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#9adfac

a light, vivid green · cool · closest name: Light Green

Token name suggestion: Morning Basil

RGB
154, 223, 172
HSL
136°, 52%, 74%
CMYK
31, 0, 23, 13
Luminance
0.6262

#9adfac is a light vivid green, 136° on the wheel and 69/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.52:1). As text it scores 1.55:1 on white — use #2B8743 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(136 52% 74%)rgb(154 223 172)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #9adfac is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#9adfac
Hue
136°
green
Saturation
52%
vivid
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
78%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6262
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
69/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.52:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 8.3
Chroma
36.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.844
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 14.1
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue136° of 360°
Saturation52%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #9adfac.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool69% 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%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#9adfac
HEX (8-digit)#9adfacff
RGBrgb(154, 223, 172)
RGBArgba(154, 223, 172, 1)
HSLhsl(136, 52%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(136, 31%, 87%)
HWBhwb(136 60% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 0%, 23%, 13%)
LABlab(83.2 -31.9 18.2)
LCHlch(83.2 36.8 150.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.844 0.099 152.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(47.16, 62.62, 48.62)
Decimal10149804
Display P3color(display-p3 0.604 0.875 0.675)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #9adfac;
background-color: #9adfac;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #9adfac;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#9adfac] bg-[#9adfac]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #9adfac;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.604, green: 0.875, blue: 0.675)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.604, green: 0.875, blue: 0.675, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#9ADFAC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF9ADFAC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF9ADFAC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(172, 223, 154)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(154, 223, 172)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(154, 223, 172)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 154, 223, 172)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6039f, 0.8745f, 0.6745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{154,223,172}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #9adfac 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #9adfac 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1F6130, #D3EEDA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #9adfac 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: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-100: #EAF6ED;
  --brand-200: #CFEDD7;
  --brand-300: #9adfac;
  --brand-400: #7FD796;
  --brand-500: #55C973;
  --brand-600: #3BBA5C;
  --brand-700: #319B4D;
  --brand-800: #277C3D;
  --brand-900: #205A2F;
  --brand-950: #14391E;
  --brand: #9adfac;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C1EBCC;
  --brand-hover: #7FD696;
  --brand-pressed: #64CE7F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142418;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FAF6',
        100: '#EAF6ED',
        200: '#CFEDD7',
        300: '#9adfac',
        400: '#7FD796',
        500: '#55C973',
        600: '#3BBA5C',
        700: '#319B4D',
        800: '#277C3D',
        900: '#205A2F',
        950: '#14391E',
        DEFAULT: '#9adfac',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FAF6,
  '100': #EAF6ED,
  '200': #CFEDD7,
  '300': #9adfac,
  '400': #7FD796,
  '500': #55C973,
  '600': #3BBA5C,
  '700': #319B4D,
  '800': #277C3D,
  '900': #205A2F,
  '950': #14391E,
);
$brand-base: #9adfac;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FAF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAF6ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CFEDD7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9adfac", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7FD796", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#55C973", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3BBA5C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#319B4D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#277C3D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#205A2F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#14391E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #9adfac · 13.52:1
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 · 13.52:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #9adfac as text scores 1.55:1 on white and 13.52:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1F6130 at 4.81:1.

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
#2B8743 · 4.52:1
AA on white−39% L
#2B8743
The quick fox
#206432 · 7.17:1
AAA on white−48% L
#206432
The quick fox
#9adfac · 13.52:1
AA on blackalready passes
#9adfac
The quick fox
#9adfac · 13.52:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#9adfac

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #35A652 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
#9adfac on white: 1.55:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#9adfac on black: 13.52:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #9adfac as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #9adfac.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.55:1AaAa
Slate 501.48:1AaAa
Slate 1001.42:1AaAa
Slate 2001.26:1AaAa
Slate 3001.05:1AaAa
Slate 4001.65:1AaAa
Slate 5003.06:1AaAa
Slate 6004.88:1AaAa
Slate 7006.67:1AaAa
Slate 8009.42:1AaAa
Slate 90011.50:1AaAa
Black13.52:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DFD4A9
deuteranopia · #D4CCAF
tritanopia · #8FDDD1

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. #9adfac 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.

