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#8ec67a

a balanced, soft green · neutral · closest name: Dark Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Signal Jade

RGB
142, 198, 122
HSL
104°, 40%, 63%
CMYK
28, 0, 38, 22
Luminance
0.4754

#8ec67a is a balanced soft green, 104° on the wheel and 56/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.51:1). As text it scores 2.00:1 on white — use #4C8338 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(104 40% 63%)rgb(142 198 122)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #8ec67a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#8ec67a
Hue
104°
green
Saturation
40%
soft
Lightness
63%
balanced
Brightness
78%
HSV value
Perceived
69%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4754
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
56/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.51:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 6.8
Chroma
45.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.769
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 9.9
Web-safe
#99CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue104° of 360°
Saturation40%
Lightness63%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #8ec67a.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool56% 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
Red12%
Green85%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#8ec67a
HEX (8-digit)#8ec67aff
RGBrgb(142, 198, 122)
RGBArgba(142, 198, 122, 1)
HSLhsl(104, 40%, 63%)
HSV / HSBhsv(104, 38%, 78%)
HWBhwb(104 48% 22%)
CMYKcmyk(28%, 0%, 38%, 22%)
LABlab(74.5 -32.3 32.4)
LCHlch(74.5 45.8 134.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.769 0.119 137.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(34.86, 47.54, 25.75)
Decimal9356922
Display P3color(display-p3 0.557 0.776 0.478)
Web-safe#99CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #8ec67a;
background-color: #8ec67a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #8ec67a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#8ec67a] bg-[#8ec67a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #8ec67a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.557, green: 0.776, blue: 0.478)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.557, green: 0.776, blue: 0.478, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#8EC67A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF8EC67A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF8EC67A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(122, 198, 142)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(142, 198, 122)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(142, 198, 122)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 142, 198, 122)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5569f, 0.7765f, 0.4784f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{142,198,122}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #8ec67a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #8ec67a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#345926, #DBEDD4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #8ec67a 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: #F6FAF5;
  --brand-100: #EDF4EB;
  --brand-200: #D8EAD2;
  --brand-300: #BCDDB0;
  --brand-400: #8ec67a;
  --brand-500: #7ABC62;
  --brand-600: #63AB49;
  --brand-700: #538F3D;
  --brand-800: #427231;
  --brand-900: #335427;
  --brand-950: #203418;
  --brand: #8ec67a;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CEE7C6;
  --brand-hover: #79BB61;
  --brand-pressed: #65AE4B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182414;
    --brand-ink: #DBEDD4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FAF5',
        100: '#EDF4EB',
        200: '#D8EAD2',
        300: '#BCDDB0',
        400: '#8ec67a',
        500: '#7ABC62',
        600: '#63AB49',
        700: '#538F3D',
        800: '#427231',
        900: '#335427',
        950: '#203418',
        DEFAULT: '#8ec67a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FAF5,
  '100': #EDF4EB,
  '200': #D8EAD2,
  '300': #BCDDB0,
  '400': #8ec67a,
  '500': #7ABC62,
  '600': #63AB49,
  '700': #538F3D,
  '800': #427231,
  '900': #335427,
  '950': #203418,
);
$brand-base: #8ec67a;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF4EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D8EAD2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BCDDB0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8ec67a", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7ABC62", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#63AB49", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#538F3D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#427231", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#335427", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#203418", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #8ec67a · 10.51:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.00:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.51:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #8ec67a as text scores 2.00:1 on white and 10.51:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #345926 at 4.04:1.

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
#4C8338 · 4.55:1
AA on white−26% L
#4C8338
The quick fox
#39632A · 7.02:1
AAA on white−35% L
#39632A
The quick fox
#8ec67a · 10.51:1
AA on blackalready passes
#8ec67a
The quick fox
#8ec67a · 10.51:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#8ec67a

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #5EA346 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
#8ec67a on white: 2.00:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#8ec67a on black: 10.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #8ec67a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #8ec67a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.00:1AaAa
Slate 501.91:1AaAa
Slate 1001.82:1AaAa
Slate 2001.62:1AaAa
Slate 3001.35:1AaAa
Slate 4001.28:1AaAa
Slate 5002.38:1AaAa
Slate 6003.79:1AaAa
Slate 7005.18:1AaAa
Slate 8007.32:1AaAa
Slate 9008.93:1AaAa
Black10.51:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CBBB75
deuteranopia · #C2B57E
tritanopia · #8CC1B3

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. #8ec67a 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.

