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#7cb080

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

Token name suggestion: True Fern

RGB
124, 176, 128
HSL
125°, 25%, 59%
CMYK
30, 0, 27, 31
Luminance
0.3689

#7cb080 is a balanced soft green, 125° on the wheel and 60/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.38:1). As text it scores 2.51:1 on white — use #4E8252 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(125 25% 59%)rgb(124 176 128)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #7cb080 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#7cb080
Hue
125°
green
Saturation
25%
soft
Lightness
59%
balanced
Brightness
69%
HSV value
Perceived
62%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3689
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
60/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.38:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 4.1
Chroma
33.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.708
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 9.9
Web-safe
#669999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue125° of 360°
Saturation25%
Lightness59%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #7cb080.

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
Red12%
Green84%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#7cb080
HEX (8-digit)#7cb080ff
RGBrgb(124, 176, 128)
RGBArgba(124, 176, 128, 1)
HSLhsl(125, 25%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(125, 30%, 69%)
HWBhwb(125 49% 31%)
CMYKcmyk(30%, 0%, 27%, 31%)
LABlab(67.2 -27.0 19.2)
LCHlch(67.2 33.1 144.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.708 0.088 146.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(27.73, 36.89, 26.08)
Decimal8171648
Display P3color(display-p3 0.486 0.690 0.502)
Web-safe#669999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7cb080;
background-color: #7cb080;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7cb080;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7cb080] bg-[#7cb080]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7cb080;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.486, green: 0.690, blue: 0.502)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.486, green: 0.690, blue: 0.502, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7CB080</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7CB080)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7CB080)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(128, 176, 124)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(124, 176, 128)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(124, 176, 128)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 124, 176, 128)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4863f, 0.6902f, 0.5020f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{124,176,128}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7cb080 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7cb080 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#305032, #D9E8DA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7cb080 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: #D7E5D8;
  --brand-300: #B9D5BB;
  --brand-400: #96C099;
  --brand-500: #7cb080;
  --brand-600: #5C9961;
  --brand-700: #4D7F51;
  --brand-800: #3D6640;
  --brand-900: #2F4B31;
  --brand-950: #1E2F1F;
  --brand: #7cb080;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5F9F6;
  --brand-border: #CCE0CE;
  --brand-hover: #66A36A;
  --brand-pressed: #568F5A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #152316;
    --brand-ink: #D9E8DA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F6',
        100: '#EDF3ED',
        200: '#D7E5D8',
        300: '#B9D5BB',
        400: '#96C099',
        500: '#7cb080',
        600: '#5C9961',
        700: '#4D7F51',
        800: '#3D6640',
        900: '#2F4B31',
        950: '#1E2F1F',
        DEFAULT: '#7cb080',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F6,
  '100': #EDF3ED,
  '200': #D7E5D8,
  '300': #B9D5BB,
  '400': #96C099,
  '500': #7cb080,
  '600': #5C9961,
  '700': #4D7F51,
  '800': #3D6640,
  '900': #2F4B31,
  '950': #1E2F1F,
);
$brand-base: #7cb080;
$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": "#D7E5D8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B9D5BB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#96C099", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7cb080", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5C9961", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4D7F51", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3D6640", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2F4B31", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1E2F1F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #7cb080 · 8.38:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.51:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.38:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #7cb080 as text scores 2.51:1 on white and 8.38:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #305032 at 3.61:1.

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
#4E8252 · 4.53:1
AA on white−18% L
#4E8252
The quick fox
#395F3C · 7.30:1
AAA on white−29% L
#395F3C
The quick fox
#7cb080 · 8.38:1
AA on blackalready passes
#7cb080
The quick fox
#7cb080 · 8.38:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#7cb080

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #62A167 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
#7cb080 on white: 2.51:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7cb080 on black: 8.38:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #7cb080 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #7cb080.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.51:1AaAa
Slate 502.40:1AaAa
Slate 1002.29:1AaAa
Slate 2002.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.69:1AaAa
Slate 4001.02:1AaAa
Slate 5001.90:1AaAa
Slate 6003.02:1AaAa
Slate 7004.13:1AaAa
Slate 8005.84:1AaAa
Slate 9007.12:1AaAa
Black8.38:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B2A77D
deuteranopia · #A9A183
tritanopia · #76ADA3

