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#7fda7f

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Jade

RGB
127, 218, 127
HSL
120°, 55%, 68%
CMYK
42, 0, 42, 15
Luminance
0.5619

#7fda7f is a light vivid green, 120° on the wheel and 63/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.24:1). As text it scores 1.72:1 on white — use #268526 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(120 55% 68%)rgb(127 218 127)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #7fda7f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#7fda7f
Hue
120°
green
Saturation
55%
vivid
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
73%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5619
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
63/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.24:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 4.6
Chroma
58.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.809
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 8.4
Web-safe
#66CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue120° of 360°
Saturation55%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #7fda7f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool63% 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
Red8%
Green89%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#7fda7f
HEX (8-digit)#7fda7fff
RGBrgb(127, 218, 127)
RGBArgba(127, 218, 127, 1)
HSLhsl(120, 55%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120, 42%, 85%)
HWBhwb(120 50% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(42%, 0%, 42%, 15%)
LABlab(79.7 -45.4 36.5)
LCHlch(79.7 58.2 141.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.809 0.153 144.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(37.65, 56.18, 28.94)
Decimal8379007
Display P3color(display-p3 0.498 0.855 0.498)
Web-safe#66CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7fda7f;
background-color: #7fda7f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7fda7f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7fda7f] bg-[#7fda7f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7fda7f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.498, green: 0.855, blue: 0.498)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.498, green: 0.855, blue: 0.498, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7FDA7F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7FDA7F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7FDA7F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(127, 218, 127)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(127, 218, 127)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(127, 218, 127)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 127, 218, 127)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4980f, 0.8549f, 0.4980f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{127,218,127}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7fda7f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7fda7f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1D631D, #D3EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7fda7f 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: #F4FBF4;
  --brand-100: #E9F6E9;
  --brand-200: #CEEECE;
  --brand-300: #A8E6A8;
  --brand-400: #7fda7f;
  --brand-500: #51CD51;
  --brand-600: #37BE37;
  --brand-700: #2E9E2E;
  --brand-800: #257F25;
  --brand-900: #1E5C1E;
  --brand-950: #133A13;
  --brand: #7fda7f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C0EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #63D263;
  --brand-pressed: #47CA47;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142414;
    --brand-ink: #D3EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF4',
        100: '#E9F6E9',
        200: '#CEEECE',
        300: '#A8E6A8',
        400: '#7fda7f',
        500: '#51CD51',
        600: '#37BE37',
        700: '#2E9E2E',
        800: '#257F25',
        900: '#1E5C1E',
        950: '#133A13',
        DEFAULT: '#7fda7f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF4,
  '100': #E9F6E9,
  '200': #CEEECE,
  '300': #A8E6A8,
  '400': #7fda7f,
  '500': #51CD51,
  '600': #37BE37,
  '700': #2E9E2E,
  '800': #257F25,
  '900': #1E5C1E,
  '950': #133A13,
);
$brand-base: #7fda7f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9F6E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CEEECE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A8E6A8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7fda7f", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#51CD51", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#37BE37", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2E9E2E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#257F25", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1E5C1E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#133A13", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #7fda7f · 12.24:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.72:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.24:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #7fda7f as text scores 1.72:1 on white and 12.24:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1D631D at 4.29:1.

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
#268526 · 4.70:1
AA on white−34% L
#268526
The quick fox
#1D651D · 7.16:1
AAA on white−42% L
#1D651D
The quick fox
#7fda7f · 12.24:1
AA on blackalready passes
#7fda7f
The quick fox
#7fda7f · 12.24:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#7fda7f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #31A931 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
#7fda7f on white: 1.72:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7fda7f on black: 12.24:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #7fda7f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #7fda7f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.72:1AaAa
Slate 501.64:1AaAa
Slate 1001.57:1AaAa
Slate 2001.39:1AaAa
Slate 3001.16:1AaAa
Slate 4001.49:1AaAa
Slate 5002.77:1AaAa
Slate 6004.42:1AaAa
Slate 7006.03:1AaAa
Slate 8008.52:1AaAa
Slate 90010.40:1AaAa
Black12.24:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DECB78
deuteranopia · #D0C285
tritanopia · #74D5C4

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. #7fda7f 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.

