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#75dfbb

a light, vivid green · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Meadow Basil

RGB
117, 223, 187
HSL
160°, 62%, 67%
CMYK
48, 0, 16, 13
Luminance
0.6015

#75dfbb is a light vivid green, 160° on the wheel and 79/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.03:1). As text it scores 1.61:1 on white — use #1E8361 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(160 62% 67%)rgb(117 223 187)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #75dfbb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#75dfbb
Hue
160°
green
Saturation
62%
vivid
Lightness
67%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
76%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6015
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
79/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.03:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 4.4
Chroma
40.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.830
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 12.3
Web-safe
#66CCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue160° of 360°
Saturation62%
Lightness67%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #75dfbb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool79% 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%
Green88%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#75dfbb
HEX (8-digit)#75dfbbff
RGBrgb(117, 223, 187)
RGBArgba(117, 223, 187, 1)
HSLhsl(160, 62%, 67%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 48%, 87%)
HWBhwb(160 46% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(48%, 0%, 16%, 13%)
LABlab(81.9 -39.1 8.2)
LCHlch(81.9 40.0 168.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.830 0.112 169.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.69, 60.14, 56.36)
Decimal7724987
Display P3color(display-p3 0.459 0.875 0.733)
Web-safe#66CCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #75dfbb;
background-color: #75dfbb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #75dfbb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#75dfbb] bg-[#75dfbb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #75dfbb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.459, green: 0.875, blue: 0.733)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.459, green: 0.875, blue: 0.733, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#75DFBB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF75DFBB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF75DFBB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(187, 223, 117)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(117, 223, 187)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(117, 223, 187)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 117, 223, 187)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4588f, 0.8745f, 0.7333f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{117,223,187}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #75dfbb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #75dfbb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#18684C, #D3EEE5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #75dfbb 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: #F4FBF9;
  --brand-100: #E8F7F2;
  --brand-200: #CCF0E4;
  --brand-300: #A4EAD2;
  --brand-400: #75dfbb;
  --brand-500: #49D5A5;
  --brand-600: #2EC793;
  --brand-700: #26A67A;
  --brand-800: #1F8562;
  --brand-900: #1A6048;
  --brand-950: #103C2D;
  --brand: #75dfbb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C0EDDD;
  --brand-hover: #58D8AD;
  --brand-pressed: #3BD29E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241F;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF9',
        100: '#E8F7F2',
        200: '#CCF0E4',
        300: '#A4EAD2',
        400: '#75dfbb',
        500: '#49D5A5',
        600: '#2EC793',
        700: '#26A67A',
        800: '#1F8562',
        900: '#1A6048',
        950: '#103C2D',
        DEFAULT: '#75dfbb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF9,
  '100': #E8F7F2,
  '200': #CCF0E4,
  '300': #A4EAD2,
  '400': #75dfbb,
  '500': #49D5A5,
  '600': #2EC793,
  '700': #26A67A,
  '800': #1F8562,
  '900': #1A6048,
  '950': #103C2D,
);
$brand-base: #75dfbb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F7F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CCF0E4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A4EAD2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#75dfbb", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#49D5A5", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2EC793", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#26A67A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1F8562", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1A6048", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#103C2D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #75dfbb · 13.03:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.61:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.03:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #75dfbb as text scores 1.61:1 on white and 13.03:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #18684C at 4.17:1.

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
#1E8361 · 4.69:1
AA on white−35% L
#1E8361
The quick fox
#176249 · 7.29:1
AAA on white−43% L
#176249
The quick fox
#75dfbb · 13.03:1
AA on blackalready passes
#75dfbb
The quick fox
#75dfbb · 13.03:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#75dfbb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #26A479 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
#75dfbb on white: 1.61:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#75dfbb on black: 13.03:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #75dfbb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #75dfbb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.61:1AaAa
Slate 501.54:1AaAa
Slate 1001.47:1AaAa
Slate 2001.31:1AaAa
Slate 3001.09:1AaAa
Slate 4001.59:1AaAa
Slate 5002.95:1AaAa
Slate 6004.70:1AaAa
Slate 7006.42:1AaAa
Slate 8009.08:1AaAa
Slate 90011.08:1AaAa
Black13.03:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DAD3B9
deuteranopia · #C9C7BD
tritanopia · #4FE0D5

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. #75dfbb 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.

