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#9df3bc

a light, electric green · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Morning Basil

RGB
157, 243, 188
HSL
142°, 78%, 78%
CMYK
35, 0, 23, 5
Luminance
0.7490

#9df3bc is a light electric green, 142° on the wheel and 72/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.98:1). As text it scores 1.31:1 on white — use #10863B instead. Nearest name is Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(142 78% 78%)rgb(157 243 188)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #9df3bc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#9df3bc
Hue
142°
green
Saturation
78%
electric
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7490
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
72/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.98:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
41.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.895
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 16.3
Web-safe
#99FFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue142° of 360°
Saturation78%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #9df3bc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool72% 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
Red10%
Green86%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#9df3bc
HEX (8-digit)#9df3bcff
RGBrgb(157, 243, 188)
RGBArgba(157, 243, 188, 1)
HSLhsl(142, 78%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(142, 35%, 95%)
HWBhwb(142 62% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(35%, 0%, 23%, 5%)
LABlab(89.3 -37.3 18.5)
LCHlch(89.3 41.6 153.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.895 0.113 155.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.03, 74.90, 59.12)
Decimal10351548
Display P3color(display-p3 0.616 0.953 0.737)
Web-safe#99FFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #9df3bc;
background-color: #9df3bc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #9df3bc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#9df3bc] bg-[#9df3bc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #9df3bc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.616, green: 0.953, blue: 0.737)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.616, green: 0.953, blue: 0.737, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#9DF3BC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF9DF3BC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF9DF3BC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(188, 243, 157)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(157, 243, 188)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(157, 243, 188)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 157, 243, 188)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6157f, 0.9529f, 0.7373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{157,243,188}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #9df3bc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #9df3bc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#0E7232, #D3EEDD);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #9df3bc 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: #F3FCF6;
  --brand-100: #E6F9ED;
  --brand-200: #C7F5D7;
  --brand-300: #9df3bc;
  --brand-400: #69ED98;
  --brand-500: #37E776;
  --brand-600: #1BDA60;
  --brand-700: #16B650;
  --brand-800: #129140;
  --brand-900: #116931;
  --brand-950: #0B421F;
  --brand: #9df3bc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C0EDD0;
  --brand-hover: #7DEFA6;
  --brand-pressed: #5DEB90;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241A;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDD;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCF6',
        100: '#E6F9ED',
        200: '#C7F5D7',
        300: '#9df3bc',
        400: '#69ED98',
        500: '#37E776',
        600: '#1BDA60',
        700: '#16B650',
        800: '#129140',
        900: '#116931',
        950: '#0B421F',
        DEFAULT: '#9df3bc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCF6,
  '100': #E6F9ED,
  '200': #C7F5D7,
  '300': #9df3bc,
  '400': #69ED98,
  '500': #37E776,
  '600': #1BDA60,
  '700': #16B650,
  '800': #129140,
  '900': #116931,
  '950': #0B421F,
);
$brand-base: #9df3bc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E6F9ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C7F5D7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9df3bc", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#69ED98", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#37E776", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1BDA60", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#16B650", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#129140", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#116931", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0B421F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #9df3bc · 15.98:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.31:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.98:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #9df3bc as text scores 1.31:1 on white and 15.98:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #0E7232 at 4.60:1.

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
#10863B · 4.67:1
AA on white−49% L
#10863B
The quick fox
#0C662D · 7.11:1
AAA on white−56% L
#0C662D
The quick fox
#9df3bc · 15.98:1
AA on blackalready passes
#9df3bc
The quick fox
#9df3bc · 15.98:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#9df3bc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #15AA4A 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
#9df3bc on white: 1.31:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#9df3bc on black: 15.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #9df3bc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #9df3bc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.31:1AaAa
Slate 501.26:1AaAa
Slate 1001.20:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.95:1AaAa
Slate 5003.62:1AaAa
Slate 6005.77:1AaAa
Slate 7007.88:1AaAa
Slate 80011.13:1AaAa
Slate 90013.58:1AaAa
Black15.98:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F2E6B9
deuteranopia · #E5DDBF
tritanopia · #8DF1E4

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. #9df3bc 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.

