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#9ed080

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

Token name suggestion: Morning Fern

RGB
158, 208, 128
HSL
98°, 46%, 66%
CMYK
24, 0, 39, 18
Luminance
0.5394

#9ed080 is a light vivid green, 98° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.79:1). As text it scores 1.78:1 on white — use #4F8230 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(98 46% 66%)rgb(158 208 128)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #9ed080 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#9ed080
Hue
98°
green
Saturation
46%
vivid
Lightness
66%
light
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
73%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5394
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.79:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 8
Chroma
46.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.803
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 11
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue98° of 360°
Saturation46%
Lightness66%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #9ed080.

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
Red13%
Green84%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#9ed080
HEX (8-digit)#9ed080ff
RGBrgb(158, 208, 128)
RGBArgba(158, 208, 128, 1)
HSLhsl(98, 46%, 66%)
HSV / HSBhsv(98, 38%, 82%)
HWBhwb(98 50% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(24%, 0%, 39%, 18%)
LABlab(78.4 -30.6 34.6)
LCHlch(78.4 46.2 131.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.803 0.119 134.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.55, 53.94, 28.69)
Decimal10408064
Display P3color(display-p3 0.620 0.816 0.502)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #9ed080;
background-color: #9ed080;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #9ed080;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#9ed080] bg-[#9ed080]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #9ed080;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.620, green: 0.816, blue: 0.502)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.620, green: 0.816, blue: 0.502, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#9ED080</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF9ED080)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF9ED080)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(128, 208, 158)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(158, 208, 128)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(158, 208, 128)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 158, 208, 128)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6196f, 0.8157f, 0.5020f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{158,208,128}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #9ed080 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #9ed080 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#385D22, #DDEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #9ed080 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: #F7FAF5;
  --brand-100: #EEF5EA;
  --brand-200: #DAEBD0;
  --brand-300: #C0E1AD;
  --brand-400: #9ed080;
  --brand-500: #82C25B;
  --brand-600: #6CB342;
  --brand-700: #5A9537;
  --brand-800: #48772C;
  --brand-900: #375723;
  --brand-950: #223616;
  --brand: #9ed080;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D2E9C3;
  --brand-hover: #8AC666;
  --brand-pressed: #76BD4C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A2414;
    --brand-ink: #DDEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7FAF5',
        100: '#EEF5EA',
        200: '#DAEBD0',
        300: '#C0E1AD',
        400: '#9ed080',
        500: '#82C25B',
        600: '#6CB342',
        700: '#5A9537',
        800: '#48772C',
        900: '#375723',
        950: '#223616',
        DEFAULT: '#9ed080',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7FAF5,
  '100': #EEF5EA,
  '200': #DAEBD0,
  '300': #C0E1AD,
  '400': #9ed080,
  '500': #82C25B,
  '600': #6CB342,
  '700': #5A9537,
  '800': #48772C,
  '900': #375723,
  '950': #223616,
);
$brand-base: #9ed080;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DAEBD0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C0E1AD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9ed080", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#82C25B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6CB342", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#5A9537", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#48772C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#375723", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#223616", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #9ed080 · 11.79:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.78:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.79:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #9ed080 as text scores 1.78:1 on white and 11.79:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #385D22 at 4.28:1.

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
#4F8230 · 4.60:1
AA on white−31% L
#4F8230
The quick fox
#3A6024 · 7.30:1
AAA on white−40% L
#3A6024
The quick fox
#9ed080 · 11.79:1
AA on blackalready passes
#9ed080
The quick fox
#9ed080 · 11.79:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#9ed080

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #63A33C 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
#9ed080 on white: 1.78:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#9ed080 on black: 11.79:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #9ed080 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #9ed080.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.78:1AaAa
Slate 501.70:1AaAa
Slate 1001.63:1AaAa
Slate 2001.45:1AaAa
Slate 3001.20:1AaAa
Slate 4001.44:1AaAa
Slate 5002.67:1AaAa
Slate 6004.25:1AaAa
Slate 7005.81:1AaAa
Slate 8008.21:1AaAa
Slate 90010.02:1AaAa
Black11.79:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D6C57A
deuteranopia · #CEC084
tritanopia · #9ECABC

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. #9ed080 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.

