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#83fd2d

a balanced, electric green · neutral · closest name: Lawn Green

Token name suggestion: Studio Moss

RGB
131, 253, 45
HSL
95°, 98%, 58%
CMYK
48, 0, 82, 1
Luminance
0.7527

#83fd2d is a balanced electric green, 95° on the wheel and 52/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.05:1). As text it scores 1.31:1 on white — use #388501 instead. Nearest name is Lawn Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(95 98% 58%)rgb(131 253 45)Base step 500AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #83fd2d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#83fd2d
Hue
95°
green
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
58%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
81%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7527
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
52/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.05:1
Closest name
Lawn Green
ΔE2000 1.2
Chroma
102.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.888
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 11.1
Web-safe
#99FF33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue95° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness58%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #83fd2d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool52% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red6%
Green93%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#83fd2d
HEX (8-digit)#83fd2dff
RGBrgb(131, 253, 45)
RGBArgba(131, 253, 45, 1)
HSLhsl(95, 98%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(95, 82%, 99%)
HWBhwb(95 18% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(48%, 0%, 82%, 1%)
LABlab(89.5 -65.2 79.5)
LCHlch(89.5 102.8 129.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.888 0.252 136.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(44.96, 75.26, 14.64)
Decimal8650029
Display P3color(display-p3 0.514 0.992 0.176)
Web-safe#99FF33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #83fd2d;
background-color: #83fd2d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #83fd2d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#83fd2d] bg-[#83fd2d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #83fd2d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.514, green: 0.992, blue: 0.176)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.514, green: 0.992, blue: 0.176, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#83FD2D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF83FD2D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF83FD2D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(45, 253, 131)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(131, 253, 45)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(131, 253, 45)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 131, 253, 45)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5137f, 0.9922f, 0.1765f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{131,253,45}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #83fd2d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #83fd2d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#357E01, #DEEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #83fd2d 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: #F6FDF1;
  --brand-100: #EEFCE3;
  --brand-200: #D9FBC1;
  --brand-300: #BDFE90;
  --brand-400: #9DFD58;
  --brand-500: #83fd2d;
  --brand-600: #66F202;
  --brand-700: #55CA02;
  --brand-800: #44A202;
  --brand-900: #347406;
  --brand-950: #204904;
  --brand: #83fd2d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D2EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #6EFD09;
  --brand-pressed: #5EE002;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1B2414;
    --brand-ink: #DEEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FDF1',
        100: '#EEFCE3',
        200: '#D9FBC1',
        300: '#BDFE90',
        400: '#9DFD58',
        500: '#83fd2d',
        600: '#66F202',
        700: '#55CA02',
        800: '#44A202',
        900: '#347406',
        950: '#204904',
        DEFAULT: '#83fd2d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FDF1,
  '100': #EEFCE3,
  '200': #D9FBC1,
  '300': #BDFE90,
  '400': #9DFD58,
  '500': #83fd2d,
  '600': #66F202,
  '700': #55CA02,
  '800': #44A202,
  '900': #347406,
  '950': #204904,
);
$brand-base: #83fd2d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEFCE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9FBC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BDFE90", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9DFD58", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#83fd2d", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#66F202", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#55CA02", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#44A202", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#347406", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#204904", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #83fd2d · 16.05:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.31:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.05:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #83fd2d as text scores 1.31:1 on white and 16.05:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #357E01 at 3.88:1.

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
#388501 · 4.64:1
AA on white−32% L
#388501
The quick fox
#296201 · 7.39:1
AAA on white−39% L
#296201
The quick fox
#83fd2d · 16.05:1
AA on blackalready passes
#83fd2d
The quick fox
#83fd2d · 16.05:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#83fd2d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #47A902 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
#83fd2d on white: 1.31:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#83fd2d on black: 16.05:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #83fd2d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #83fd2d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.31:1AaAa
Slate 501.25:1AaAa
Slate 1001.19:1AaAa
Slate 2001.06:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.96:1AaAa
Slate 5003.64:1AaAa
Slate 6005.79:1AaAa
Slate 7007.92:1AaAa
Slate 80011.18:1AaAa
Slate 90013.65:1AaAa
Black16.05:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFE700
deuteranopia · #F6DD48
tritanopia · #7DF3D8

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. #83fd2d 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.

