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#8df17d

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

Token name suggestion: Linen Moss

RGB
141, 241, 125
HSL
112°, 81%, 72%
CMYK
42, 0, 48, 6
Luminance
0.7005

#8df17d is a light electric green, 112° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.01:1). As text it scores 1.40:1 on white — use #20890F instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(112 81% 72%)rgb(141 241 125)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #8df17d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#8df17d
Hue
112°
green
Saturation
81%
electric
Lightness
72%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7005
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.01:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 3.2
Chroma
69.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.871
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 11.9
Web-safe
#99FF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue112° of 360°
Saturation81%
Lightness72%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #8df17d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% 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%
Green90%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#8df17d
HEX (8-digit)#8df17dff
RGBrgb(141, 241, 125)
RGBArgba(141, 241, 125, 1)
HSLhsl(112, 81%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(112, 48%, 95%)
HWBhwb(112 49% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(42%, 0%, 48%, 6%)
LABlab(87.0 -51.1 46.8)
LCHlch(87.0 69.3 137.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.871 0.180 141.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(46.14, 70.05, 30.49)
Decimal9302397
Display P3color(display-p3 0.553 0.945 0.490)
Web-safe#99FF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #8df17d;
background-color: #8df17d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #8df17d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#8df17d] bg-[#8df17d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #8df17d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.553, green: 0.945, blue: 0.490)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.553, green: 0.945, blue: 0.490, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#8DF17D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF8DF17D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF8DF17D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(125, 241, 141)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(141, 241, 125)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(141, 241, 125)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 141, 241, 125)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5529f, 0.9451f, 0.4902f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{141,241,125}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #8df17d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #8df17d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1B730C, #D6EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #8df17d 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: #F4FCF3;
  --brand-100: #E9F9E6;
  --brand-200: #CDF5C6;
  --brand-300: #A6F49A;
  --brand-400: #8df17d;
  --brand-500: #4DE934;
  --brand-600: #33DD18;
  --brand-700: #2BB814;
  --brand-800: #229310;
  --brand-900: #1C6B10;
  --brand-950: #12430A;
  --brand: #8df17d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C6EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #71EE5D;
  --brand-pressed: #55EA3D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #162414;
    --brand-ink: #D6EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FCF3',
        100: '#E9F9E6',
        200: '#CDF5C6',
        300: '#A6F49A',
        400: '#8df17d',
        500: '#4DE934',
        600: '#33DD18',
        700: '#2BB814',
        800: '#229310',
        900: '#1C6B10',
        950: '#12430A',
        DEFAULT: '#8df17d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FCF3,
  '100': #E9F9E6,
  '200': #CDF5C6,
  '300': #A6F49A,
  '400': #8df17d,
  '500': #4DE934,
  '600': #33DD18,
  '700': #2BB814,
  '800': #229310,
  '900': #1C6B10,
  '950': #12430A,
);
$brand-base: #8df17d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9F9E6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CDF5C6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A6F49A", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8df17d", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#4DE934", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#33DD18", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2BB814", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#229310", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1C6B10", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#12430A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #8df17d · 15.01:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.40:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.01:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #8df17d as text scores 1.40:1 on white and 15.01:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1B730C at 4.28:1.

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
#20890F · 4.52:1
AA on white−42% L
#20890F
The quick fox
#17640B · 7.33:1
AAA on white−50% L
#17640B
The quick fox
#8df17d · 15.01:1
AA on blackalready passes
#8df17d
The quick fox
#8df17d · 15.01:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#8df17d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #27A912 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
#8df17d on white: 1.40:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#8df17d on black: 15.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #8df17d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #8df17d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.40:1AaAa
Slate 501.34:1AaAa
Slate 1001.28:1AaAa
Slate 2001.13:1AaAa
Slate 3001.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.83:1AaAa
Slate 5003.40:1AaAa
Slate 6005.42:1AaAa
Slate 7007.40:1AaAa
Slate 80010.46:1AaAa
Slate 90012.76:1AaAa
Black15.01:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F6E073
deuteranopia · #E8D685
tritanopia · #84EBD6

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. #8df17d 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.

