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#8afd44

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

Token name suggestion: True Moss

RGB
138, 253, 68
HSL
97°, 98%, 63%
CMYK
46, 0, 73, 1
Luminance
0.7607

#8afd44 is a balanced electric green, 97° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.21:1). As text it scores 1.30:1 on white — use #348801 instead. Nearest name is Lawn Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(97 98% 63%)rgb(138 253 68)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #8afd44 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#8afd44
Hue
97°
green
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
63%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
82%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7607
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.21:1
Closest name
Lawn Green
ΔE2000 2.5
Chroma
96.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.892
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 11.1
Web-safe
#99FF33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue97° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness63%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #8afd44.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% 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
Red7%
Green92%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#8afd44
HEX (8-digit)#8afd44ff
RGBrgb(138, 253, 68)
RGBArgba(138, 253, 68, 1)
HSLhsl(97, 98%, 63%)
HSV / HSBhsv(97, 73%, 99%)
HWBhwb(97 27% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(46%, 0%, 73%, 1%)
LABlab(89.9 -62.0 73.4)
LCHlch(89.9 96.1 130.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.892 0.238 136.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(46.65, 76.07, 17.69)
Decimal9108804
Display P3color(display-p3 0.541 0.992 0.267)
Web-safe#99FF33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #8afd44;
background-color: #8afd44;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #8afd44;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#8afd44] bg-[#8afd44]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #8afd44;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.541, green: 0.992, blue: 0.267)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.541, green: 0.992, blue: 0.267, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#8AFD44</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF8AFD44)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF8AFD44)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(68, 253, 138)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(138, 253, 68)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(138, 253, 68)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 138, 253, 68)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5412f, 0.9922f, 0.2667f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{138,253,68}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #8afd44 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #8afd44 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#317E01, #DDEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #8afd44 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: #EDFCE3;
  --brand-200: #D7FBC1;
  --brand-300: #BAFE90;
  --brand-400: #8afd44;
  --brand-500: #74FD21;
  --brand-600: #5DF203;
  --brand-700: #4ECA02;
  --brand-800: #3EA102;
  --brand-900: #307406;
  --brand-950: #1E4904;
  --brand: #8afd44;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D1EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #74FD20;
  --brand-pressed: #5FF703;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A2414;
    --brand-ink: #DDEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FDF1',
        100: '#EDFCE3',
        200: '#D7FBC1',
        300: '#BAFE90',
        400: '#8afd44',
        500: '#74FD21',
        600: '#5DF203',
        700: '#4ECA02',
        800: '#3EA102',
        900: '#307406',
        950: '#1E4904',
        DEFAULT: '#8afd44',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FDF1,
  '100': #EDFCE3,
  '200': #D7FBC1,
  '300': #BAFE90,
  '400': #8afd44,
  '500': #74FD21,
  '600': #5DF203,
  '700': #4ECA02,
  '800': #3EA102,
  '900': #307406,
  '950': #1E4904,
);
$brand-base: #8afd44;
$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": "#EDFCE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D7FBC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BAFE90", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8afd44", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#74FD21", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5DF203", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4ECA02", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3EA102", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#307406", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1E4904", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #8afd44 · 16.21:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.30:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.21:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #8afd44 as text scores 1.30:1 on white and 16.21:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #317E01 at 3.94:1.

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
#348801 · 4.50:1
AA on white−36% L
#348801
The quick fox
#276401 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−43% L
#276401
The quick fox
#8afd44 · 16.21:1
AA on blackalready passes
#8afd44
The quick fox
#8afd44 · 16.21:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#8afd44

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #40A602 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
#8afd44 on white: 1.30:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#8afd44 on black: 16.21:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #8afd44 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #8afd44.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.30:1AaAa
Slate 501.24:1AaAa
Slate 1001.18:1AaAa
Slate 2001.05:1AaAa
Slate 3001.15:1AaAa
Slate 4001.98:1AaAa
Slate 5003.67:1AaAa
Slate 6005.85:1AaAa
Slate 7007.99:1AaAa
Slate 80011.29:1AaAa
Slate 90013.78:1AaAa
Black16.21:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFE81D
deuteranopia · #F6DF57
tritanopia · #85F4DA

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. #8afd44 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.

