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#7ffc9b

a light, electric green · cool · closest name: Pale Green

Token name suggestion: Meadow Fern

RGB
127, 252, 155
HSL
133°, 95%, 74%
CMYK
50, 0, 39, 1
Luminance
0.7650

#7ffc9b is a light electric green, 133° on the wheel and 68/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.30:1). As text it scores 1.29:1 on white — use #038821 instead. Nearest name is Pale Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(133 95% 74%)rgb(127 252 155)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #7ffc9b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#7ffc9b
Hue
133°
green
Saturation
95%
electric
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
83%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7650
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
68/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.30:1
Closest name
Pale Green
ΔE2000 2.8
Chroma
65.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.896
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 13.9
Web-safe
#66FF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue133° of 360°
Saturation95%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #7ffc9b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool68% 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%
Green91%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#7ffc9b
HEX (8-digit)#7ffc9bff
RGBrgb(127, 252, 155)
RGBArgba(127, 252, 155, 1)
HSLhsl(133, 95%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(133, 50%, 99%)
HWBhwb(133 50% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(50%, 0%, 39%, 1%)
LABlab(90.1 -55.1 36.0)
LCHlch(90.1 65.8 146.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.896 0.174 149.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.48, 76.50, 43.16)
Decimal8387739
Display P3color(display-p3 0.498 0.988 0.608)
Web-safe#66FF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7ffc9b;
background-color: #7ffc9b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7ffc9b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7ffc9b] bg-[#7ffc9b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7ffc9b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.498, green: 0.988, blue: 0.608)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.498, green: 0.988, blue: 0.608, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7FFC9B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7FFC9B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7FFC9B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(155, 252, 127)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(127, 252, 155)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(127, 252, 155)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 127, 252, 155)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4980f, 0.9882f, 0.6078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{127,252,155}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7ffc9b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7ffc9b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#037D1E, #D3EED9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7ffc9b 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: #F1FDF4;
  --brand-100: #E4FCE9;
  --brand-200: #C2FACE;
  --brand-300: #7ffc9b;
  --brand-400: #5BFB7E;
  --brand-500: #24FA54;
  --brand-600: #06EF3A;
  --brand-700: #05C730;
  --brand-800: #049F27;
  --brand-900: #07731F;
  --brand-950: #054814;
  --brand: #7ffc9b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C0EDCA;
  --brand-hover: #5CFB80;
  --brand-pressed: #39FA64;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142417;
    --brand-ink: #D3EED9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1FDF4',
        100: '#E4FCE9',
        200: '#C2FACE',
        300: '#7ffc9b',
        400: '#5BFB7E',
        500: '#24FA54',
        600: '#06EF3A',
        700: '#05C730',
        800: '#049F27',
        900: '#07731F',
        950: '#054814',
        DEFAULT: '#7ffc9b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1FDF4,
  '100': #E4FCE9,
  '200': #C2FACE,
  '300': #7ffc9b,
  '400': #5BFB7E,
  '500': #24FA54,
  '600': #06EF3A,
  '700': #05C730,
  '800': #049F27,
  '900': #07731F,
  '950': #054814,
);
$brand-base: #7ffc9b;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1FDF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E4FCE9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C2FACE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#7ffc9b", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#5BFB7E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#24FA54", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#06EF3A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#05C730", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#049F27", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#07731F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#054814", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #7ffc9b · 16.30:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.29:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.30:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #7ffc9b as text scores 1.29:1 on white and 16.30:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #037D1E at 4.12:1.

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
#038821 · 4.62:1
AA on white−47% L
#038821
The quick fox
#026518 · 7.30:1
AAA on white−54% L
#026518
The quick fox
#7ffc9b · 16.30:1
AA on blackalready passes
#7ffc9b
The quick fox
#7ffc9b · 16.30:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#7ffc9b

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #04AB29 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
#7ffc9b on white: 1.29:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7ffc9b on black: 16.30:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #7ffc9b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #7ffc9b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.29:1AaAa
Slate 501.23:1AaAa
Slate 1001.18:1AaAa
Slate 2001.05:1AaAa
Slate 3001.15:1AaAa
Slate 4001.99:1AaAa
Slate 5003.69:1AaAa
Slate 6005.88:1AaAa
Slate 7008.04:1AaAa
Slate 80011.35:1AaAa
Slate 90013.86:1AaAa
Black16.30:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FEEA94
deuteranopia · #ECDEA1
tritanopia · #66F8E4

