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#97eb63

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Basil

RGB
151, 235, 99
HSL
97°, 77%, 66%
CMYK
36, 0, 58, 8
Luminance
0.6690

#97eb63 is a light electric green, 97° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.38:1). As text it scores 1.46:1 on white — use #3D8511 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(97 77% 66%)rgb(151 235 99)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #97eb63 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#97eb63
Hue
97°
green
Saturation
77%
electric
Lightness
66%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6690
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
14.38:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 6.7
Chroma
74.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.858
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 8.7
Web-safe
#99FF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue97° of 360°
Saturation77%
Lightness66%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #97eb63.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% 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%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#97eb63
HEX (8-digit)#97eb63ff
RGBrgb(151, 235, 99)
RGBArgba(151, 235, 99, 1)
HSLhsl(97, 77%, 66%)
HSV / HSBhsv(97, 58%, 92%)
HWBhwb(97 39% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 0%, 58%, 8%)
LABlab(85.5 -48.4 56.9)
LCHlch(85.5 74.7 130.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.858 0.189 135.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(44.72, 66.89, 22.36)
Decimal9956195
Display P3color(display-p3 0.592 0.922 0.388)
Web-safe#99FF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #97eb63;
background-color: #97eb63;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #97eb63;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#97eb63] bg-[#97eb63]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #97eb63;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.592, green: 0.922, blue: 0.388)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.592, green: 0.922, blue: 0.388, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#97EB63</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF97EB63)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF97EB63)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(99, 235, 151)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(151, 235, 99)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(151, 235, 99)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 151, 235, 99)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5922f, 0.9216f, 0.3882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{151,235,99}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #97eb63 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #97eb63 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#34710E, #DDEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #97eb63 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: #EEF9E6;
  --brand-200: #D9F4C7;
  --brand-300: #BDF29C;
  --brand-400: #97eb63;
  --brand-500: #7AE638;
  --brand-600: #64D91C;
  --brand-700: #53B517;
  --brand-800: #439113;
  --brand-900: #336912;
  --brand-950: #20410B;
  --brand: #97eb63;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D1EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #82E743;
  --brand-pressed: #6DE324;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A2414;
    --brand-ink: #DDEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FCF3',
        100: '#EEF9E6',
        200: '#D9F4C7',
        300: '#BDF29C',
        400: '#97eb63',
        500: '#7AE638',
        600: '#64D91C',
        700: '#53B517',
        800: '#439113',
        900: '#336912',
        950: '#20410B',
        DEFAULT: '#97eb63',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FCF3,
  '100': #EEF9E6,
  '200': #D9F4C7,
  '300': #BDF29C,
  '400': #97eb63,
  '500': #7AE638,
  '600': #64D91C,
  '700': #53B517,
  '800': #439113,
  '900': #336912,
  '950': #20410B,
);
$brand-base: #97eb63;
$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": "#EEF9E6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9F4C7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BDF29C", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#97eb63", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7AE638", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#64D91C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#53B517", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#439113", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#336912", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#20410B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #97eb63 · 14.38:1
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 · 14.38:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #97eb63 as text scores 1.46:1 on white and 14.38:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #34710E at 4.09:1.

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
#3D8511 · 4.60:1
AA on white−36% L
#3D8511
The quick fox
#2D610C · 7.43:1
AAA on white−44% L
#2D610C
The quick fox
#97eb63 · 14.38:1
AA on blackalready passes
#97eb63
The quick fox
#97eb63 · 14.38:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#97eb63

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4CA515 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
#97eb63 on white: 1.46:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#97eb63 on black: 14.38:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #97eb63 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #97eb63.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.46:1AaAa
Slate 501.40:1AaAa
Slate 1001.33:1AaAa
Slate 2001.18:1AaAa
Slate 3001.02:1AaAa
Slate 4001.76:1AaAa
Slate 5003.26:1AaAa
Slate 6005.19:1AaAa
Slate 7007.09:1AaAa
Slate 80010.02:1AaAa
Slate 90012.22:1AaAa
Black14.38:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F3DA55
deuteranopia · #E7D36D
tritanopia · #95E3CD