#F4FAF6
#EAF6ED
#CFEDD7
#9adfac
#7FD796
#55C973
#3BBA5C
#319B4D
#277C3D
#205A2F
#14391E
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F4FAF6Darkest = 950 · #14391EText 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 0.025 152.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.040 152.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.060 152.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.078 152.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.091 152.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.099 152.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.099 152.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.093 152.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.083 152.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.070 152.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.055 152.0);
}

Colors that work with #9adfac

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#F4FAF6
Tinted page background
Border#C1EBCC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B60
Captions on the surface
Accent#A02C9E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1F6130
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECF9EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142418
Dark-mode background
Hover#7FD696
One step down in lightness
Pressed#64CE7F
Two steps down
Disabled#F2F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A4EAB6
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 #9adfac

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 #1F6130
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #35A652

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
  • 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#DF9ACD
Analogous left#AADF9A
Analogous right#9ADFCF
Split-complement 1#CF9ADF
Split-complement 2#DF9AAA
Triadic 1#AC9ADF
Triadic 2#DFAC9A
Tetradic#9AAADF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°136°

#9adfac sits at 136°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red60.4%
Green87.5%
Blue67.5%
R · 0–255
154
0x9a
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
172
0xac

CMYK percentages

Cyan30.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow22.9%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 66%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#9adfac text on a black background

contrast 13.52:1

Card sample

#9adfac text on a white background

contrast 1.55:1

Card sample

#9adfac on grey

1.42:1

#9adfac on its own surface

1.47:1

#9adfac on its dark surface

10.44:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #9adfac;
Background color
Panel with #9adfac background
background-color: #9adfac;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #9adfac;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(154, 223, 172, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(154, 223, 172, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #9adfac;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9adfac, #9ADFDA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9adfac, #9AD3DF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #9adfac;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #9adfac;
caret-color: #9adfac;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #9adfac;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECF9EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #9adfac;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#9adfac 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #9adfac 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(154, 223, 172, 0.5)
rgb(154 223 172 / 50%)
#9adfac80
hsl(136 52% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #9adfac 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#9adfac1a#F5FCF7
20%#9adfac33#EBF9EE
40%#9adfac66#D7F2DE
60%#9adfac99#C2ECCD
80%#9adfaccc#AEE5BD

Gradients from #9adfac

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, #C8EED2, #9adfac 45%, #1F6130);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #9adfac, #83D7D8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9adfac, #DF9ACD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E0F5E5 0%, #9adfac 45%, #1F6130 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #CEEBC1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B1E6DE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1F6130 0%, transparent 65%), #9adfac;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #9adfac

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.

#9adfac 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 13.52:1.

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.

#9adfac, answered

What color is #9adfac?

#9adfac is a light vivid green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 8.3). It sits at 136° on the hue wheel with 52% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #9adfac?

rgb(154, 223, 172) — 154 red, 223 green and 172 blue out of 255, or 60.4% / 87.5% / 67.5% by channel.

What is #9adfac in HSL and HSV?

hsl(136, 52%, 74%) and hsv(136, 31%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #9adfac a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6262 and perceived brightness is 78%, so black text on it reaches 13.52:1.

Should I use black or white text on #9adfac?

Black. It scores 13.52:1 against #9adfac, versus 1.55:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #9adfac accessible on a white background?

#9adfac on white scores 1.55:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #2B8743 to reach 4.5:1, or #206432 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #9adfac?

#DF9ACD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CF9ADF and #DF9AAA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #9adfac?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C1EBCC for borders, #4B9B60 for secondary text, #A02C9E as an accent and #1F6130 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #AADF9A and #9ADFCF stays calm, while #DF9ACD is the loudest partner.

What is #9adfac in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 0%, 23%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #9adfac warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 69 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A1DF9A; nudged cooler, #99E0C6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #9adfac?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 14.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #9adfac as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #9adfac in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#9adfac] or text-[#9adfac], 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 #9adfac with 50% opacity?

rgba(154, 223, 172, 0.5), or #9adfac80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CDEFD6; over black, #4D7056.

Is #9adfac a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #9adfac 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 #9adfac?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C8EED2, #9adfac 45%, #1F6130). For more colour, a short hue run to #83D7D8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #9adfac in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #9adfac at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.