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#97eb6d

a light, electric green · neutral · closest name: Light Green

Token name suggestion: Linen Basil

RGB
151, 235, 109
HSL
100°, 76%, 68%
CMYK
36, 0, 54, 8
Luminance
0.6710

#97eb6d is a light electric green, 100° on the wheel and 54/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.42:1). As text it scores 1.46:1 on white — use #388412 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(100 76% 68%)rgb(151 235 109)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #97eb6d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#97eb6d
Hue
100°
green
Saturation
76%
electric
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6710
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
54/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
14.42:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 5.5
Chroma
70.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.859
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 9.4
Web-safe
#99FF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue100° of 360°
Saturation76%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #97eb6d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool54% 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
Red10%
Green89%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#97eb6d
HEX (8-digit)#97eb6dff
RGBrgb(151, 235, 109)
RGBArgba(151, 235, 109, 1)
HSLhsl(100, 76%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(100, 54%, 92%)
HWBhwb(100 43% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 0%, 54%, 8%)
LABlab(85.5 -47.4 52.6)
LCHlch(85.5 70.8 132.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.859 0.181 136.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(45.23, 67.10, 25.03)
Decimal9956205
Display P3color(display-p3 0.592 0.922 0.427)
Web-safe#99FF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #97eb6d;
background-color: #97eb6d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #97eb6d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#97eb6d] bg-[#97eb6d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #97eb6d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.592, green: 0.922, blue: 0.427)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.592, green: 0.922, blue: 0.427, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#97EB6D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF97EB6D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF97EB6D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(109, 235, 151)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(151, 235, 109)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(151, 235, 109)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 151, 235, 109)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5922f, 0.9216f, 0.4275f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{151,235,109}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #97eb6d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #97eb6d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#30700F, #DCEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #97eb6d 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: #F6FCF3;
  --brand-100: #EDF9E7;
  --brand-200: #D6F4C8;
  --brand-300: #B9F19C;
  --brand-400: #97eb6d;
  --brand-500: #72E43A;
  --brand-600: #5BD71D;
  --brand-700: #4CB319;
  --brand-800: #3D9014;
  --brand-900: #2F6812;
  --brand-950: #1D410C;
  --brand: #97eb6d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CFEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #81E74E;
  --brand-pressed: #6AE22E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #192414;
    --brand-ink: #DCEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FCF3',
        100: '#EDF9E7',
        200: '#D6F4C8',
        300: '#B9F19C',
        400: '#97eb6d',
        500: '#72E43A',
        600: '#5BD71D',
        700: '#4CB319',
        800: '#3D9014',
        900: '#2F6812',
        950: '#1D410C',
        DEFAULT: '#97eb6d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FCF3,
  '100': #EDF9E7,
  '200': #D6F4C8,
  '300': #B9F19C,
  '400': #97eb6d,
  '500': #72E43A,
  '600': #5BD71D,
  '700': #4CB319,
  '800': #3D9014,
  '900': #2F6812,
  '950': #1D410C,
);
$brand-base: #97eb6d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF9E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D6F4C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B9F19C", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#97eb6d", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#72E43A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5BD71D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4CB319", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3D9014", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2F6812", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1D410C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #97eb6d · 14.42:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.46:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.42:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #97eb6d as text scores 1.46:1 on white and 14.42:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #30700F at 4.18:1.

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
#388412 · 4.69:1
AA on white−38% L
#388412
The quick fox
#2B650E · 7.07:1
AAA on white−45% L
#2B650E
The quick fox
#97eb6d · 14.42:1
AA on blackalready passes
#97eb6d
The quick fox
#97eb6d · 14.42:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#97eb6d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #47A817 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
#97eb6d on white: 1.46:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#97eb6d on black: 14.42:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #97eb6d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #97eb6d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.46:1AaAa
Slate 501.39:1AaAa
Slate 1001.33:1AaAa
Slate 2001.18:1AaAa
Slate 3001.02:1AaAa
Slate 4001.76:1AaAa
Slate 5003.27:1AaAa
Slate 6005.20:1AaAa
Slate 7007.11:1AaAa
Slate 80010.05:1AaAa
Slate 90012.26:1AaAa
Black14.42:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F2DA61
deuteranopia · #E6D376
tritanopia · #94E3CF

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. #97eb6d 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.