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. #97eb63 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
#EEF9E6
#D9F4C7
#BDF29C
#97eb63
#7AE638
#64D91C
#53B517
#439113
#336912
#20410B
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6FCF3Darkest = 950 · #20410BText 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 0.047 135.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.076 135.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.113 135.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.147 135.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.174 135.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.189 135.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.189 135.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.178 135.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.159 135.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.132 135.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.104 135.2);
}

Colors that work with #97eb63

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#F7FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D1EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#699B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#9460EF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#34710E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0FCE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#82E743
One step down in lightness
Pressed#6DE324
Two steps down
Disabled#DDE6D8
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A1F56D
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 #97eb63

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 #34710E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4CA515

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
  • Weight35/100
  • 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#B763EB
Analogous left#DBEB63
Analogous right#63EB73
Split-complement 1#7363EB
Split-complement 2#EB63DB
Triadic 1#6397EB
Triadic 2#EB6397
Tetradic#63DBEB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°97°

#97eb63 sits at 97°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red59.2%
Green92.2%
Blue38.8%
R · 0–255
151
0x97
G · 0–255
235
0xeb
B · 0–255
99
0x63

CMYK percentages

Cyan35.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow57.9%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 101%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#97eb63 text on a black background

contrast 14.38:1

Card sample

#97eb63 text on a white background

contrast 1.46:1

Card sample

#97eb63 on grey

1.33:1

#97eb63 on its own surface

1.39:1

#97eb63 on its dark surface

11.01:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #97eb63;
Background color
Panel with #97eb63 background
background-color: #97eb63;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #97eb63;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(151, 235, 99, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(151, 235, 99, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #97eb63;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #97eb63, #63EB8A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #97eb63, #63EBAC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #97eb63;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #97eb63;
caret-color: #97eb63;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #97eb63;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0FCE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #97eb63;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#97eb63 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #97eb63 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, 99, 0.5)
rgb(151 235 99 / 50%)
#97eb6380
hsl(97 77% 66% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #97eb63 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#97eb631a#F5FDEF
20%#97eb6333#EAFBE0
40%#97eb6366#D5F7C1
60%#97eb6399#C1F3A1
80%#97eb63cc#ACEF82

Gradients from #97eb63

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, #BBF299, #97eb63 45%, #34710E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #97eb63, #48E883);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #97eb63, #B763EB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CDF5B4 0%, #97eb63 45%, #34710E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EDF190 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #7EEF95 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #34710E 0%, transparent 65%), #97eb63;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #97eb63

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.

#97eb63 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 14.38:1.

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.

#97eb63, answered

What color is #97eb63?

#97eb63 is a light electric green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 6.7). It sits at 97° on the hue wheel with 77% saturation and 66% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #97eb63?

rgb(151, 235, 99) — 151 red, 235 green and 99 blue out of 255, or 59.2% / 92.2% / 38.8% by channel.

What is #97eb63 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(97, 77%, 66%) and hsv(97, 58%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #97eb63 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6690 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 14.38:1.

Should I use black or white text on #97eb63?

Black. It scores 14.38:1 against #97eb63, versus 1.46:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #97eb63 accessible on a white background?

#97eb63 on white scores 1.46:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3D8511 to reach 4.5:1, or #2D610C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #97eb63?

#B763EB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7363EB and #EB63DB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #97eb63?

For interface work: #F7FAF4 as the surface, #D1EDC0 for borders, #699B4B for secondary text, #9460EF as an accent and #34710E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DBEB63 and #63EB73 stays calm, while #B763EB is the loudest partner.

What is #97eb63 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(36%, 0%, 58%, 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 #97eb63 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C9EB63; nudged cooler, #63ED61.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #97eb63?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 8.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #97eb63 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #97eb63 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#97eb63] or text-[#97eb63], 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 #97eb63 with 50% opacity?

rgba(151, 235, 99, 0.5), or #97eb6380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CBF5B1; over black, #4C7632.

Is #97eb63 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FF66, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #97eb63 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 #97eb63?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BBF299, #97eb63 45%, #34710E). For more colour, a short hue run to #48E883 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #97eb63 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #97eb63 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.