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. #7cb080 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
#D7E5D8
#B9D5BB
#96C099
#7cb080
#5C9961
#4D7F51
#3D6640
#2F4B31
#1E2F1F
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F6Darkest = 950 · #1E2F1FText 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 0.022 146.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.035 146.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.053 146.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.069 146.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.081 146.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.088 146.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.088 146.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.083 146.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.074 146.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.062 146.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.049 146.5);
}

Colors that work with #7cb080

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#CCE0CE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#568F5B
Captions on the surface
Accent#AA78B4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#305032
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF5F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#152316
Dark-mode background
Hover#66A36A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#568F5A
Two steps down
Disabled#C3D9C5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7FC184
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 #7cb080

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 #305032
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #62A167

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
  • Weight41/100
  • 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#B07CAC
Analogous left#92B07C
Analogous right#7CB09A
Split-complement 1#9A7CB0
Split-complement 2#B07C92
Triadic 1#807CB0
Triadic 2#B0807C
Tetradic#7C92B0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°125°

#7cb080 sits at 125°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red48.6%
Green69.0%
Blue50.2%
R · 0–255
124
0x7c
G · 0–255
176
0xb0
B · 0–255
128
0x80

CMYK percentages

Cyan29.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow27.3%
Key (black)31.0%

Total ink coverage is 88%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7cb080 text on a black background

contrast 8.38:1

Card sample

#7cb080 text on a white background

contrast 2.51:1

Card sample

#7cb080 on grey

2.29:1

#7cb080 on its own surface

2.36:1

#7cb080 on its dark surface

6.53:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #7cb080;
Background color
Panel with #7cb080 background
background-color: #7cb080;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #7cb080;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(124, 176, 128, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(124, 176, 128, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7cb080;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7cb080, #7CB0A3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7cb080, #7CB0B0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7cb080;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7cb080;
caret-color: #7cb080;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7cb080;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF5F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7cb080;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7cb080 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7cb080 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(124, 176, 128, 0.5)
rgb(124 176 128 / 50%)
#7cb08080
hsl(125 25% 59% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7cb080 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7cb0801a#F2F7F2
20%#7cb08033#E5EFE6
40%#7cb08066#CBDFCC
60%#7cb08099#B0D0B3
80%#7cb080cc#96C099

Gradients from #7cb080

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, #A2C7A5, #7cb080 45%, #305032);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7cb080, #69A49A);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7cb080, #B07CAC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B5D3B7 0%, #7cb080 45%, #305032 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%, #B0C39C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8FBCAC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #305032 0%, transparent 65%), #7cb080;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7cb080

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.

#7cb080 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 8.38:1.

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.

#7cb080, answered

What color is #7cb080?

#7cb080 is a balanced soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 4.1). It sits at 125° on the hue wheel with 25% saturation and 59% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #7cb080?

rgb(124, 176, 128) — 124 red, 176 green and 128 blue out of 255, or 48.6% / 69% / 50.2% by channel.

What is #7cb080 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(125, 25%, 59%) and hsv(125, 30%, 69%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7cb080 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3689 and perceived brightness is 62%, so black text on it reaches 8.38:1.

Should I use black or white text on #7cb080?

Black. It scores 8.38:1 against #7cb080, versus 2.51:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #7cb080 accessible on a white background?

#7cb080 on white scores 2.51:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4E8252 to reach 4.5:1, or #395F3C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #7cb080?

#B07CAC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9A7CB0 and #B07C92, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7cb080?

For interface work: #F5F9F6 as the surface, #CCE0CE for borders, #568F5B for secondary text, #AA78B4 as an accent and #305032 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #92B07C and #7CB09A stays calm, while #B07CAC is the loudest partner.

What is #7cb080 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(30%, 0%, 27%, 31%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #7cb080 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 #8BB07C; nudged cooler, #7AB293.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7cb080?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 9.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7cb080 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7cb080 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#7cb080] or text-[#7cb080], 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 #7cb080 with 50% opacity?

rgba(124, 176, 128, 0.5), or #7cb08080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BED8C0; over black, #3E5840.

Is #7cb080 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669999, ΔE2000 17.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7cb080 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 #7cb080?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A2C7A5, #7cb080 45%, #305032). For more colour, a short hue run to #69A49A keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7cb080 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #7cb080 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.