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#77af7f

a balanced, soft green · cool · closest name: Dark Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Atlas Basil

RGB
119, 175, 127
HSL
129°, 26%, 58%
CMYK
32, 0, 27, 31
Luminance
0.3611

#77af7f is a balanced soft green, 129° on the wheel and 62/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.22:1). As text it scores 2.55:1 on white — use #4D8254 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(129 26% 58%)rgb(119 175 127)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #77af7f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#77af7f
Hue
129°
green
Saturation
26%
soft
Lightness
58%
balanced
Brightness
69%
HSV value
Perceived
61%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3611
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
62/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.22:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 4.8
Chroma
34.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.702
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 9.2
Web-safe
#669966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue129° of 360°
Saturation26%
Lightness58%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #77af7f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool62% 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
Red11%
Green85%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#77af7f
HEX (8-digit)#77af7fff
RGBrgb(119, 175, 127)
RGBArgba(119, 175, 127, 1)
HSLhsl(129, 26%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(129, 32%, 69%)
HWBhwb(129 47% 31%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 0%, 27%, 31%)
LABlab(66.6 -28.3 18.9)
LCHlch(66.6 34.1 146.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.702 0.091 148.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(26.77, 36.11, 25.63)
Decimal7843711
Display P3color(display-p3 0.467 0.686 0.498)
Web-safe#669966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #77af7f;
background-color: #77af7f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #77af7f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#77af7f] bg-[#77af7f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #77af7f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.467, green: 0.686, blue: 0.498)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.467, green: 0.686, blue: 0.498, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#77AF7F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF77AF7F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF77AF7F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(127, 175, 119)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(119, 175, 127)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(119, 175, 127)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 119, 175, 127)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4667f, 0.6863f, 0.4980f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{119,175,127}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #77af7f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #77af7f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2F5034, #D8E8DB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #77af7f 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: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-100: #EDF3ED;
  --brand-200: #D6E5D8;
  --brand-300: #B8D5BD;
  --brand-400: #95C19B;
  --brand-500: #77af7f;
  --brand-600: #5B9A64;
  --brand-700: #4C8053;
  --brand-800: #3C6743;
  --brand-900: #2F4C33;
  --brand-950: #1D2F20;
  --brand: #77af7f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5F9F6;
  --brand-border: #CCE1CF;
  --brand-hover: #60A26A;
  --brand-pressed: #528C5B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #152317;
    --brand-ink: #D8E8DB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F6',
        100: '#EDF3ED',
        200: '#D6E5D8',
        300: '#B8D5BD',
        400: '#95C19B',
        500: '#77af7f',
        600: '#5B9A64',
        700: '#4C8053',
        800: '#3C6743',
        900: '#2F4C33',
        950: '#1D2F20',
        DEFAULT: '#77af7f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F6,
  '100': #EDF3ED,
  '200': #D6E5D8,
  '300': #B8D5BD,
  '400': #95C19B,
  '500': #77af7f,
  '600': #5B9A64,
  '700': #4C8053,
  '800': #3C6743,
  '900': #2F4C33,
  '950': #1D2F20,
);
$brand-base: #77af7f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF3ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D6E5D8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B8D5BD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#95C19B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#77af7f", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5B9A64", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4C8053", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3C6743", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2F4C33", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1D2F20", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #77af7f · 8.22:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.55:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.22:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #77af7f as text scores 2.55:1 on white and 8.22:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2F5034 at 3.55:1.

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
#4D8254 · 4.53:1
AA on white−17% L
#4D8254
The quick fox
#3A6240 · 7.00:1
AAA on white−27% L
#3A6240
The quick fox
#77af7f · 8.22:1
AA on blackalready passes
#77af7f
The quick fox
#77af7f · 8.22:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#77af7f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #60A26A 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
#77af7f on white: 2.55:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#77af7f on black: 8.22:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #77af7f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #77af7f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.55:1AaAa
Slate 502.44:1AaAa
Slate 1002.33:1AaAa
Slate 2002.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.72:1AaAa
Slate 4001.00:1AaAa
Slate 5001.86:1AaAa
Slate 6002.97:1AaAa
Slate 7004.05:1AaAa
Slate 8005.73:1AaAa
Slate 9006.99:1AaAa
Black8.22:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B0A67C
deuteranopia · #A7A082
tritanopia · #70ADA2

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. #77af7f 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.