#F6FDF1
#EEFCE3
#D9FBC1
#BDFE90
#9DFD58
#83fd2d
#66F202
#55CA02
#44A202
#347406
#204904
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F6FDF1Darkest = 950 · #204904Text 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 0.063 136.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.101 136.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.151 136.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.197 136.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.232 136.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.252 136.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.252 136.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.237 136.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.212 136.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.176 136.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.139 136.2);
}

Colors that work with #83fd2d

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#F7FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D2EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6C9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#722BFF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#357E01
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0FFE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1B2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#6EFD09
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5EE002
Two steps down
Disabled#CBD8C2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#8FFF3F
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 #83fd2d

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
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #357E01
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #47A902

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 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight42/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#A72DFD
Analogous left#EBFD2D
Analogous right#2DFD3F
Split-complement 1#3F2DFD
Split-complement 2#FD2DEB
Triadic 1#2D83FD
Triadic 2#FD2D83
Tetradic#2DEBFD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°95°

#83fd2d sits at 95°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red51.4%
Green99.2%
Blue17.6%
R · 0–255
131
0x83
G · 0–255
253
0xfd
B · 0–255
45
0x2d

CMYK percentages

Cyan48.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow82.2%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 131%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#83fd2d text on a black background

contrast 16.05:1

Card sample

#83fd2d text on a white background

contrast 1.31:1

Card sample

#83fd2d on grey

1.19:1

#83fd2d on its own surface

1.24:1

#83fd2d on its dark surface

12.26:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #83fd2d;
Background color
Panel with #83fd2d background
background-color: #83fd2d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #83fd2d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(131, 253, 45, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(131, 253, 45, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #83fd2d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #83fd2d, #2DFD62);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #83fd2d, #2DFD96);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #83fd2d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #83fd2d;
caret-color: #83fd2d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #83fd2d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0FFE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #83fd2d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#83fd2d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #83fd2d 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(131, 253, 45, 0.5)
rgb(131 253 45 / 50%)
#83fd2d80
hsl(95 98% 58% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #83fd2d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#83fd2d1a#F3FFEA
20%#83fd2d33#E6FFD5
40%#83fd2d66#CDFEAB
60%#83fd2d99#B5FE81
80%#83fd2dcc#9CFD57

Gradients from #83fd2d

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, #A7FE69, #83fd2d 45%, #357E01);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #83fd2d, #0FFD5F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #83fd2d, #A72DFD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B9FE88 0%, #83fd2d 45%, #357E01 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FDFD5F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #4BFD69 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #357E01 0%, transparent 65%), #83fd2d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #83fd2d

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.

#83fd2d 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

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 16.05:1.

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.

#83fd2d, answered

What color is #83fd2d?

#83fd2d is a balanced electric green, closest to Lawn Green (ΔE2000 1.2). It sits at 95° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 58% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #83fd2d?

rgb(131, 253, 45) — 131 red, 253 green and 45 blue out of 255, or 51.4% / 99.2% / 17.6% by channel.

What is #83fd2d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(95, 98%, 58%) and hsv(95, 82%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #83fd2d a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7527 and perceived brightness is 81%, so black text on it reaches 16.05:1.

Should I use black or white text on #83fd2d?

Black. It scores 16.05:1 against #83fd2d, versus 1.31:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #83fd2d accessible on a white background?

#83fd2d on white scores 1.31:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #388501 to reach 4.5:1, or #296201 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #83fd2d?

#A72DFD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #3F2DFD and #FD2DEB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #83fd2d?

For interface work: #F7FAF4 as the surface, #D2EDC0 for borders, #6C9B4B for secondary text, #722BFF as an accent and #357E01 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EBFD2D and #2DFD3F stays calm, while #A72DFD is the loudest partner.

What is #83fd2d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(48%, 0%, 82%, 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 #83fd2d warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 52 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CFFD2D; nudged cooler, #35FF2B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #83fd2d?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 11.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #83fd2d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #83fd2d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#83fd2d] or text-[#83fd2d], 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 #83fd2d with 50% opacity?

rgba(131, 253, 45, 0.5), or #83fd2d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C1FE96; over black, #427F17.

Is #83fd2d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FF33, ΔE2000 2.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #83fd2d 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 #83fd2d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A7FE69, #83fd2d 45%, #357E01). For more colour, a short hue run to #0FFD5F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #83fd2d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #83fd2d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.