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#94f6ce

a light, electric green · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

RGB
148, 246, 206
HSL
156°, 85%, 77%
CMYK
40, 0, 16, 4
Luminance
0.7666

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #94f6ce is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#94f6ce
Hue
156°
green
Saturation
85%
electric
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
85%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7666
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
77/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.33:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 3.1
Where it sits
Hue156° of 360°
Saturation85%
Lightness77%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool77% cool

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

Every format

HEX#94f6ce
RGBrgb(148, 246, 206)
HSLhsl(156, 85%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 16%, 4%)
LABlab(90.2 -37.7 10.3)
LCHlch(90.2 39.0 164.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.902 0.109 166.0)
Decimal9762510
Display P3color(display-p3 0.580 0.965 0.808)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #94f6ce;
background-color: #94f6ce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#94f6ce] bg-[#94f6ce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #94f6ce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.580, green: 0.965, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#94f6ce")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF94F6CE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(206, 246, 148)

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 #94f6ce · 16.33:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.29:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.33:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #94f6ce as text scores 1.29:1 on white and 16.33:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#94f6ce on white: 1.29:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#94f6ce on black: 16.33:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #F2EACC
deuteranopia · #E2DED0
tritanopia · #79F6EA

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #94f6ce is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2FCF8
#E6FAF2
#C5F7E2
#94f6ce
#64F2B8
#30EEA0
#13E28D
#10BC76
#0D975E
#0E6D46
#09442C
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F2FCF8Darkest = 950 · #09442C
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2FCF8;
  --brand-100: #E6FAF2;
  --brand-200: #C5F7E2;
  --brand-300: #94f6ce;
  --brand-400: #64F2B8;
  --brand-500: #30EEA0;
  --brand-600: #13E28D;
  --brand-700: #10BC76;
  --brand-800: #0D975E;
  --brand-900: #0E6D46;
  --brand-950: #09442C;
  --brand: #94f6ce;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #94f6ce

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#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDDA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B7A
Captions on the surface
Accent#C00C82
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0A764A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E7FDF4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241E
Dark-mode background
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

How to use #94f6ce

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
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

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#F694BC
Analogous left#94F69D
Analogous right#94EDF6
Split-complement 1#F694ED
Split-complement 2#F69D94
Triadic 1#CE94F6
Triadic 2#F6CE94
Tetradic#9D94F6

RGB percentages

Red58.0%
Green96.5%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan39.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow16.3%
Key (black)3.5%

Color previews

#94f6ce text on a black background

contrast 16.33:1

Card sample

#94f6ce text on a white background

contrast 1.29:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #94f6ce;
Background color
Panel with #94f6ce background
background-color: #94f6ce;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #94f6ce;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(148, 246, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(148, 246, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #94f6ce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #94f6ce, #94DDF6);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #94f6ce

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

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.

#94f6ce 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.

#94f6ce, answered

What color is #94f6ce?

#94f6ce is a light electric green, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 3.1). It sits at 156° on the hue wheel with 85% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #94f6ce?

rgb(148, 246, 206) — 148 red, 246 green and 206 blue out of 255, or 58% / 96.5% / 80.8% by channel.

Is #94f6ce a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7666 and perceived brightness is 85%, so black text on it reaches 16.33:1.

Should I use black or white text on #94f6ce?

Black. It scores 16.33:1 against #94f6ce, versus 1.29:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #94f6ce?

#F694BC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F694ED and #F69D94, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #94f6ce?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDDA for borders, #4B9B7A for secondary text, #C00C82 as an accent and #0A764A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #94F69D and #94EDF6 stays calm, while #F694BC is the loudest partner.

What is #94f6ce in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(40%, 0%, 16%, 4%). 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 #94f6ce warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 77 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #94F6AA; nudged cooler, #93F7F3.

Work with #94f6ce in the Color Lab