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#80cba2

a balanced, soft green · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Signal Basil

RGB
128, 203, 162
HSL
147°, 42%, 65%
CMYK
37, 0, 20, 20
Luminance
0.4991

#80cba2 is a balanced soft green, 147° on the wheel and 74/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.98:1). As text it scores 1.91:1 on white — use #358258 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(147 42% 65%)rgb(128 203 162)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #80cba2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#80cba2
Hue
147°
green
Saturation
42%
soft
Lightness
65%
balanced
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
70%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4991
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
74/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.98:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 4.2
Chroma
34.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.782
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 9.8
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue147° of 360°
Saturation42%
Lightness65%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #80cba2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool74% 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
Red9%
Green86%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#80cba2
HEX (8-digit)#80cba2ff
RGBrgb(128, 203, 162)
RGBArgba(128, 203, 162, 1)
HSLhsl(147, 42%, 65%)
HSV / HSBhsv(147, 37%, 80%)
HWBhwb(147 50% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(37%, 0%, 20%, 20%)
LABlab(76.0 -32.3 13.2)
LCHlch(76.0 34.9 157.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.782 0.096 159.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.78, 49.91, 41.87)
Decimal8440738
Display P3color(display-p3 0.502 0.796 0.635)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #80cba2;
background-color: #80cba2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #80cba2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#80cba2] bg-[#80cba2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #80cba2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.502, green: 0.796, blue: 0.635)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.502, green: 0.796, blue: 0.635, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#80CBA2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF80CBA2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF80CBA2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(162, 203, 128)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(128, 203, 162)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(128, 203, 162)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 203, 162)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5020f, 0.7961f, 0.6353f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{128,203,162}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #80cba2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #80cba2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#255A3D, #D4EDDF);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #80cba2 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: #F5FAF7;
  --brand-100: #EBF5EF;
  --brand-200: #D2EADD;
  --brand-300: #AFDEC5;
  --brand-400: #80cba2;
  --brand-500: #60BE8A;
  --brand-600: #47AE76;
  --brand-700: #3B9162;
  --brand-800: #2F744E;
  --brand-900: #26553B;
  --brand-950: #183525;
  --brand: #80cba2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C5E7D5;
  --brand-hover: #67C18F;
  --brand-pressed: #4DB67D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241B;
    --brand-ink: #D4EDDF;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF7',
        100: '#EBF5EF',
        200: '#D2EADD',
        300: '#AFDEC5',
        400: '#80cba2',
        500: '#60BE8A',
        600: '#47AE76',
        700: '#3B9162',
        800: '#2F744E',
        900: '#26553B',
        950: '#183525',
        DEFAULT: '#80cba2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF7,
  '100': #EBF5EF,
  '200': #D2EADD,
  '300': #AFDEC5,
  '400': #80cba2,
  '500': #60BE8A,
  '600': #47AE76,
  '700': #3B9162,
  '800': #2F744E,
  '900': #26553B,
  '950': #183525,
);
$brand-base: #80cba2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF5EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D2EADD", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#AFDEC5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#80cba2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#60BE8A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#47AE76", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3B9162", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2F744E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#26553B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#183525", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #80cba2 · 10.98:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.91:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.98:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #80cba2 as text scores 1.91:1 on white and 10.98:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #255A3D at 4.21:1.

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
#358258 · 4.68:1
AA on white−29% L
#358258
The quick fox
#286142 · 7.29:1
AAA on white−38% L
#286142
The quick fox
#80cba2 · 10.98:1
AA on blackalready passes
#80cba2
The quick fox
#80cba2 · 10.98:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#80cba2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #44A670 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
#80cba2 on white: 1.91:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#80cba2 on black: 10.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #80cba2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #80cba2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.91:1AaAa
Slate 501.83:1AaAa
Slate 1001.75:1AaAa
Slate 2001.55:1AaAa
Slate 3001.29:1AaAa
Slate 4001.34:1AaAa
Slate 5002.49:1AaAa
Slate 6003.96:1AaAa
Slate 7005.42:1AaAa
Slate 8007.65:1AaAa
Slate 9009.34:1AaAa
Black10.98:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CAC0A0
deuteranopia · #BDB8A4
tritanopia · #70CABF

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. #80cba2 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.