#F4FCF3
#E9F9E6
#CDF5C6
#A6F49A
#8df17d
#4DE934
#33DD18
#2BB814
#229310
#1C6B10
#12430A
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F4FCF3Darkest = 950 · #12430AText 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 0.045 141.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.072 141.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.108 141.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.140 141.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.165 141.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.180 141.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.180 141.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.169 141.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.151 141.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.126 141.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.099 141.0);
}

Colors that work with #8df17d

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#F5FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C6EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#569B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#7A10BC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1B730C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBFDE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162414
Dark-mode background
Hover#71EE5D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#55EA3D
Two steps down
Disabled#EDF3EC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#99F989
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 #8df17d

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 #1B730C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #27A912

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
  • Weight28/100
  • 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#E17DF1
Analogous left#C7F17D
Analogous right#7DF1A7
Split-complement 1#A77DF1
Split-complement 2#F17DC7
Triadic 1#7D8DF1
Triadic 2#F17D8D
Tetradic#7DC7F1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°112°

#8df17d sits at 112°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red55.3%
Green94.5%
Blue49.0%
R · 0–255
141
0x8d
G · 0–255
241
0xf1
B · 0–255
125
0x7d

CMYK percentages

Cyan41.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow48.1%
Key (black)5.5%

Total ink coverage is 95%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#8df17d text on a black background

contrast 15.01:1

Card sample

#8df17d text on a white background

contrast 1.40:1

Card sample

#8df17d on grey

1.28:1

#8df17d on its own surface

1.32:1

#8df17d on its dark surface

11.58:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #8df17d;
Background color
Panel with #8df17d background
background-color: #8df17d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #8df17d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(141, 241, 125, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(141, 241, 125, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #8df17d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8df17d, #7DF1BA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8df17d, #7DF1D7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #8df17d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #8df17d;
caret-color: #8df17d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #8df17d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBFDE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #8df17d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#8df17d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #8df17d 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(141, 241, 125, 0.5)
rgb(141 241 125 / 50%)
#8df17d80
hsl(112 81% 72% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #8df17d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8df17d1a#F4FEF2
20%#8df17d33#E8FCE5
40%#8df17d66#D1F9CB
60%#8df17d99#BBF7B1
80%#8df17dcc#A4F497

Gradients from #8df17d

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, #BEF7B4, #8df17d 45%, #1B730C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #8df17d, #61EEB7);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8df17d, #E17DF1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D6FAD0 0%, #8df17d 45%, #1B730C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E1F6AB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #99F4C1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1B730C 0%, transparent 65%), #8df17d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #8df17d

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.

#8df17d 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 15.01:1.

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.

#8df17d, answered

What color is #8df17d?

#8df17d is a light electric green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 3.2). It sits at 112° on the hue wheel with 81% saturation and 72% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #8df17d?

rgb(141, 241, 125) — 141 red, 241 green and 125 blue out of 255, or 55.3% / 94.5% / 49% by channel.

What is #8df17d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(112, 81%, 72%) and hsv(112, 48%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #8df17d a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7005 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 15.01:1.

Should I use black or white text on #8df17d?

Black. It scores 15.01:1 against #8df17d, versus 1.40:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #8df17d accessible on a white background?

#8df17d on white scores 1.40:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #20890F to reach 4.5:1, or #17640B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #8df17d?

#E17DF1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A77DF1 and #F17DC7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #8df17d?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C6EDC0 for borders, #569B4B for secondary text, #7A10BC as an accent and #1B730C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C7F17D and #7DF1A7 stays calm, while #E17DF1 is the loudest partner.

What is #8df17d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(42%, 0%, 48%, 6%). 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 #8df17d warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B8F17D; nudged cooler, #7CF297.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #8df17d?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 11.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #8df17d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #8df17d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#8df17d] or text-[#8df17d], 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 #8df17d with 50% opacity?

rgba(141, 241, 125, 0.5), or #8df17d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C6F8BE; over black, #47793F.

Is #8df17d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FF66, ΔE2000 5.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #8df17d 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 #8df17d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BEF7B4, #8df17d 45%, #1B730C). For more colour, a short hue run to #61EEB7 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #8df17d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #8df17d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.