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#95eb90

a light, vivid green · cool · “Light Green”

Token name suggestion: Morning Basil

RGB
149, 235, 144
HSL
117°, 70%, 74%
CMYK
37, 0, 39, 8
Luminance
0.6782

#95eb90 is a light vivid green, 117° on the wheel and 61/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.56:1). As text it scores 1.44:1 on white — use #1E8718 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(117 70% 74%)rgb(149 235 144)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #95eb90 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#95eb90
Hue
117°
green
Saturation
70%
vivid
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6782
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
61/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.56:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 1
Chroma
56.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.864
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 12.3
Web-safe
#99FF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue117° of 360°
Saturation70%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #95eb90.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool61% 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
Red9%
Green88%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#95eb90
HEX (8-digit)#95eb90ff
RGBrgb(149, 235, 144)
RGBArgba(149, 235, 144, 1)
HSLhsl(117, 70%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(117, 39%, 92%)
HWBhwb(117 56% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(37%, 0%, 39%, 8%)
LABlab(85.9 -43.5 36.2)
LCHlch(85.9 56.6 140.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.864 0.149 143.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(47.13, 67.82, 36.99)
Decimal9825168
Display P3color(display-p3 0.584 0.922 0.565)
Web-safe#99FF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #95eb90;
background-color: #95eb90;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #95eb90;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#95eb90] bg-[#95eb90]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #95eb90;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.584, green: 0.922, blue: 0.565)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.584, green: 0.922, blue: 0.565, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#95EB90</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF95EB90)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF95EB90)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(144, 235, 149)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(149, 235, 144)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(149, 235, 144)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 149, 235, 144)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5843f, 0.9216f, 0.5647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{149,235,144}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #95eb90 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #95eb90 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#186C13, #D4EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #95eb90 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: #F4FBF3;
  --brand-100: #E8F8E7;
  --brand-200: #CCF2CA;
  --brand-300: #95eb90;
  --brand-400: #77E570;
  --brand-500: #49DD41;
  --brand-600: #2FCF25;
  --brand-700: #27AD1F;
  --brand-800: #1F8A19;
  --brand-900: #1A6416;
  --brand-950: #103F0E;
  --brand: #95eb90;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C2EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #78E672;
  --brand-pressed: #5BE053;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #152414;
    --brand-ink: #D4EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF3',
        100: '#E8F8E7',
        200: '#CCF2CA',
        300: '#95eb90',
        400: '#77E570',
        500: '#49DD41',
        600: '#2FCF25',
        700: '#27AD1F',
        800: '#1F8A19',
        900: '#1A6416',
        950: '#103F0E',
        DEFAULT: '#95eb90',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF3,
  '100': #E8F8E7,
  '200': #CCF2CA,
  '300': #95eb90,
  '400': #77E570,
  '500': #49DD41,
  '600': #2FCF25,
  '700': #27AD1F,
  '800': #1F8A19,
  '900': #1A6416,
  '950': #103F0E,
);
$brand-base: #95eb90;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CCF2CA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#95eb90", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#77E570", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#49DD41", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2FCF25", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#27AD1F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1F8A19", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1A6416", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#103F0E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #95eb90 · 14.56:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.44:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.56:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #95eb90 as text scores 1.44:1 on white and 14.56:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #186C13 at 4.56:1.

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
#1E8718 · 4.63:1
AA on white−43% L
#1E8718
The quick fox
#176512 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−51% L
#176512
The quick fox
#95eb90 · 14.56:1
AA on blackalready passes
#95eb90
The quick fox
#95eb90 · 14.56:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#95eb90

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #26AA1F 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
#95eb90 on white: 1.44:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#95eb90 on black: 14.56:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #95eb90 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #95eb90.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.44:1AaAa
Slate 501.38:1AaAa
Slate 1001.32:1AaAa
Slate 2001.17:1AaAa
Slate 3001.03:1AaAa
Slate 4001.78:1AaAa
Slate 5003.30:1AaAa
Slate 6005.26:1AaAa
Slate 7007.18:1AaAa
Slate 80010.15:1AaAa
Slate 90012.38:1AaAa
Black14.56:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #EFDC8A
deuteranopia · #E2D495
tritanopia · #8CE6D4

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. #95eb90 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.