#F3FCF6
#E6F9ED
#C7F5D7
#9df3bc
#69ED98
#37E776
#1BDA60
#16B650
#129140
#116931
#0B421F
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F3FCF6Darkest = 950 · #0B421FText 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 0.028 155.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.045 155.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.068 155.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.088 155.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.104 155.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.113 155.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.113 155.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.106 155.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.095 155.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.079 155.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.062 155.3);
}

Colors that work with #9df3bc

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#C0EDD0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B68
Captions on the surface
Accent#B913A7
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0E7232
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E8FCEF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241A
Dark-mode background
Hover#7DEFA6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5DEB90
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#ABFAC7
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 #9df3bc

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 #0E7232
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #15AA4A

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
  • Weight22/100
  • 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#F39DD4
Analogous left#A9F39D
Analogous right#9DF3E7
Split-complement 1#E79DF3
Split-complement 2#F39DA9
Triadic 1#BC9DF3
Triadic 2#F3BC9D
Tetradic#9DA9F3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°142°

#9df3bc sits at 142°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red61.6%
Green95.3%
Blue73.7%
R · 0–255
157
0x9d
G · 0–255
243
0xf3
B · 0–255
188
0xbc

CMYK percentages

Cyan35.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow22.6%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 63%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#9df3bc text on a black background

contrast 15.98:1

Card sample

#9df3bc text on a white background

contrast 1.31:1

Card sample

#9df3bc on grey

1.20:1

#9df3bc on its own surface

1.24:1

#9df3bc on its dark surface

12.32:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #9df3bc;
Background color
Panel with #9df3bc background
background-color: #9df3bc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #9df3bc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(157, 243, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(157, 243, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #9df3bc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9df3bc, #9DF1F3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9df3bc, #9DDBF3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #9df3bc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #9df3bc;
caret-color: #9df3bc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #9df3bc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E8FCEF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #9df3bc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#9df3bc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #9df3bc 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(157, 243, 188, 0.5)
rgb(157 243 188 / 50%)
#9df3bc80
hsl(142 78% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #9df3bc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#9df3bc1a#F5FEF8
20%#9df3bc33#EBFDF2
40%#9df3bc66#D8FAE4
60%#9df3bc99#C4F8D7
80%#9df3bccc#B1F5C9

Gradients from #9df3bc

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, #D3FAE1, #9df3bc 45%, #0E7232);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #9df3bc, #82E4F0);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9df3bc, #F39DD4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EFFDF4 0%, #9df3bc 45%, #0E7232 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%, #D5F9CA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B8F6F3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #0E7232 0%, transparent 65%), #9df3bc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #9df3bc

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.

#9df3bc 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 15.98:1.

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.

#9df3bc, answered

What color is #9df3bc?

#9df3bc is a light electric green, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 142° on the hue wheel with 78% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #9df3bc?

rgb(157, 243, 188) — 157 red, 243 green and 188 blue out of 255, or 61.6% / 95.3% / 73.7% by channel.

What is #9df3bc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(142, 78%, 78%) and hsv(142, 35%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #9df3bc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7490 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 15.98:1.

Should I use black or white text on #9df3bc?

Black. It scores 15.98:1 against #9df3bc, versus 1.31:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #9df3bc accessible on a white background?

#9df3bc on white scores 1.31:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #10863B to reach 4.5:1, or #0C662D for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #9df3bc?

#F39DD4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E79DF3 and #F39DA9, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #9df3bc?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C0EDD0 for borders, #4B9B68 for secondary text, #B913A7 as an accent and #0E7232 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A9F39D and #9DF3E7 stays calm, while #F39DD4 is the loudest partner.

What is #9df3bc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(35%, 0%, 23%, 5%). 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 #9df3bc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 72 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #9DF39D; nudged cooler, #9CF4DC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #9df3bc?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 16.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #9df3bc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #9df3bc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#9df3bc] or text-[#9df3bc], 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 #9df3bc with 50% opacity?

rgba(157, 243, 188, 0.5), or #9df3bc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CEF9DE; over black, #4F7A5E.

Is #9df3bc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FFCC, ΔE2000 3.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #9df3bc 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 #9df3bc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D3FAE1, #9df3bc 45%, #0E7232). For more colour, a short hue run to #82E4F0 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #9df3bc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #9df3bc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.