#F6FAF5
#EDF4EB
#D8EAD2
#BCDDB0
#8ec67a
#7ABC62
#63AB49
#538F3D
#427231
#335427
#203418
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6FAF5Darkest = 950 · #203418Text 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 0.030 137.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.048 137.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.072 137.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.093 137.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.110 137.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.119 137.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.119 137.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.112 137.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.100 137.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.084 137.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.066 137.8);
}

Colors that work with #8ec67a

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#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#CEE7C6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#609B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#9F76CA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#345926
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F7ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182414
Dark-mode background
Hover#79BB61
One step down in lightness
Pressed#65AE4B
Two steps down
Disabled#D4E1CF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#96D580
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 #8ec67a

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 #345926
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #5EA346

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
  • 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#B27AC6
Analogous left#B4C67A
Analogous right#7AC68C
Split-complement 1#8C7AC6
Split-complement 2#C67AB4
Triadic 1#7A8EC6
Triadic 2#C67A8E
Tetradic#7AB4C6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°104°

#8ec67a sits at 104°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red55.7%
Green77.6%
Blue47.8%
R · 0–255
142
0x8e
G · 0–255
198
0xc6
B · 0–255
122
0x7a

CMYK percentages

Cyan28.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow38.4%
Key (black)22.4%

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

Color previews

#8ec67a text on a black background

contrast 10.51:1

Card sample

#8ec67a text on a white background

contrast 2.00:1

Card sample

#8ec67a on grey

1.82:1

#8ec67a on its own surface

1.89:1

#8ec67a on its dark surface

8.08:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #8ec67a;
Background color
Panel with #8ec67a background
background-color: #8ec67a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #8ec67a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(142, 198, 122, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(142, 198, 122, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #8ec67a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ec67a, #7AC699);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8ec67a, #7AC6AC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #8ec67a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #8ec67a;
caret-color: #8ec67a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #8ec67a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F7ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #8ec67a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#8ec67a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #8ec67a 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(142, 198, 122, 0.5)
rgb(142 198 122 / 50%)
#8ec67a80
hsl(104 40% 63% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #8ec67a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8ec67a1a#F4F9F2
20%#8ec67a33#E8F4E4
40%#8ec67a66#D2E8CA
60%#8ec67a99#BBDDAF
80%#8ec67acc#A5D195

Gradients from #8ec67a

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, #B2D8A5, #8ec67a 45%, #345926);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #8ec67a, #64BD8F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8ec67a, #B27AC6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C4E1BA 0%, #8ec67a 45%, #345926 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #CDD59E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8FCFA4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #345926 0%, transparent 65%), #8ec67a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #8ec67a

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.

#8ec67a 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 10.51:1.

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.

#8ec67a, answered

What color is #8ec67a?

#8ec67a is a balanced soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 6.8). It sits at 104° on the hue wheel with 40% saturation and 63% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #8ec67a?

rgb(142, 198, 122) — 142 red, 198 green and 122 blue out of 255, or 55.7% / 77.6% / 47.8% by channel.

What is #8ec67a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(104, 40%, 63%) and hsv(104, 38%, 78%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #8ec67a a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4754 and perceived brightness is 69%, so black text on it reaches 10.51:1.

Should I use black or white text on #8ec67a?

Black. It scores 10.51:1 against #8ec67a, versus 2.00:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #8ec67a accessible on a white background?

#8ec67a on white scores 2.00:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4C8338 to reach 4.5:1, or #39632A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #8ec67a?

#B27AC6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8C7AC6 and #C67AB4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #8ec67a?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CEE7C6 for borders, #609B4B for secondary text, #9F76CA as an accent and #345926 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B4C67A and #7AC68C stays calm, while #B27AC6 is the loudest partner.

What is #8ec67a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(28%, 0%, 38%, 22%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #8ec67a warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 56 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #AAC67A; nudged cooler, #78C880.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #8ec67a?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 9.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #8ec67a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #8ec67a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#8ec67a] or text-[#8ec67a], 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 #8ec67a with 50% opacity?

rgba(142, 198, 122, 0.5), or #8ec67a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C7E3BD; over black, #47633D.

Is #8ec67a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC66, ΔE2000 5.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #8ec67a 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 #8ec67a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B2D8A5, #8ec67a 45%, #345926). For more colour, a short hue run to #64BD8F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #8ec67a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #8ec67a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.