#F6FCF3
#EDF9E7
#D6F4C8
#B9F19C
#97eb6d
#72E43A
#5BD71D
#4CB319
#3D9014
#2F6812
#1D410C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6FCF3Darkest = 950 · #1D410CText 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 0.045 136.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.072 136.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.108 136.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.141 136.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.166 136.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.181 136.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.181 136.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.170 136.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.152 136.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.126 136.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.099 136.3);
}

Colors that work with #97eb6d

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#CFEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#659B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A16AEE
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#30700F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFFCE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#192414
Dark-mode background
Hover#81E74E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#6AE22E
Two steps down
Disabled#E2EADE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A2F578
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 #97eb6d

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 #30700F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #47A817

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight33/100
  • 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#C16DEB
Analogous left#D6EB6D
Analogous right#6DEB82
Split-complement 1#826DEB
Split-complement 2#EB6DD6
Triadic 1#6D97EB
Triadic 2#EB6D97
Tetradic#6DD6EB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°100°

#97eb6d sits at 100°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red59.2%
Green92.2%
Blue42.7%
R · 0–255
151
0x97
G · 0–255
235
0xeb
B · 0–255
109
0x6d

CMYK percentages

Cyan35.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow53.6%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 97%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#97eb6d text on a black background

contrast 14.42:1

Card sample

#97eb6d text on a white background

contrast 1.46:1

Card sample

#97eb6d on grey

1.33:1

#97eb6d on its own surface

1.38:1

#97eb6d on its dark surface

11.06:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #97eb6d;
Background color
Panel with #97eb6d background
background-color: #97eb6d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #97eb6d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(151, 235, 109, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(151, 235, 109, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #97eb6d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97eb6d, #6DEB97);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #97eb6d, #6DEBB7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #97eb6d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #97eb6d;
caret-color: #97eb6d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #97eb6d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFFCE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #97eb6d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#97eb6d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #97eb6d 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(151, 235, 109, 0.5)
rgb(151 235 109 / 50%)
#97eb6d80
hsl(100 76% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #97eb6d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#97eb6d1a#F5FDF0
20%#97eb6d33#EAFBE2
40%#97eb6d66#D5F7C5
60%#97eb6d99#C1F3A7
80%#97eb6dcc#ACEF8A

Gradients from #97eb6d

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, #BDF2A3, #97eb6d 45%, #30700F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #97eb6d, #52E790);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #97eb6d, #C16DEB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D1F6BE 0%, #97eb6d 45%, #30700F 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%, #EAF19A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #88EFA2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #30700F 0%, transparent 65%), #97eb6d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #97eb6d

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.

#97eb6d 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.

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 14.42:1.

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.

#97eb6d, answered

What color is #97eb6d?

#97eb6d is a light electric green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 5.5). It sits at 100° on the hue wheel with 76% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #97eb6d?

rgb(151, 235, 109) — 151 red, 235 green and 109 blue out of 255, or 59.2% / 92.2% / 42.7% by channel.

What is #97eb6d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(100, 76%, 68%) and hsv(100, 54%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #97eb6d a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6710 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 14.42:1.

Should I use black or white text on #97eb6d?

Black. It scores 14.42:1 against #97eb6d, versus 1.46:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #97eb6d accessible on a white background?

#97eb6d on white scores 1.46:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #388412 to reach 4.5:1, or #2B650E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #97eb6d?

#C16DEB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #826DEB and #EB6DD6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #97eb6d?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CFEDC0 for borders, #659B4B for secondary text, #A16AEE as an accent and #30700F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D6EB6D and #6DEB82 stays calm, while #C16DEB is the loudest partner.

What is #97eb6d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(36%, 0%, 54%, 8%). 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 #97eb6d warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 54 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C5EB6D; nudged cooler, #6CED70.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #97eb6d?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 9.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #97eb6d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #97eb6d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#97eb6d] or text-[#97eb6d], 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 #97eb6d with 50% opacity?

rgba(151, 235, 109, 0.5), or #97eb6d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CBF5B6; over black, #4C7637.

Is #97eb6d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FF66, ΔE2000 4.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #97eb6d 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 #97eb6d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BDF2A3, #97eb6d 45%, #30700F). For more colour, a short hue run to #52E790 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #97eb6d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #97eb6d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.