#F4FBF3
#E8F8E7
#CCF2CA
#95eb90
#77E570
#49DD41
#2FCF25
#27AD1F
#1F8A19
#1A6416
#103F0E
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF3Darkest = 950 · #103F0EText 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 0.037 143.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.059 143.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.089 143.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.116 143.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.137 143.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.149 143.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.149 143.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.140 143.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.125 143.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.104 143.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.082 143.0);
}

Colors that work with #95eb90

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#C2EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4F9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#831BB1
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#186C13
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#152414
Dark-mode background
Hover#78E672
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5BE053
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A1F49C
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 #95eb90

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 #186C13
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #26AA1F

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
  • Weight26/100
  • 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#E690EB
Analogous left#C2EB90
Analogous right#90EBB8
Split-complement 1#B890EB
Split-complement 2#EB90C2
Triadic 1#9095EB
Triadic 2#EB9095
Tetradic#90C2EB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°117°

#95eb90 sits at 117°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red58.4%
Green92.2%
Blue56.5%
R · 0–255
149
0x95
G · 0–255
235
0xeb
B · 0–255
144
0x90

CMYK percentages

Cyan36.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow38.7%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 83%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#95eb90 text on a black background

contrast 14.56:1

Card sample

#95eb90 text on a white background

contrast 1.44:1

Card sample

#95eb90 on grey

1.32:1

#95eb90 on its own surface

1.36:1

#95eb90 on its dark surface

11.25:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #95eb90;
Background color
Panel with #95eb90 background
background-color: #95eb90;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #95eb90;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(149, 235, 144, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(149, 235, 144, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #95eb90;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #95eb90, #90EBC8);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #95eb90, #90EBDE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #95eb90;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #95eb90;
caret-color: #95eb90;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #95eb90;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #95eb90;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#95eb90 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #95eb90 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, 235, 144, 0.5)
rgb(149 235 144 / 50%)
#95eb9080
hsl(117 70% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #95eb90 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#95eb901a#F4FDF4
20%#95eb9033#EAFBE9
40%#95eb9066#D5F7D3
60%#95eb9099#BFF3BC
80%#95eb90cc#AAEFA6

Gradients from #95eb90

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, #C6F4C4, #95eb90 45%, #186C13);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #95eb90, #76E6C4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #95eb90, #E690EB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DFF9DE 0%, #95eb90 45%, #186C13 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%, #DFF3BB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #AAF0CF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #186C13 0%, transparent 65%), #95eb90;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #95eb90

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.

#95eb90 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 14.56:1.

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.

#95eb90, answered

What color is #95eb90?

#95eb90 is a light vivid green — the CSS keyword Light Green. It sits at 117° on the hue wheel with 70% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #95eb90?

rgb(149, 235, 144) — 149 red, 235 green and 144 blue out of 255, or 58.4% / 92.2% / 56.5% by channel.

What is #95eb90 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(117, 70%, 74%) and hsv(117, 39%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #95eb90 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6782 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 14.56:1.

Should I use black or white text on #95eb90?

Black. It scores 14.56:1 against #95eb90, versus 1.44:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #95eb90 accessible on a white background?

#95eb90 on white scores 1.44:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1E8718 to reach 4.5:1, or #176512 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #95eb90?

#E690EB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B890EB and #EB90C2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #95eb90?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C2EDC0 for borders, #4F9B4B for secondary text, #831BB1 as an accent and #186C13 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C2EB90 and #90EBB8 stays calm, while #E690EB is the loudest partner.

What is #95eb90 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(37%, 0%, 39%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #95eb90 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 61 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B6EB90; nudged cooler, #8FECAC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #95eb90?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 12.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #95eb90 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #95eb90 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#95eb90] or text-[#95eb90], 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 #95eb90 with 50% opacity?

rgba(149, 235, 144, 0.5), or #95eb9080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CAF5C8; over black, #4B7648.

Is #95eb90 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FF99, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #95eb90 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 #95eb90?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C6F4C4, #95eb90 45%, #186C13). For more colour, a short hue run to #76E6C4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #95eb90 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #95eb90 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.