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#93daaa

a light, vivid green · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Drift Jade

RGB
147, 218, 170
HSL
139°, 49%, 72%
CMYK
33, 0, 22, 15
Luminance
0.5925

#93daaa is a light vivid green, 139° on the wheel and 71/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.85:1). As text it scores 1.63:1 on white — use #2D8349 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(139 49% 72%)rgb(147 218 170)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #93daaa is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#93daaa
Hue
139°
green
Saturation
49%
vivid
Lightness
72%
light
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
76%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5925
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
71/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.85:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 7.2
Chroma
36.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.828
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 12.9
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue139° of 360°
Saturation49%
Lightness72%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #93daaa.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool71% 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
Red10%
Green85%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#93daaa
HEX (8-digit)#93daaaff
RGBrgb(147, 218, 170)
RGBArgba(147, 218, 170, 1)
HSLhsl(139, 49%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(139, 33%, 85%)
HWBhwb(139 58% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(33%, 0%, 22%, 15%)
LABlab(81.4 -32.1 16.7)
LCHlch(81.4 36.2 152.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.828 0.098 154.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(44.36, 59.25, 47.12)
Decimal9689770
Display P3color(display-p3 0.576 0.855 0.667)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #93daaa;
background-color: #93daaa;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #93daaa;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#93daaa] bg-[#93daaa]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #93daaa;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.576, green: 0.855, blue: 0.667)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.576, green: 0.855, blue: 0.667, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#93DAAA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF93DAAA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF93DAAA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(170, 218, 147)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(147, 218, 170)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(147, 218, 170)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 147, 218, 170)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5765f, 0.8549f, 0.6667f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{147,218,170}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #93daaa 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #93daaa 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#215F35, #D3EEDC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #93daaa 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: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-100: #EAF6EE;
  --brand-200: #D0ECD9;
  --brand-300: #ABE2BD;
  --brand-400: #93daaa;
  --brand-500: #58C67B;
  --brand-600: #3EB665;
  --brand-700: #349854;
  --brand-800: #2A7A43;
  --brand-900: #225933;
  --brand-950: #153720;
  --brand: #93daaa;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C2EACF;
  --brand-hover: #78D195;
  --brand-pressed: #5EC880;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142419;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FAF6',
        100: '#EAF6EE',
        200: '#D0ECD9',
        300: '#ABE2BD',
        400: '#93daaa',
        500: '#58C67B',
        600: '#3EB665',
        700: '#349854',
        800: '#2A7A43',
        900: '#225933',
        950: '#153720',
        DEFAULT: '#93daaa',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FAF6,
  '100': #EAF6EE,
  '200': #D0ECD9,
  '300': #ABE2BD,
  '400': #93daaa,
  '500': #58C67B,
  '600': #3EB665,
  '700': #349854,
  '800': #2A7A43,
  '900': #225933,
  '950': #153720,
);
$brand-base: #93daaa;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FAF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAF6EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D0ECD9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ABE2BD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#93daaa", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#58C67B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3EB665", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#349854", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2A7A43", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#225933", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#153720", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #93daaa · 12.85:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.63:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.85:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #93daaa as text scores 1.63:1 on white and 12.85:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #215F35 at 4.67:1.

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
#2D8349 · 4.71:1
AA on white−37% L
#2D8349
The quick fox
#236538 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−45% L
#236538
The quick fox
#93daaa · 12.85:1
AA on blackalready passes
#93daaa
The quick fox
#93daaa · 12.85:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#93daaa

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #39A65C 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
#93daaa on white: 1.63:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#93daaa on black: 12.85:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #93daaa as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #93daaa.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.63:1AaAa
Slate 501.56:1AaAa
Slate 1001.49:1AaAa
Slate 2001.33:1AaAa
Slate 3001.10:1AaAa
Slate 4001.57:1AaAa
Slate 5002.91:1AaAa
Slate 6004.64:1AaAa
Slate 7006.34:1AaAa
Slate 8008.95:1AaAa
Slate 90010.92:1AaAa
Black12.85:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DACFA7
deuteranopia · #CEC7AD
tritanopia · #87D8CD

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. #93daaa 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.

