AaAa
Black12.31:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DACD97
deuteranopia · #CBC29F
tritanopia · #57D9CA

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. #71db9b 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.

#F4FBF7
#E9F7EE
#CCEFDA
#A5E8C0
#71db9b
#4CD281
#31C36B
#29A359
#218248
#1C5F36
#113B22
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF7Darkest = 950 · #113B22Text 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 0.034 155.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.054 155.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.081 155.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.105 155.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.124 155.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.135 155.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.135 155.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.127 155.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.113 155.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.095 155.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.074 155.3);
}

Colors that work with #71db9b

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#F4FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDD2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6A
Captions on the surface
Accent#A72594
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1A6638
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBFAF1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241A
Dark-mode background
Hover#54D487
One step down in lightness
Pressed#38CD73
Two steps down
Disabled#D7E5DD
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#79E7A5
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 #71db9b

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 #1A6638
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #2AA75C

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 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight35/100
  • 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#DB71B1
Analogous left#7CDB71
Analogous right#71DBD0
Split-complement 1#D071DB
Split-complement 2#DB717C
Triadic 1#9B71DB
Triadic 2#DB9B71
Tetradic#717CDB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°144°

#71db9b sits at 144°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red44.3%
Green85.9%
Blue60.8%
R · 0–255
113
0x71
G · 0–255
219
0xdb
B · 0–255
155
0x9b

CMYK percentages

Cyan48.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow29.2%
Key (black)14.1%

Total ink coverage is 92%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#71db9b text on a black background

contrast 12.31:1

Card sample

#71db9b text on a white background

contrast 1.71:1

Card sample

#71db9b on grey

1.56:1

#71db9b on its own surface

1.61:1

#71db9b on its dark surface

9.49:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #71db9b;
Background color
Panel with #71db9b background
background-color: #71db9b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #71db9b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(113, 219, 155, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(113, 219, 155, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #71db9b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #71db9b, #71D4DB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #71db9b, #71BADB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #71db9b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #71db9b;
caret-color: #71db9b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #71db9b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBFAF1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #71db9b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#71db9b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #71db9b 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(113, 219, 155, 0.5)
rgb(113 219 155 / 50%)
#71db9b80
hsl(144 60% 65% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #71db9b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#71db9b1a#F1FBF5
20%#71db9b33#E3F8EB
40%#71db9b66#C6F1D7
60%#71db9b99#AAE9C3
80%#71db9bcc#8DE2AF

Gradients from #71db9b

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, #A2E7BD, #71db9b 45%, #1A6638);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #71db9b, #59C3D5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #71db9b, #DB71B1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #BAEECF 0%, #71db9b 45%, #1A6638 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A8E59A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #89E1DF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1A6638 0%, transparent 65%), #71db9b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #71db9b

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.

#71db9b 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

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 12.31:1.

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.

#71db9b, answered

What color is #71db9b?

#71db9b is a light vivid green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 7.5). It sits at 144° on the hue wheel with 60% saturation and 65% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #71db9b?

rgb(113, 219, 155) — 113 red, 219 green and 155 blue out of 255, or 44.3% / 85.9% / 60.8% by channel.

What is #71db9b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(144, 60%, 65%) and hsv(144, 48%, 86%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #71db9b a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5654 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 12.31:1.

Should I use black or white text on #71db9b?

Black. It scores 12.31:1 against #71db9b, versus 1.71:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #71db9b accessible on a white background?

#71db9b on white scores 1.71:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #22874A to reach 4.5:1, or #1A6638 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #71db9b?

#DB71B1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D071DB and #DB717C, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #71db9b?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C0EDD2 for borders, #4B9B6A for secondary text, #A72594 as an accent and #1A6638 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #7CDB71 and #71DBD0 stays calm, while #DB71B1 is the loudest partner.

What is #71db9b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(48%, 0%, 29%, 14%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #71db9b warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 72 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #71DB74; nudged cooler, #6FDDC3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #71db9b?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 9.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #71db9b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #71db9b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#71db9b] or text-[#71db9b], 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 #71db9b with 50% opacity?

rgba(113, 219, 155, 0.5), or #71db9b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B8EDCD; over black, #396E4E.

Is #71db9b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC99, ΔE2000 4.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #71db9b 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 #71db9b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A2E7BD, #71db9b 45%, #1A6638). For more colour, a short hue run to #59C3D5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #71db9b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #71db9b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.