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#95bc9a

a light, soft green · cool · closest name: Dark Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Drift Fern

RGB
149, 188, 154
HSL
128°, 23%, 66%
CMYK
21, 0, 18, 26
Luminance
0.4469

#95bc9a is a light soft green, 128° on the wheel and 60/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.94:1). As text it scores 2.11:1 on white — use #518057 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(128 23% 66%)rgb(149 188 154)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #95bc9a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#95bc9a
Hue
128°
green
Saturation
23%
soft
Lightness
66%
light
Brightness
74%
HSV value
Perceived
68%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4469
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
60/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
9.94:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 3.1
Chroma
23.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.757
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 13.3
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue128° of 360°
Saturation23%
Lightness66%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #95bc9a.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool60% 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
Red14%
Green80%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#95bc9a
HEX (8-digit)#95bc9aff
RGBrgb(149, 188, 154)
RGBArgba(149, 188, 154, 1)
HSLhsl(128, 23%, 66%)
HSV / HSBhsv(128, 21%, 74%)
HWBhwb(128 58% 26%)
CMYKcmyk(21%, 0%, 18%, 26%)
LABlab(72.7 -19.8 13.0)
LCHlch(72.7 23.7 146.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.757 0.064 148.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.21, 44.69, 37.28)
Decimal9813146
Display P3color(display-p3 0.584 0.737 0.604)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #95bc9a;
background-color: #95bc9a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #95bc9a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#95bc9a] bg-[#95bc9a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #95bc9a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.584, green: 0.737, blue: 0.604)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.584, green: 0.737, blue: 0.604, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#95BC9A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF95BC9A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF95BC9A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(154, 188, 149)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(149, 188, 154)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(149, 188, 154)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 149, 188, 154)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5843f, 0.7373f, 0.6039f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{149,188,154}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #95bc9a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #95bc9a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#314E35, #DAE7DB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #95bc9a 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: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-100: #EDF2EE;
  --brand-200: #D7E4D9;
  --brand-300: #BAD4BE;
  --brand-400: #95bc9a;
  --brand-500: #76A87C;
  --brand-600: #5F9666;
  --brand-700: #4F7D55;
  --brand-800: #3F6444;
  --brand-900: #314A34;
  --brand-950: #1E2E20;
  --brand: #95bc9a;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-border: #CDDFCF;
  --brand-hover: #7FAE85;
  --brand-pressed: #69A070;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #162217;
    --brand-ink: #DAE7DB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F6',
        100: '#EDF2EE',
        200: '#D7E4D9',
        300: '#BAD4BE',
        400: '#95bc9a',
        500: '#76A87C',
        600: '#5F9666',
        700: '#4F7D55',
        800: '#3F6444',
        900: '#314A34',
        950: '#1E2E20',
        DEFAULT: '#95bc9a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F6,
  '100': #EDF2EE,
  '200': #D7E4D9,
  '300': #BAD4BE,
  '400': #95bc9a,
  '500': #76A87C,
  '600': #5F9666,
  '700': #4F7D55,
  '800': #3F6444,
  '900': #314A34,
  '950': #1E2E20,
);
$brand-base: #95bc9a;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF2EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D7E4D9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BAD4BE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#95bc9a", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#76A87C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5F9666", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4F7D55", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3F6444", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#314A34", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1E2E20", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #95bc9a · 9.94:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.11:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.94:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #95bc9a as text scores 2.11:1 on white and 9.94:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #314E35 at 4.37:1.

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
#518057 · 4.59:1
AA on white−25% L
#518057
The quick fox
#3D6142 · 7.03:1
AAA on white−35% L
#3D6142
The quick fox
#95bc9a · 9.94:1
AA on blackalready passes
#95bc9a
The quick fox
#95bc9a · 9.94:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#95bc9a

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #69A070 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
#95bc9a on white: 2.11:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#95bc9a on black: 9.94:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #95bc9a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #95bc9a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.11:1AaAa
Slate 502.02:1AaAa
Slate 1001.93:1AaAa
Slate 2001.71:1AaAa
Slate 3001.42:1AaAa
Slate 4001.21:1AaAa
Slate 5002.25:1AaAa
Slate 6003.59:1AaAa
Slate 7004.90:1AaAa
Slate 8006.92:1AaAa
Slate 9008.45:1AaAa
Black9.94:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BDB598
deuteranopia · #B6B19C
tritanopia · #90BAB2

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. #95bc9a 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.

