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#a7fccf

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Fern

RGB
167, 252, 207
HSL
148°, 93%, 82%
CMYK
34, 0, 18, 1
Luminance
0.8234

#a7fccf is a light electric green, 148° on the wheel and 74/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.47:1). As text it scores 1.20:1 on white — use #058641 instead. Nearest name is Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(148 93% 82%)rgb(167 252 207)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #a7fccf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#a7fccf
Hue
148°
green
Saturation
93%
electric
Lightness
82%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8234
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
74/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.47:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 4.9
Chroma
37.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.925
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 18.9
Web-safe
#99FFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue148° of 360°
Saturation93%
Lightness82%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #a7fccf.

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
Red10%
Green85%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#a7fccf
HEX (8-digit)#a7fccfff
RGBrgb(167, 252, 207)
RGBArgba(167, 252, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(148, 93%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(148, 34%, 99%)
HWBhwb(148 65% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(34%, 0%, 18%, 1%)
LABlab(92.7 -35.0 13.5)
LCHlch(92.7 37.5 158.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.925 0.103 160.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(62.01, 82.34, 71.65)
Decimal11009231
Display P3color(display-p3 0.655 0.988 0.812)
Web-safe#99FFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #a7fccf;
background-color: #a7fccf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #a7fccf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#a7fccf] bg-[#a7fccf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #a7fccf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.655, green: 0.988, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.655, green: 0.988, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#A7FCCF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFA7FCCF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFA7FCCF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 252, 167)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(167, 252, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(167, 252, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 167, 252, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6549f, 0.9882f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{167,252,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #a7fccf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #a7fccf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#047B3C, #D3EEE0);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #a7fccf 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: #F2FDF7;
  --brand-100: #E4FBEF;
  --brand-200: #C2F9DC;
  --brand-300: #a7fccf;
  --brand-400: #5CF9A6;
  --brand-500: #26F889;
  --brand-600: #08ED74;
  --brand-700: #07C560;
  --brand-800: #059E4D;
  --brand-900: #09723A;
  --brand-950: #054724;
  --brand: #a7fccf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C0EDD5;
  --brand-hover: #85FBBC;
  --brand-pressed: #62FAA9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241C;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE0;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F2FDF7',
        100: '#E4FBEF',
        200: '#C2F9DC',
        300: '#a7fccf',
        400: '#5CF9A6',
        500: '#26F889',
        600: '#08ED74',
        700: '#07C560',
        800: '#059E4D',
        900: '#09723A',
        950: '#054724',
        DEFAULT: '#a7fccf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F2FDF7,
  '100': #E4FBEF,
  '200': #C2F9DC,
  '300': #a7fccf,
  '400': #5CF9A6,
  '500': #26F889,
  '600': #08ED74,
  '700': #07C560,
  '800': #059E4D,
  '900': #09723A,
  '950': #054724,
);
$brand-base: #a7fccf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F2FDF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E4FBEF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C2F9DC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#a7fccf", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#5CF9A6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#26F889", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#08ED74", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#07C560", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#059E4D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#09723A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#054724", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #a7fccf · 17.47:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.20:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.47:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #a7fccf as text scores 1.20:1 on white and 17.47:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #047B3C at 4.47:1.

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
#058641 · 4.67:1
AA on white−55% L
#058641
The quick fox
#036431 · 7.31:1
AAA on white−62% L
#036431
The quick fox
#a7fccf · 17.47:1
AA on blackalready passes
#a7fccf
The quick fox
#a7fccf · 17.47:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#a7fccf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #06A952 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
#a7fccf on white: 1.20:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#a7fccf on black: 17.47:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #a7fccf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #a7fccf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.20:1AaAa
Slate 501.15:1AaAa
Slate 1001.10:1AaAa
Slate 2001.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.24:1AaAa
Slate 4002.13:1AaAa
Slate 5003.96:1AaAa
Slate 6006.30:1AaAa
Slate 7008.61:1AaAa
Slate 80012.17:1AaAa
Slate 90014.85:1AaAa
Black17.47:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FAF0CD
deuteranopia · #ECE6D2
tritanopia · #95FBEF

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. #a7fccf 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.