#F6F9F6
#EDF3ED
#D6E5D8
#B8D5BD
#95C19B
#77af7f
#5B9A64
#4C8053
#3C6743
#2F4C33
#1D2F20
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F6Darkest = 950 · #1D2F20Text step on white = 700
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 0.023 148.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.036 148.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.055 148.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.071 148.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.084 148.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.091 148.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.091 148.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.086 148.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.077 148.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.064 148.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.050 148.2);
}

Colors that work with #77af7f

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#F5F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#CCE1CF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#55905E
Captions on the surface
Accent#AC73B3
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2F5034
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF6F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#152317
Dark-mode background
Hover#60A26A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#528C5B
Two steps down
Disabled#C0D6C3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7AC084
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 #77af7f

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 #2F5034
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #60A26A

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
  • Weight42/100
  • 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#AF77A7
Analogous left#8BAF77
Analogous right#77AF9B
Split-complement 1#9B77AF
Split-complement 2#AF778B
Triadic 1#7F77AF
Triadic 2#AF7F77
Tetradic#778BAF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°129°

#77af7f sits at 129°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red46.7%
Green68.6%
Blue49.8%
R · 0–255
119
0x77
G · 0–255
175
0xaf
B · 0–255
127
0x7f

CMYK percentages

Cyan32.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow27.4%
Key (black)31.4%

Total ink coverage is 91%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#77af7f text on a black background

contrast 8.22:1

Card sample

#77af7f text on a white background

contrast 2.55:1

Card sample

#77af7f on grey

2.33:1

#77af7f on its own surface

2.40:1

#77af7f on its dark surface

6.40:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #77af7f;
Background color
Panel with #77af7f background
background-color: #77af7f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #77af7f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(119, 175, 127, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(119, 175, 127, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #77af7f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #77af7f, #77AFA4);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #77af7f, #77ACAF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #77af7f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #77af7f;
caret-color: #77af7f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #77af7f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF6F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #77af7f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#77af7f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #77af7f 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(119, 175, 127, 0.5)
rgb(119 175 127 / 50%)
#77af7f80
hsl(129 26% 58% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #77af7f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#77af7f1a#F1F7F2
20%#77af7f33#E4EFE5
40%#77af7f66#C9DFCC
60%#77af7f99#ADCFB2
80%#77af7fcc#92BF99

Gradients from #77af7f

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, #9DC6A3, #77af7f 45%, #2F5034);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #77af7f, #64A49D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #77af7f, #AF77A7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B1D1B5 0%, #77af7f 45%, #2F5034 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #AAC297 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8ABAAD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2F5034 0%, transparent 65%), #77af7f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #77af7f

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.

#77af7f 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 8.22:1.

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.

#77af7f, answered

What color is #77af7f?

#77af7f is a balanced soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 4.8). It sits at 129° on the hue wheel with 26% saturation and 58% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #77af7f?

rgb(119, 175, 127) — 119 red, 175 green and 127 blue out of 255, or 46.7% / 68.6% / 49.8% by channel.

What is #77af7f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(129, 26%, 58%) and hsv(129, 32%, 69%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #77af7f a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3611 and perceived brightness is 61%, so black text on it reaches 8.22:1.

Should I use black or white text on #77af7f?

Black. It scores 8.22:1 against #77af7f, versus 2.55:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #77af7f accessible on a white background?

#77af7f on white scores 2.55:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4D8254 to reach 4.5:1, or #3A6240 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #77af7f?

#AF77A7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9B77AF and #AF778B, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #77af7f?

For interface work: #F5F9F6 as the surface, #CCE1CF for borders, #55905E for secondary text, #AC73B3 as an accent and #2F5034 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #8BAF77 and #77AF9B stays calm, while #AF77A7 is the loudest partner.

What is #77af7f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(32%, 0%, 27%, 31%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #77af7f warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 62 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #83AF77; nudged cooler, #75B193.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #77af7f?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 9.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #77af7f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #77af7f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#77af7f] or text-[#77af7f], 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 #77af7f with 50% opacity?

rgba(119, 175, 127, 0.5), or #77af7f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BBD7BF; over black, #3C5840.

Is #77af7f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669966, ΔE2000 7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #77af7f 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 #77af7f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9DC6A3, #77af7f 45%, #2F5034). For more colour, a short hue run to #64A49D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #77af7f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #77af7f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.