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#98dfb8

a light, vivid green · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Morning Basil

RGB
152, 223, 184
HSL
147°, 53%, 74%
CMYK
32, 0, 18, 13
Luminance
0.6291

#98dfb8 is a light vivid green, 147° on the wheel and 74/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.58:1). As text it scores 1.55:1 on white — use #2A8653 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(147 53% 74%)rgb(152 223 184)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #98dfb8 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#98dfb8
Hue
147°
green
Saturation
53%
vivid
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
78%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6291
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
74/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.58:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 6.9
Chroma
32.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.846
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 14.3
Web-safe
#99CCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue147° of 360°
Saturation53%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #98dfb8.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool74% 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
Red11%
Green84%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#98dfb8
HEX (8-digit)#98dfb8ff
RGBrgb(152, 223, 184)
RGBArgba(152, 223, 184, 1)
HSLhsl(147, 53%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(147, 32%, 87%)
HWBhwb(147 60% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 0%, 18%, 13%)
LABlab(83.4 -30.3 12.1)
LCHlch(83.4 32.6 158.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.846 0.090 159.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(47.99, 62.91, 54.95)
Decimal10018744
Display P3color(display-p3 0.596 0.875 0.722)
Web-safe#99CCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #98dfb8;
background-color: #98dfb8;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #98dfb8;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#98dfb8] bg-[#98dfb8]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #98dfb8;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.596, green: 0.875, blue: 0.722)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.596, green: 0.875, blue: 0.722, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#98DFB8</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF98DFB8)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF98DFB8)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(184, 223, 152)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(152, 223, 184)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(152, 223, 184)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 152, 223, 184)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5961f, 0.8745f, 0.7216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{152,223,184}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #98dfb8 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #98dfb8 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1E613C, #D3EEDF);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #98dfb8 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: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-100: #E9F6EF;
  --brand-200: #CFEDDC;
  --brand-300: #98dfb8;
  --brand-400: #7FD7A6;
  --brand-500: #54CA89;
  --brand-600: #3ABB74;
  --brand-700: #309C61;
  --brand-800: #277D4D;
  --brand-900: #205B3A;
  --brand-950: #143924;
  --brand: #98dfb8;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C1ECD4;
  --brand-hover: #7DD7A5;
  --brand-pressed: #61CE92;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241B;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDF;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FAF7',
        100: '#E9F6EF',
        200: '#CFEDDC',
        300: '#98dfb8',
        400: '#7FD7A6',
        500: '#54CA89',
        600: '#3ABB74',
        700: '#309C61',
        800: '#277D4D',
        900: '#205B3A',
        950: '#143924',
        DEFAULT: '#98dfb8',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FAF7,
  '100': #E9F6EF,
  '200': #CFEDDC,
  '300': #98dfb8,
  '400': #7FD7A6,
  '500': #54CA89,
  '600': #3ABB74,
  '700': #309C61,
  '800': #277D4D,
  '900': #205B3A,
  '950': #143924,
);
$brand-base: #98dfb8;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FAF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9F6EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CFEDDC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#98dfb8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7FD7A6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#54CA89", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3ABB74", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#309C61", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#277D4D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#205B3A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#143924", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #98dfb8 · 13.58:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.55:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.58:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #98dfb8 as text scores 1.55:1 on white and 13.58:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1E613C at 4.80:1.

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
#2A8653 · 4.53:1
AA on white−39% L
#2A8653
The quick fox
#1F633E · 7.21:1
AAA on white−48% L
#1F633E
The quick fox
#98dfb8 · 13.58:1
AA on blackalready passes
#98dfb8
The quick fox
#98dfb8 · 13.58:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#98dfb8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #33A567 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
#98dfb8 on white: 1.55:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#98dfb8 on black: 13.58:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #98dfb8 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #98dfb8.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.55:1AaAa
Slate 501.48:1AaAa
Slate 1001.41:1AaAa
Slate 2001.25:1AaAa
Slate 3001.04:1AaAa
Slate 4001.66:1AaAa
Slate 5003.08:1AaAa
Slate 6004.90:1AaAa
Slate 7006.70:1AaAa
Slate 8009.46:1AaAa
Slate 90011.55:1AaAa
Black13.58:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DDD5B6
deuteranopia · #D2CCBA
tritanopia · #89DED4

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. #98dfb8 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.

