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#a2cf8b

a light, soft green · neutral · closest name: Dark Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Meadow Basil

RGB
162, 207, 139
HSL
100°, 42%, 68%
CMYK
22, 0, 33, 19
Luminance
0.5417

#a2cf8b is a light soft green, 100° on the wheel and 54/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.83:1). As text it scores 1.77:1 on white — use #4F8135 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(100 42% 68%)rgb(162 207 139)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #a2cf8b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#a2cf8b
Hue
100°
green
Saturation
42%
soft
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
74%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5417
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
54/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.83:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 7
Chroma
39.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.806
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 12.8
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue100° of 360°
Saturation42%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #a2cf8b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool54% 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
Red14%
Green82%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#a2cf8b
HEX (8-digit)#a2cf8bff
RGBrgb(162, 207, 139)
RGBArgba(162, 207, 139, 1)
HSLhsl(100, 42%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(100, 33%, 81%)
HWBhwb(100 55% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 0%, 33%, 19%)
LABlab(78.6 -27.1 29.1)
LCHlch(78.6 39.8 133.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.806 0.104 135.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(41.87, 54.17, 32.67)
Decimal10669963
Display P3color(display-p3 0.635 0.812 0.545)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #a2cf8b;
background-color: #a2cf8b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #a2cf8b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#a2cf8b] bg-[#a2cf8b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #a2cf8b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.635, green: 0.812, blue: 0.545)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.635, green: 0.812, blue: 0.545, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#A2CF8B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFA2CF8B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFA2CF8B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(139, 207, 162)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(162, 207, 139)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(162, 207, 139)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 162, 207, 139)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6353f, 0.8118f, 0.5451f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{162,207,139}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #a2cf8b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #a2cf8b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#375A25, #DCEDD4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #a2cf8b 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: #EEF5EB;
  --brand-200: #DAEAD2;
  --brand-300: #BFDEB0;
  --brand-400: #a2cf8b;
  --brand-500: #80BD60;
  --brand-600: #6AAD48;
  --brand-700: #58903C;
  --brand-800: #477330;
  --brand-900: #365526;
  --brand-950: #223518;
  --brand: #a2cf8b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D1E7C5;
  --brand-hover: #8EC572;
  --brand-pressed: #79BA58;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #192414;
    --brand-ink: #DCEDD4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7FAF5',
        100: '#EEF5EB',
        200: '#DAEAD2',
        300: '#BFDEB0',
        400: '#a2cf8b',
        500: '#80BD60',
        600: '#6AAD48',
        700: '#58903C',
        800: '#477330',
        900: '#365526',
        950: '#223518',
        DEFAULT: '#a2cf8b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7FAF5,
  '100': #EEF5EB,
  '200': #DAEAD2,
  '300': #BFDEB0,
  '400': #a2cf8b,
  '500': #80BD60,
  '600': #6AAD48,
  '700': #58903C,
  '800': #477330,
  '900': #365526,
  '950': #223518,
);
$brand-base: #a2cf8b;
$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": "#EEF5EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DAEAD2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BFDEB0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#a2cf8b", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#80BD60", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6AAD48", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#58903C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#477330", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#365526", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#223518", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #a2cf8b · 11.83:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.77:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.83:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #a2cf8b as text scores 1.77:1 on white and 11.83:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #375A25 at 4.46:1.

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
#4F8135 · 4.64:1
AA on white−32% L
#4F8135
The quick fox
#3B6128 · 7.18:1
AAA on white−41% L
#3B6128
The quick fox
#a2cf8b · 11.83:1
AA on blackalready passes
#a2cf8b
The quick fox
#a2cf8b · 11.83:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#a2cf8b

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #63A243 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
#a2cf8b on white: 1.77:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#a2cf8b on black: 11.83:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #a2cf8b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #a2cf8b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.77:1AaAa
Slate 501.70:1AaAa
Slate 1001.62:1AaAa
Slate 2001.44:1AaAa
Slate 3001.20:1AaAa
Slate 4001.44:1AaAa
Slate 5002.68:1AaAa
Slate 6004.27:1AaAa
Slate 7005.84:1AaAa
Slate 8008.24:1AaAa
Slate 90010.06:1AaAa
Black11.83:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D4C586
deuteranopia · #CDC18F
tritanopia · #A2CABD