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. #7ffc9b is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FDF4
#E4FCE9
#C2FACE
#7ffc9b
#5BFB7E
#24FA54
#06EF3A
#05C730
#049F27
#07731F
#054814
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F1FDF4Darkest = 950 · #054814Text step on white = 900
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 0.044 149.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.070 149.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.105 149.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.136 149.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.160 149.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.174 149.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.174 149.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.164 149.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.146 149.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.122 149.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.096 149.1);
}

Colors that work with #7ffc9b

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#F4FAF6
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDCA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B5D
Captions on the surface
Accent#C600CC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#037D1E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FEEC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142417
Dark-mode background
Hover#5CFB80
One step down in lightness
Pressed#39FA64
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#90FFA9
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 #7ffc9b

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 #037D1E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #04AB29

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight26/100
  • 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#FC7FE0
Analogous left#A2FC7F
Analogous right#7FFCD9
Split-complement 1#D97FFC
Split-complement 2#FC7FA2
Triadic 1#9B7FFC
Triadic 2#FC9B7F
Tetradic#7FA2FC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°133°

#7ffc9b sits at 133°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red49.8%
Green98.8%
Blue60.8%
R · 0–255
127
0x7f
G · 0–255
252
0xfc
B · 0–255
155
0x9b

CMYK percentages

Cyan49.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow38.5%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 89%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7ffc9b text on a black background

contrast 16.30:1

Card sample

#7ffc9b text on a white background

contrast 1.29:1

Card sample

#7ffc9b on grey

1.18:1

#7ffc9b on its own surface

1.22:1

#7ffc9b on its dark surface

12.59:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #7ffc9b;
Background color
Panel with #7ffc9b background
background-color: #7ffc9b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #7ffc9b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(127, 252, 155, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(127, 252, 155, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7ffc9b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7ffc9b, #7FFCEE);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7ffc9b, #7FEAFC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7ffc9b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7ffc9b;
caret-color: #7ffc9b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7ffc9b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6FEEC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7ffc9b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7ffc9b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7ffc9b 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, 252, 155, 0.5)
rgb(127 252 155 / 50%)
#7ffc9b80
hsl(133 95% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7ffc9b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7ffc9b1a#F2FFF5
20%#7ffc9b33#E5FEEB
40%#7ffc9b66#CCFED7
60%#7ffc9b99#B2FDC3
80%#7ffc9bcc#99FDAF

Gradients from #7ffc9b

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, #BBFDCA, #7ffc9b 45%, #037D1E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7ffc9b, #61FBF7);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7ffc9b, #FC7FE0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D9FEE1 0%, #7ffc9b 45%, #037D1E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #CCFDB1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #9DFDEA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #037D1E 0%, transparent 65%), #7ffc9b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7ffc9b

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.

#7ffc9b 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 16.30:1.

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.

#7ffc9b, answered

What color is #7ffc9b?

#7ffc9b is a light electric green, closest to Pale Green (ΔE2000 2.8). It sits at 133° on the hue wheel with 95% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #7ffc9b?

rgb(127, 252, 155) — 127 red, 252 green and 155 blue out of 255, or 49.8% / 98.8% / 60.8% by channel.

What is #7ffc9b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(133, 95%, 74%) and hsv(133, 50%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7ffc9b a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7650 and perceived brightness is 83%, so black text on it reaches 16.30:1.

Should I use black or white text on #7ffc9b?

Black. It scores 16.30:1 against #7ffc9b, versus 1.29:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #7ffc9b accessible on a white background?

#7ffc9b on white scores 1.29:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #038821 to reach 4.5:1, or #026518 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #7ffc9b?

#FC7FE0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D97FFC and #FC7FA2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7ffc9b?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C0EDCA for borders, #4B9B5D for secondary text, #C600CC as an accent and #037D1E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A2FC7F and #7FFCD9 stays calm, while #FC7FE0 is the loudest partner.

What is #7ffc9b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(50%, 0%, 39%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #7ffc9b warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 68 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #91FC7F; nudged cooler, #7EFDC9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7ffc9b?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 13.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7ffc9b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7ffc9b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#7ffc9b] or text-[#7ffc9b], 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 #7ffc9b with 50% opacity?

rgba(127, 252, 155, 0.5), or #7ffc9b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BFFECD; over black, #407E4E.

Is #7ffc9b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66FF99, ΔE2000 2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7ffc9b 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 #7ffc9b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BBFDCA, #7ffc9b 45%, #037D1E). For more colour, a short hue run to #61FBF7 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7ffc9b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #7ffc9b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.