#F7FAF5
#EEF5EA
#DAEBD0
#C0E1AD
#9ed080
#82C25B
#6CB342
#5A9537
#48772C
#375723
#223616
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F7FAF5Darkest = 950 · #223616Text 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 0.030 134.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.048 134.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.072 134.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.093 134.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.110 134.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.119 134.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.119 134.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.112 134.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.100 134.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.084 134.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.066 134.4);
}

Colors that work with #9ed080

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#D2E9C3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#699B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#9D7DD4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#385D22
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F8EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#8AC666
One step down in lightness
Pressed#76BD4C
Two steps down
Disabled#DEE7D9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A7DD87
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 #9ed080

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 #385D22
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #63A33C

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
  • Weight34/100
  • 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#B280D0
Analogous left#C6D080
Analogous right#80D08A
Split-complement 1#8A80D0
Split-complement 2#D080C6
Triadic 1#809ED0
Triadic 2#D0809E
Tetradic#80C6D0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°98°

#9ed080 sits at 98°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red62.0%
Green81.6%
Blue50.2%
R · 0–255
158
0x9e
G · 0–255
208
0xd0
B · 0–255
128
0x80

CMYK percentages

Cyan24.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow38.5%
Key (black)18.4%

Total ink coverage is 81%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#9ed080 text on a black background

contrast 11.79:1

Card sample

#9ed080 text on a white background

contrast 1.78:1

Card sample

#9ed080 on grey

1.63:1

#9ed080 on its own surface

1.69:1

#9ed080 on its dark surface

9.02:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #9ed080;
Background color
Panel with #9ed080 background
background-color: #9ed080;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #9ed080;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(158, 208, 128, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(158, 208, 128, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #9ed080;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ed080, #80D097);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9ed080, #80D0AB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #9ed080;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #9ed080;
caret-color: #9ed080;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #9ed080;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F8EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #9ed080;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#9ed080 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #9ed080 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(158, 208, 128, 0.5)
rgb(158 208 128 / 50%)
#9ed08080
hsl(98 46% 66% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #9ed080 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#9ed0801a#F5FAF2
20%#9ed08033#ECF6E6
40%#9ed08066#D8ECCC
60%#9ed08099#C5E3B3
80%#9ed080cc#B1D999

Gradients from #9ed080

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, #C0E1AD, #9ed080 45%, #385D22);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #9ed080, #6AC88D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9ed080, #B280D0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D1E9C3 0%, #9ed080 45%, #385D22 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%, #DBDEA5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #96D8A4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #385D22 0%, transparent 65%), #9ed080;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #9ed080

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.

#9ed080 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 11.79:1.

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.

#9ed080, answered

What color is #9ed080?

#9ed080 is a light vivid green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 8). It sits at 98° on the hue wheel with 46% saturation and 66% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #9ed080?

rgb(158, 208, 128) — 158 red, 208 green and 128 blue out of 255, or 62% / 81.6% / 50.2% by channel.

What is #9ed080 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(98, 46%, 66%) and hsv(98, 38%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #9ed080 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5394 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 11.79:1.

Should I use black or white text on #9ed080?

Black. It scores 11.79:1 against #9ed080, versus 1.78:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #9ed080 accessible on a white background?

#9ed080 on white scores 1.78:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4F8230 to reach 4.5:1, or #3A6024 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #9ed080?

#B280D0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8A80D0 and #D080C6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #9ed080?

For interface work: #F7FAF4 as the surface, #D2E9C3 for borders, #699B4B for secondary text, #9D7DD4 as an accent and #385D22 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C6D080 and #80D08A stays calm, while #B280D0 is the loudest partner.

What is #9ed080 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(24%, 0%, 39%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #9ed080 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 #BBD080; nudged cooler, #7FD27E.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #9ed080?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 11 away. That is a visible difference, so define #9ed080 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #9ed080 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#9ed080] or text-[#9ed080], 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 #9ed080 with 50% opacity?

rgba(158, 208, 128, 0.5), or #9ed08080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CFE8C0; over black, #4F6840.

Is #9ed080 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 6.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #9ed080 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 #9ed080?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C0E1AD, #9ed080 45%, #385D22). For more colour, a short hue run to #6AC88D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #9ed080 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #9ed080 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.