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. #a2cf8b 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
#EEF5EB
#DAEAD2
#BFDEB0
#a2cf8b
#80BD60
#6AAD48
#58903C
#477330
#365526
#223518
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F7FAF5Darkest = 950 · #223518Text 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 0.026 135.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.042 135.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.062 135.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.081 135.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.095 135.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.104 135.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.104 135.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.098 135.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.087 135.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.073 135.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.057 135.4);
}

Colors that work with #a2cf8b

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#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D1E7C5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#669B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#5D3894
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#375A25
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F8ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#192414
Dark-mode background
Hover#8EC572
One step down in lightness
Pressed#79BA58
Two steps down
Disabled#E3EBDF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#ABDC92
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

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #a2cf8b

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #375A25
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #63A243

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • Weight32/100
  • 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#B88BCF
Analogous left#C4CF8B
Analogous right#8BCF96
Split-complement 1#968BCF
Split-complement 2#CF8BC4
Triadic 1#8BA2CF
Triadic 2#CF8BA2
Tetradic#8BC4CF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°100°

#a2cf8b sits at 100°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red63.5%
Green81.2%
Blue54.5%
R · 0–255
162
0xa2
G · 0–255
207
0xcf
B · 0–255
139
0x8b

CMYK percentages

Cyan21.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow32.9%
Key (black)18.8%

Total ink coverage is 73%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#a2cf8b text on a black background

contrast 11.83:1

Card sample

#a2cf8b text on a white background

contrast 1.77:1

Card sample

#a2cf8b on grey

1.62:1

#a2cf8b on its own surface

1.68:1

#a2cf8b on its dark surface

9.08:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #a2cf8b;
Background color
Panel with #a2cf8b background
background-color: #a2cf8b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #a2cf8b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(162, 207, 139, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(162, 207, 139, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #a2cf8b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2cf8b, #8BCFA1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #a2cf8b, #8BCFB2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #a2cf8b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #a2cf8b;
caret-color: #a2cf8b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #a2cf8b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F8ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #a2cf8b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#a2cf8b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #a2cf8b 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(162, 207, 139, 0.5)
rgb(162 207 139 / 50%)
#a2cf8b80
hsl(100 42% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #a2cf8b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#a2cf8b1a#F6FAF3
20%#a2cf8b33#ECF5E8
40%#a2cf8b66#DAECD1
60%#a2cf8b99#C7E2B9
80%#a2cf8bcc#B5D9A2

Gradients from #a2cf8b

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, #C5E1B6, #a2cf8b 45%, #375A25);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #a2cf8b, #75C696);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #a2cf8b, #B88BCF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D6EACC 0%, #a2cf8b 45%, #375A25 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DADEAF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A0D8AE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #375A25 0%, transparent 65%), #a2cf8b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #a2cf8b

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.

#a2cf8b 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 11.83:1.

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.

#a2cf8b, answered

What color is #a2cf8b?

#a2cf8b is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 7). It sits at 100° on the hue wheel with 42% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #a2cf8b?

rgb(162, 207, 139) — 162 red, 207 green and 139 blue out of 255, or 63.5% / 81.2% / 54.5% by channel.

What is #a2cf8b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(100, 42%, 68%) and hsv(100, 33%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #a2cf8b a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5417 and perceived brightness is 74%, so black text on it reaches 11.83:1.

Should I use black or white text on #a2cf8b?

Black. It scores 11.83:1 against #a2cf8b, versus 1.77:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #a2cf8b accessible on a white background?

#a2cf8b on white scores 1.77:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4F8135 to reach 4.5:1, or #3B6128 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #a2cf8b?

#B88BCF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #968BCF and #CF8BC4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #a2cf8b?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #D1E7C5 for borders, #669B4B for secondary text, #5D3894 as an accent and #375A25 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C4CF8B and #8BCF96 stays calm, while #B88BCF is the loudest partner.

What is #a2cf8b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(22%, 0%, 33%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #a2cf8b warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 54 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BBCF8B; nudged cooler, #89D18B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #a2cf8b?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 12.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #a2cf8b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #a2cf8b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#a2cf8b] or text-[#a2cf8b], 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 #a2cf8b with 50% opacity?

rgba(162, 207, 139, 0.5), or #a2cf8b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D1E7C5; over black, #516846.

Is #a2cf8b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 4.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #a2cf8b 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #a2cf8b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C5E1B6, #a2cf8b 45%, #375A25). For more colour, a short hue run to #75C696 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #a2cf8b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #a2cf8b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.