#F2FDF7
#E4FBEF
#C2F9DC
#a7fccf
#5CF9A6
#26F889
#08ED74
#07C560
#059E4D
#09723A
#054724
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F2FDF7Darkest = 950 · #054724Text 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 0.026 160.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.041 160.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.062 160.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.081 160.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.095 160.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.103 160.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.103 160.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.097 160.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.087 160.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.072 160.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.057 160.4);
}

Colors that work with #a7fccf

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#C0EDD5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B70
Captions on the surface
Accent#CA029D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#047B3C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FEF2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241C
Dark-mode background
Hover#85FBBC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#62FAA9
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B9FFDA
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 #a7fccf

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 #047B3C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #06A952

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
  • Weight18/100
  • 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#FCA7D4
Analogous left#AAFCA7
Analogous right#A7FCF9
Split-complement 1#F9A7FC
Split-complement 2#FCA7AA
Triadic 1#CFA7FC
Triadic 2#FCCFA7
Tetradic#A7AAFC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°148°

#a7fccf sits at 148°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red65.5%
Green98.8%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
167
0xa7
G · 0–255
252
0xfc
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan33.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow17.9%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 53%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#a7fccf text on a black background

contrast 17.47:1

Card sample

#a7fccf text on a white background

contrast 1.20:1

Card sample

#a7fccf on grey

1.10:1

#a7fccf on its own surface

1.14:1

#a7fccf on its dark surface

13.45:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #a7fccf;
Background color
Panel with #a7fccf background
background-color: #a7fccf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #a7fccf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(167, 252, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(167, 252, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #a7fccf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7fccf, #A7F0FC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #a7fccf, #A7DBFC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #a7fccf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #a7fccf;
caret-color: #a7fccf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #a7fccf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6FEF2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #a7fccf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#a7fccf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #a7fccf 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(167, 252, 207, 0.5)
rgb(167 252 207 / 50%)
#a7fccf80
hsl(148 93% 82% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #a7fccf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#a7fccf1a#F6FFFA
20%#a7fccf33#EDFEF5
40%#a7fccf66#DCFEEC
60%#a7fccf99#CAFDE2
80%#a7fccfcc#B9FDD9

Gradients from #a7fccf

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, #E2FEEF, #a7fccf 45%, #047B3C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #a7fccf, #8AE2FB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #a7fccf, #FCA7D4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F0FEF7 0%, #a7fccf 45%, #047B3C 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%, #DDFED9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C5FAFD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #047B3C 0%, transparent 65%), #a7fccf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #a7fccf

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.

#a7fccf 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 17.47:1.

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.

#a7fccf, answered

What color is #a7fccf?

#a7fccf is a light electric green, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 4.9). It sits at 148° on the hue wheel with 93% saturation and 82% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #a7fccf?

rgb(167, 252, 207) — 167 red, 252 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 65.5% / 98.8% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #a7fccf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(148, 93%, 82%) and hsv(148, 34%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #a7fccf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8234 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 17.47:1.

Should I use black or white text on #a7fccf?

Black. It scores 17.47:1 against #a7fccf, versus 1.20:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #a7fccf accessible on a white background?

#a7fccf on white scores 1.20:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #058641 to reach 4.5:1, or #036431 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #a7fccf?

#FCA7D4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F9A7FC and #FCA7AA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #a7fccf?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C0EDD5 for borders, #4B9B70 for secondary text, #CA029D as an accent and #047B3C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #AAFCA7 and #A7FCF9 stays calm, while #FCA7D4 is the loudest partner.

What is #a7fccf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(34%, 0%, 18%, 1%). 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 #a7fccf 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 #A7FCB0; nudged cooler, #A6FDEF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #a7fccf?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 18.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #a7fccf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #a7fccf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#a7fccf] or text-[#a7fccf], 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 #a7fccf with 50% opacity?

rgba(167, 252, 207, 0.5), or #a7fccf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D3FEE7; over black, #547E68.

Is #a7fccf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FFCC, ΔE2000 2.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #a7fccf 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 #a7fccf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E2FEEF, #a7fccf 45%, #047B3C). For more colour, a short hue run to #8AE2FB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #a7fccf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #a7fccf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.