#F6F9F6
#EDF2EE
#D7E4D9
#BAD4BE
#95bc9a
#76A87C
#5F9666
#4F7D55
#3F6444
#314A34
#1E2E20
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F6Darkest = 950 · #1E2E20Text step on white = 700
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 0.016 148.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.026 148.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.038 148.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.050 148.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.059 148.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.064 148.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.064 148.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.060 148.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.054 148.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.045 148.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.035 148.4);
}

Colors that work with #95bc9a

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#F6F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#CDDFCF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#598D60
Captions on the surface
Accent#7B4B81
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#314E35
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF5F0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162217
Dark-mode background
Hover#7FAE85
One step down in lightness
Pressed#69A070
Two steps down
Disabled#DAE7DC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#9ACCA0
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #95bc9a

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #314E35
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #69A070

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 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
  • Weight34/100
  • 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#BC95B7
Analogous left#A4BC95
Analogous right#95BCAE
Split-complement 1#AE95BC
Split-complement 2#BC95A4
Triadic 1#9A95BC
Triadic 2#BC9A95
Tetradic#95A4BC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°128°

#95bc9a sits at 128°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red58.4%
Green73.7%
Blue60.4%
R · 0–255
149
0x95
G · 0–255
188
0xbc
B · 0–255
154
0x9a

CMYK percentages

Cyan20.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow18.1%
Key (black)26.3%

Total ink coverage is 65%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#95bc9a text on a black background

contrast 9.94:1

Card sample

#95bc9a text on a white background

contrast 2.11:1

Card sample

#95bc9a on grey

1.93:1

#95bc9a on its own surface

1.99:1

#95bc9a on its dark surface

7.79:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #95bc9a;
Background color
Panel with #95bc9a background
background-color: #95bc9a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #95bc9a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(149, 188, 154, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(149, 188, 154, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #95bc9a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #95bc9a, #95BCB4);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #95bc9a, #95BABC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #95bc9a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #95bc9a;
caret-color: #95bc9a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #95bc9a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF5F0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #95bc9a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#95bc9a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #95bc9a 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(149, 188, 154, 0.5)
rgb(149 188 154 / 50%)
#95bc9a80
hsl(128 23% 66% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #95bc9a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#95bc9a1a#F4F8F5
20%#95bc9a33#EAF2EB
40%#95bc9a66#D5E4D7
60%#95bc9a99#BFD7C2
80%#95bc9acc#AAC9AE

Gradients from #95bc9a

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, #BBD4BE, #95bc9a 45%, #314E35);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #95bc9a, #82B0AB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #95bc9a, #BC95B7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CDE0D0 0%, #95bc9a 45%, #314E35 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #C1D0B4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A8C8BF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #314E35 0%, transparent 65%), #95bc9a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #95bc9a

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.

#95bc9a 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 9.94:1.

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.

#95bc9a, answered

What color is #95bc9a?

#95bc9a is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 3.1). It sits at 128° on the hue wheel with 23% saturation and 66% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #95bc9a?

rgb(149, 188, 154) — 149 red, 188 green and 154 blue out of 255, or 58.4% / 73.7% / 60.4% by channel.

What is #95bc9a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(128, 23%, 66%) and hsv(128, 21%, 74%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #95bc9a a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4469 and perceived brightness is 68%, so black text on it reaches 9.94:1.

Should I use black or white text on #95bc9a?

Black. It scores 9.94:1 against #95bc9a, versus 2.11:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #95bc9a accessible on a white background?

#95bc9a on white scores 2.11:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #518057 to reach 4.5:1, or #3D6142 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #95bc9a?

#BC95B7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #AE95BC and #BC95A4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #95bc9a?

For interface work: #F6F9F6 as the surface, #CDDFCF for borders, #598D60 for secondary text, #7B4B81 as an accent and #314E35 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A4BC95 and #95BCAE stays calm, while #BC95B7 is the loudest partner.

What is #95bc9a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(21%, 0%, 18%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #95bc9a warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 60 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #9EBC95; nudged cooler, #93BEA8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #95bc9a?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 13.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #95bc9a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #95bc9a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#95bc9a] or text-[#95bc9a], 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 #95bc9a with 50% opacity?

rgba(149, 188, 154, 0.5), or #95bc9a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CADECD; over black, #4B5E4D.

Is #95bc9a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 5.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #95bc9a 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 #95bc9a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BBD4BE, #95bc9a 45%, #314E35). For more colour, a short hue run to #82B0AB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #95bc9a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #95bc9a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.