#F4FAF6
#EAF6EE
#D0ECD9
#ABE2BD
#93daaa
#58C67B
#3EB665
#349854
#2A7A43
#225933
#153720
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F4FAF6Darkest = 950 · #153720Text 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 0.025 154.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.039 154.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.059 154.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.077 154.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.090 154.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.098 154.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.098 154.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.092 154.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.083 154.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.069 154.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.054 154.2);
}

Colors that work with #93daaa

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#F4FAF6
Tinted page background
Border#C2EACF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B65
Captions on the surface
Accent#9C3094
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#215F35
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECF8F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142419
Dark-mode background
Hover#78D195
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5EC880
Two steps down
Disabled#EBF2ED
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#9CE5B4
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 #93daaa

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 #215F35
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #39A65C

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight28/100
  • 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#DA93C3
Analogous left#A0DA93
Analogous right#93DACE
Split-complement 1#CE93DA
Split-complement 2#DA93A0
Triadic 1#AA93DA
Triadic 2#DAAA93
Tetradic#93A0DA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°139°

#93daaa sits at 139°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red57.6%
Green85.5%
Blue66.7%
R · 0–255
147
0x93
G · 0–255
218
0xda
B · 0–255
170
0xaa

CMYK percentages

Cyan32.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow22.0%
Key (black)14.5%

Total ink coverage is 69%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#93daaa text on a black background

contrast 12.85:1

Card sample

#93daaa text on a white background

contrast 1.63:1

Card sample

#93daaa on grey

1.49:1

#93daaa on its own surface

1.54:1

#93daaa on its dark surface

9.91:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #93daaa;
Background color
Panel with #93daaa background
background-color: #93daaa;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #93daaa;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(147, 218, 170, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(147, 218, 170, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #93daaa;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #93daaa, #93DAD9);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #93daaa, #93C9DA);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #93daaa;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #93daaa;
caret-color: #93daaa;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #93daaa;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECF8F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #93daaa;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#93daaa 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #93daaa 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(147, 218, 170, 0.5)
rgb(147 218 170 / 50%)
#93daaa80
hsl(139 49% 72% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #93daaa 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#93daaa1a#F4FBF7
20%#93daaa33#E9F8EE
40%#93daaa66#D4F0DD
60%#93daaa99#BEE9CC
80%#93daaacc#A9E1BB

Gradients from #93daaa

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, #C1EACE, #93daaa 45%, #215F35);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #93daaa, #7CCCD2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #93daaa, #DA93C3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D7F1E0 0%, #93daaa 45%, #215F35 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #C5E7B9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #AAE2DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #215F35 0%, transparent 65%), #93daaa;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #93daaa

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.

#93daaa 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

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 12.85:1.

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.

#93daaa, answered

What color is #93daaa?

#93daaa is a light vivid green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 7.2). It sits at 139° on the hue wheel with 49% saturation and 72% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #93daaa?

rgb(147, 218, 170) — 147 red, 218 green and 170 blue out of 255, or 57.6% / 85.5% / 66.7% by channel.

What is #93daaa in HSL and HSV?

hsl(139, 49%, 72%) and hsv(139, 33%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #93daaa a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5925 and perceived brightness is 76%, so black text on it reaches 12.85:1.

Should I use black or white text on #93daaa?

Black. It scores 12.85:1 against #93daaa, versus 1.63:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #93daaa accessible on a white background?

#93daaa on white scores 1.63:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #2D8349 to reach 4.5:1, or #236538 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #93daaa?

#DA93C3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CE93DA and #DA93A0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #93daaa?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C2EACF for borders, #4B9B65 for secondary text, #9C3094 as an accent and #215F35 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A0DA93 and #93DACE stays calm, while #DA93C3 is the loudest partner.

What is #93daaa in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(33%, 0%, 22%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #93daaa warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 71 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #96DA93; nudged cooler, #92DCC5.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #93daaa?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 12.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #93daaa as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #93daaa in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#93daaa] or text-[#93daaa], 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 #93daaa with 50% opacity?

rgba(147, 218, 170, 0.5), or #93daaa80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C9EDD5; over black, #4A6D55.

Is #93daaa a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 4.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #93daaa 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 #93daaa?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C1EACE, #93daaa 45%, #215F35). For more colour, a short hue run to #7CCCD2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #93daaa in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #93daaa at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.