#F5FAF7
#EBF5EF
#D2EADD
#AFDEC5
#80cba2
#60BE8A
#47AE76
#3B9162
#2F744E
#26553B
#183525
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF7Darkest = 950 · #183525Text 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 0.024 159.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.038 159.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.057 159.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.075 159.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.088 159.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.096 159.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.096 159.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.090 159.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.080 159.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.067 159.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.053 159.2);
}

Colors that work with #80cba2

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#F4FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C5E7D5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6F
Captions on the surface
Accent#953782
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#255A3D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF8F2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241B
Dark-mode background
Hover#67C18F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4DB67D
Two steps down
Disabled#D6E5DD
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#87D9AC
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 #80cba2

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 #255A3D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #44A670

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
  • Weight35/100
  • 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#CB80A9
Analogous left#83CB80
Analogous right#80CBC7
Split-complement 1#C780CB
Split-complement 2#CB8083
Triadic 1#A280CB
Triadic 2#CBA280
Tetradic#8083CB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°147°

#80cba2 sits at 147°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red50.2%
Green79.6%
Blue63.5%
R · 0–255
128
0x80
G · 0–255
203
0xcb
B · 0–255
162
0xa2

CMYK percentages

Cyan36.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow20.2%
Key (black)20.4%

Total ink coverage is 78%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#80cba2 text on a black background

contrast 10.98:1

Card sample

#80cba2 text on a white background

contrast 1.91:1

Card sample

#80cba2 on grey

1.75:1

#80cba2 on its own surface

1.81:1

#80cba2 on its dark surface

8.46:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #80cba2;
Background color
Panel with #80cba2 background
background-color: #80cba2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #80cba2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(128, 203, 162, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(128, 203, 162, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #80cba2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #80cba2, #80C2CB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #80cba2, #80AFCB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #80cba2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #80cba2;
caret-color: #80cba2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #80cba2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF8F2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #80cba2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#80cba2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #80cba2 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(128, 203, 162, 0.5)
rgb(128 203 162 / 50%)
#80cba280
hsl(147 42% 65% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #80cba2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#80cba21a#F2FAF6
20%#80cba233#E6F5EC
40%#80cba266#CCEADA
60%#80cba299#B3E0C7
80%#80cba2cc#99D5B5

Gradients from #80cba2

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, #ABDDC2, #80cba2 45%, #255A3D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #80cba2, #6AB0C2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #80cba2, #CB80A9);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C1E6D2 0%, #80cba2 45%, #255A3D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #ABDAA4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #96D2D4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #255A3D 0%, transparent 65%), #80cba2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #80cba2

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.

#80cba2 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 10.98:1.

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.

#80cba2, answered

What color is #80cba2?

#80cba2 is a balanced soft green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 4.2). It sits at 147° on the hue wheel with 42% saturation and 65% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #80cba2?

rgb(128, 203, 162) — 128 red, 203 green and 162 blue out of 255, or 50.2% / 79.6% / 63.5% by channel.

What is #80cba2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(147, 42%, 65%) and hsv(147, 37%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #80cba2 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4991 and perceived brightness is 70%, so black text on it reaches 10.98:1.

Should I use black or white text on #80cba2?

Black. It scores 10.98:1 against #80cba2, versus 1.91:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #80cba2 accessible on a white background?

#80cba2 on white scores 1.91:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #358258 to reach 4.5:1, or #286142 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #80cba2?

#CB80A9 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C780CB and #CB8083, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #80cba2?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C5E7D5 for borders, #4B9B6F for secondary text, #953782 as an accent and #255A3D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #83CB80 and #80CBC7 stays calm, while #CB80A9 is the loudest partner.

What is #80cba2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(37%, 0%, 20%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #80cba2 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 74 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #80CB86; nudged cooler, #7ECDBF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #80cba2?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 9.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #80cba2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #80cba2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#80cba2] or text-[#80cba2], 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 #80cba2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(128, 203, 162, 0.5), or #80cba280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C0E5D1; over black, #406651.

Is #80cba2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 5.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #80cba2 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 #80cba2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #ABDDC2, #80cba2 45%, #255A3D). For more colour, a short hue run to #6AB0C2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #80cba2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #80cba2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.