#F6FDF1
#EDFCE3
#D7FBC1
#BAFE90
#8afd44
#74FD21
#5DF203
#4ECA02
#3EA102
#307406
#1E4904
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6FDF1Darkest = 950 · #1E4904Text 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 0.060 136.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.095 136.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.143 136.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.186 136.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.219 136.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.238 136.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.238 136.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.224 136.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.200 136.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.167 136.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.131 136.3);
}

Colors that work with #8afd44

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#D1EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#699B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#8842FF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#317E01
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFFFE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#74FD20
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5FF703
Two steps down
Disabled#D6E1D0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#96FF56
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 #8afd44

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 #317E01
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #40A602

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
  • Weight37/100
  • 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#B744FD
Analogous left#E6FD44
Analogous right#44FD5A
Split-complement 1#5A44FD
Split-complement 2#FD44E6
Triadic 1#448AFD
Triadic 2#FD448A
Tetradic#44E6FD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°97°

#8afd44 sits at 97°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red54.1%
Green99.2%
Blue26.7%
R · 0–255
138
0x8a
G · 0–255
253
0xfd
B · 0–255
68
0x44

CMYK percentages

Cyan45.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow73.1%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 119%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#8afd44 text on a black background

contrast 16.21:1

Card sample

#8afd44 text on a white background

contrast 1.30:1

Card sample

#8afd44 on grey

1.18:1

#8afd44 on its own surface

1.23:1

#8afd44 on its dark surface

12.41:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #8afd44;
Background color
Panel with #8afd44 background
background-color: #8afd44;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #8afd44;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(138, 253, 68, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(138, 253, 68, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #8afd44;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8afd44, #44FD79);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8afd44, #44FDA7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #8afd44;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #8afd44;
caret-color: #8afd44;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #8afd44;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFFFE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #8afd44;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#8afd44 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #8afd44 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(138, 253, 68, 0.5)
rgb(138 253 68 / 50%)
#8afd4480
hsl(97 98% 63% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #8afd44 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8afd441a#F3FFEC
20%#8afd4433#E8FFDA
40%#8afd4466#D0FEB4
60%#8afd4499#B9FE8F
80%#8afd44cc#A1FD69

Gradients from #8afd44

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, #B0FE80, #8afd44 45%, #317E01);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #8afd44, #25FD75);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8afd44, #B744FD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C3FE9F 0%, #8afd44 45%, #317E01 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%, #F8FE76 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #62FD82 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #317E01 0%, transparent 65%), #8afd44;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #8afd44

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.

#8afd44 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 16.21:1.

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.

#8afd44, answered

What color is #8afd44?

#8afd44 is a balanced electric green, closest to Lawn Green (ΔE2000 2.5). It sits at 97° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 63% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #8afd44?

rgb(138, 253, 68) — 138 red, 253 green and 68 blue out of 255, or 54.1% / 99.2% / 26.7% by channel.

What is #8afd44 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(97, 98%, 63%) and hsv(97, 73%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #8afd44 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7607 and perceived brightness is 82%, so black text on it reaches 16.21:1.

Should I use black or white text on #8afd44?

Black. It scores 16.21:1 against #8afd44, versus 1.30:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #8afd44 accessible on a white background?

#8afd44 on white scores 1.30:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #348801 to reach 4.5:1, or #276401 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #8afd44?

#B744FD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #5A44FD and #FD44E6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #8afd44?

For interface work: #F7FAF4 as the surface, #D1EDC0 for borders, #699B4B for secondary text, #8842FF as an accent and #317E01 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E6FD44 and #44FD5A stays calm, while #B744FD is the loudest partner.

What is #8afd44 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(46%, 0%, 73%, 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 #8afd44 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CEFD44; nudged cooler, #44FF42.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #8afd44?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 11.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #8afd44 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #8afd44 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#8afd44] or text-[#8afd44], 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 #8afd44 with 50% opacity?

rgba(138, 253, 68, 0.5), or #8afd4480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C5FEA2; over black, #457F22.

Is #8afd44 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FF33, ΔE2000 2.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #8afd44 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 #8afd44?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B0FE80, #8afd44 45%, #317E01). For more colour, a short hue run to #25FD75 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #8afd44 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #8afd44 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.