#F4FBF4
#E9F6E9
#CEEECE
#A8E6A8
#7fda7f
#51CD51
#37BE37
#2E9E2E
#257F25
#1E5C1E
#133A13
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF4Darkest = 950 · #133A13Text 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 0.038 144.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.061 144.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.092 144.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.119 144.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.140 144.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.153 144.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.153 144.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.144 144.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.128 144.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.107 144.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.084 144.0);
}

Colors that work with #7fda7f

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#F4FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#852AA2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1D631D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBF9EB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142414
Dark-mode background
Hover#63D263
One step down in lightness
Pressed#47CA47
Two steps down
Disabled#DFEADF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#87E687
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 #7fda7f

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 #1D631D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #31A931

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
  • Weight32/100
  • 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#DA7FDA
Analogous left#ACDA7F
Analogous right#7FDAAC
Split-complement 1#AC7FDA
Split-complement 2#DA7FAC
Triadic 1#7F7FDA
Triadic 2#DA7F7F
Tetradic#7FACDA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°120°

#7fda7f sits at 120°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red49.8%
Green85.5%
Blue49.8%
R · 0–255
127
0x7f
G · 0–255
218
0xda
B · 0–255
127
0x7f

CMYK percentages

Cyan41.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow41.7%
Key (black)14.5%

Total ink coverage is 98%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7fda7f text on a black background

contrast 12.24:1

Card sample

#7fda7f text on a white background

contrast 1.72:1

Card sample

#7fda7f on grey

1.57:1

#7fda7f on its own surface

1.62:1

#7fda7f on its dark surface

9.47:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #7fda7f;
Background color
Panel with #7fda7f background
background-color: #7fda7f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #7fda7f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(127, 218, 127, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(127, 218, 127, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7fda7f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7fda7f, #7FDABC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7fda7f, #7FDAD2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7fda7f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7fda7f;
caret-color: #7fda7f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7fda7f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBF9EB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7fda7f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7fda7f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7fda7f 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(127, 218, 127, 0.5)
rgb(127 218 127 / 50%)
#7fda7f80
hsl(120 55% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7fda7f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7fda7f1a#F2FBF2
20%#7fda7f33#E5F8E5
40%#7fda7f66#CCF0CC
60%#7fda7f99#B2E9B2
80%#7fda7fcc#99E199

Gradients from #7fda7f

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, #AEE8AE, #7fda7f 45%, #1D631D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7fda7f, #67D3B8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7fda7f, #DA7FDA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C6EFC6 0%, #7fda7f 45%, #1D631D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #CBE5A6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #97E1C2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1D631D 0%, transparent 65%), #7fda7f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7fda7f

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.

#7fda7f 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 12.24:1.

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.

#7fda7f, answered

What color is #7fda7f?

#7fda7f is a light vivid green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 4.6). It sits at 120° on the hue wheel with 55% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #7fda7f?

rgb(127, 218, 127) — 127 red, 218 green and 127 blue out of 255, or 49.8% / 85.5% / 49.8% by channel.

What is #7fda7f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(120, 55%, 68%) and hsv(120, 42%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7fda7f a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5619 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 12.24:1.

Should I use black or white text on #7fda7f?

Black. It scores 12.24:1 against #7fda7f, versus 1.72:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #7fda7f accessible on a white background?

#7fda7f on white scores 1.72:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #268526 to reach 4.5:1, or #1D651D for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #7fda7f?

#DA7FDA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #AC7FDA and #DA7FAC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7fda7f?

For interface work: #F4FAF4 as the surface, #C0EDC0 for borders, #4B9B4B for secondary text, #852AA2 as an accent and #1D631D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #ACDA7F and #7FDAAC stays calm, while #DA7FDA is the loudest partner.

What is #7fda7f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(42%, 0%, 42%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #7fda7f warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 63 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A0DA7F; nudged cooler, #7DDCA0.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7fda7f?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 8.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7fda7f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7fda7f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#7fda7f] or text-[#7fda7f], 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 #7fda7f with 50% opacity?

rgba(127, 218, 127, 0.5), or #7fda7f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BFEDBF; over black, #406D40.

Is #7fda7f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC66, ΔE2000 4.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7fda7f 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 #7fda7f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #AEE8AE, #7fda7f 45%, #1D631D). For more colour, a short hue run to #67D3B8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7fda7f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #7fda7f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.