#F4FBF9
#E8F7F2
#CCF0E4
#A4EAD2
#75dfbb
#49D5A5
#2EC793
#26A67A
#1F8562
#1A6048
#103C2D
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF9Darkest = 950 · #103C2DText 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 0.028 169.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.045 169.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.067 169.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.088 169.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.103 169.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.112 169.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.112 169.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.106 169.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.094 169.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.079 169.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.062 169.2);
}

Colors that work with #75dfbb

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#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDDD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B80
Captions on the surface
Accent#A92372
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#18684C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFAF5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241F
Dark-mode background
Hover#58D8AD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#3BD29E
Two steps down
Disabled#DCE9E4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7EEAC6
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 #75dfbb

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 #18684C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #26A479

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
  • Weight33/100
  • 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#DF7599
Analogous left#75DF86
Analogous right#75CEDF
Split-complement 1#DF75CE
Split-complement 2#DF8675
Triadic 1#BB75DF
Triadic 2#DFBB75
Tetradic#8675DF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°160°

#75dfbb sits at 160°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red45.9%
Green87.5%
Blue73.3%
R · 0–255
117
0x75
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
187
0xbb

CMYK percentages

Cyan47.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow16.1%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 76%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#75dfbb text on a black background

contrast 13.03:1

Card sample

#75dfbb text on a white background

contrast 1.61:1

Card sample

#75dfbb on grey

1.47:1

#75dfbb on its own surface

1.53:1

#75dfbb on its dark surface

10.01:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #75dfbb;
Background color
Panel with #75dfbb background
background-color: #75dfbb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #75dfbb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(117, 223, 187, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(117, 223, 187, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #75dfbb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #75dfbb, #75BCDF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #75dfbb, #75A2DF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #75dfbb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #75dfbb;
caret-color: #75dfbb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #75dfbb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFAF5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #75dfbb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#75dfbb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #75dfbb 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(117, 223, 187, 0.5)
rgb(117 223 187 / 50%)
#75dfbb80
hsl(160 62% 67% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #75dfbb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#75dfbb1a#F1FCF8
20%#75dfbb33#E3F9F1
40%#75dfbb66#C8F2E4
60%#75dfbb99#ACECD6
80%#75dfbbcc#91E5C9

Gradients from #75dfbb

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, #A7EBD4, #75dfbb 45%, #18684C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #75dfbb, #5CA6D9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #75dfbb, #DF7599);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C0F0E0 0%, #75dfbb 45%, #18684C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #9FE9A4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8ED0E5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #18684C 0%, transparent 65%), #75dfbb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #75dfbb

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.

#75dfbb 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 13.03:1.

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.

#75dfbb, answered

What color is #75dfbb?

#75dfbb is a light vivid green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 4.4). It sits at 160° on the hue wheel with 62% saturation and 67% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #75dfbb?

rgb(117, 223, 187) — 117 red, 223 green and 187 blue out of 255, or 45.9% / 87.5% / 73.3% by channel.

What is #75dfbb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(160, 62%, 67%) and hsv(160, 48%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #75dfbb a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6015 and perceived brightness is 76%, so black text on it reaches 13.03:1.

Should I use black or white text on #75dfbb?

Black. It scores 13.03:1 against #75dfbb, versus 1.61:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #75dfbb accessible on a white background?

#75dfbb on white scores 1.61:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1E8361 to reach 4.5:1, or #176249 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #75dfbb?

#DF7599 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DF75CE and #DF8675, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #75dfbb?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDDD for borders, #4B9B80 for secondary text, #A92372 as an accent and #18684C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #75DF86 and #75CEDF stays calm, while #DF7599 is the loudest partner.

What is #75dfbb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(48%, 0%, 16%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #75dfbb warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 79 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #75DF94; nudged cooler, #73DEE1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #75dfbb?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 12.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #75dfbb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #75dfbb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#75dfbb] or text-[#75dfbb], 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 #75dfbb with 50% opacity?

rgba(117, 223, 187, 0.5), or #75dfbb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BAEFDD; over black, #3B705E.

Is #75dfbb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CCCC, ΔE2000 12.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #75dfbb 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 #75dfbb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A7EBD4, #75dfbb 45%, #18684C). For more colour, a short hue run to #5CA6D9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #75dfbb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #75dfbb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.