#F4FAF7
#E9F6EF
#CFEDDC
#98dfb8
#7FD7A6
#54CA89
#3ABB74
#309C61
#277D4D
#205B3A
#143924
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F4FAF7Darkest = 950 · #143924Text step on white = 800
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 0.022 159.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.036 159.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.054 159.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.070 159.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.083 159.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.090 159.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.090 159.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.085 159.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.076 159.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.063 159.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.050 159.7);
}

Colors that work with #98dfb8

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#F4FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C1ECD4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6F
Captions on the surface
Accent#A02C88
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1E613C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECF9F2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241B
Dark-mode background
Hover#7DD7A5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#61CE92
Two steps down
Disabled#F1F6F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A2EAC2
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 #98dfb8

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 #1E613C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #33A567

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
  • Weight27/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

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#DF98BF
Analogous left#9BDF98
Analogous right#98DFDB
Split-complement 1#DB98DF
Split-complement 2#DF989B
Triadic 1#B898DF
Triadic 2#DFB898
Tetradic#989BDF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°147°

#98dfb8 sits at 147°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red59.6%
Green87.5%
Blue72.2%
R · 0–255
152
0x98
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
184
0xb8

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow17.5%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 62%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#98dfb8 text on a black background

contrast 13.58:1

Card sample

#98dfb8 text on a white background

contrast 1.55:1

Card sample

#98dfb8 on grey

1.41:1

#98dfb8 on its own surface

1.46:1

#98dfb8 on its dark surface

10.46:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #98dfb8;
Background color
Panel with #98dfb8 background
background-color: #98dfb8;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #98dfb8;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(152, 223, 184, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(152, 223, 184, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #98dfb8;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98dfb8, #98D7DF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #98dfb8, #98C5DF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #98dfb8;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #98dfb8;
caret-color: #98dfb8;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #98dfb8;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECF9F2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #98dfb8;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#98dfb8 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #98dfb8 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(152, 223, 184, 0.5)
rgb(152 223 184 / 50%)
#98dfb880
hsl(147 53% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #98dfb8 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#98dfb81a#F5FCF8
20%#98dfb833#EAF9F1
40%#98dfb866#D6F2E3
60%#98dfb899#C1ECD4
80%#98dfb8cc#ADE5C6

Gradients from #98dfb8

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, #C7EDD8, #98dfb8 45%, #1E613C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #98dfb8, #81C6D8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #98dfb8, #DF98BF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DEF5E8 0%, #98dfb8 45%, #1E613C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #C5EBBF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #AFE4E6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1E613C 0%, transparent 65%), #98dfb8;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #98dfb8

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.

#98dfb8 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 13.58:1.

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.

#98dfb8, answered

What color is #98dfb8?

#98dfb8 is a light vivid green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 6.9). It sits at 147° on the hue wheel with 53% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #98dfb8?

rgb(152, 223, 184) — 152 red, 223 green and 184 blue out of 255, or 59.6% / 87.5% / 72.2% by channel.

What is #98dfb8 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(147, 53%, 74%) and hsv(147, 32%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #98dfb8 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6291 and perceived brightness is 78%, so black text on it reaches 13.58:1.

Should I use black or white text on #98dfb8?

Black. It scores 13.58:1 against #98dfb8, versus 1.55:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #98dfb8 accessible on a white background?

#98dfb8 on white scores 1.55:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #2A8653 to reach 4.5:1, or #1F633E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #98dfb8?

#DF98BF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DB98DF and #DF989B, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #98dfb8?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C1ECD4 for borders, #4B9B6F for secondary text, #A02C88 as an accent and #1E613C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #9BDF98 and #98DFDB stays calm, while #DF98BF is the loudest partner.

What is #98dfb8 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(32%, 0%, 18%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #98dfb8 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 74 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #98DF9E; nudged cooler, #97E0D3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #98dfb8?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 14.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #98dfb8 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #98dfb8 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#98dfb8] or text-[#98dfb8], 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 #98dfb8 with 50% opacity?

rgba(152, 223, 184, 0.5), or #98dfb880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CCEFDC; over black, #4C705C.

Is #98dfb8 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CCCC, ΔE2000 14.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #98dfb8 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 #98dfb8?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C7EDD8, #98dfb8 45%, #1E613C). For more colour, a short hue run to #81C6D8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #98dfb8 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #98dfb8 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.