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#abc27d

a balanced, soft green · warm · closest name: Dark Khaki

Token name suggestion: Studio Jade

RGB
171, 194, 125
HSL
80°, 36%, 63%
CMYK
12, 0, 36, 24
Luminance
0.4872

#abc27d is a balanced soft green, 80° on the wheel and 42/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.74:1). As text it scores 1.95:1 on white — use #657B3A instead. Nearest name is Dark Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(80 36% 63%)rgb(171 194 125)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abc27d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abc27d
Hue
80°
green
Saturation
36%
soft
Lightness
63%
balanced
Brightness
76%
HSV value
Perceived
71%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4872
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
42/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.74:1
Closest name
Dark Khaki
ΔE2000 8.3
Chroma
37.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.780
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 12.8
Web-safe
#99CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue80° of 360°
Saturation36%
Lightness63%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abc27d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool42% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red18%
Green79%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#abc27d
HEX (8-digit)#abc27dff
RGBrgb(171, 194, 125)
RGBArgba(171, 194, 125, 1)
HSLhsl(80, 36%, 63%)
HSV / HSBhsv(80, 36%, 76%)
HWBhwb(80 49% 24%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 0%, 36%, 24%)
LABlab(75.3 -19.4 32.2)
LCHlch(75.3 37.6 121.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.780 0.096 123.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(39.79, 48.72, 26.71)
Decimal11256445
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.761 0.490)
Web-safe#99CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abc27d;
background-color: #abc27d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abc27d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abc27d] bg-[#abc27d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abc27d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.761, blue: 0.490)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.761, blue: 0.490, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABC27D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABC27D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABC27D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(125, 194, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 194, 125)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 194, 125)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 194, 125)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.7608f, 0.4902f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,194,125}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abc27d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abc27d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#475729, #E4EBD5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abc27d 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: #F8FAF5;
  --brand-100: #F1F4EB;
  --brand-200: #E1E8D3;
  --brand-300: #CEDBB3;
  --brand-400: #abc27d;
  --brand-500: #9CB766;
  --brand-600: #89A74E;
  --brand-700: #728B41;
  --brand-800: #5B6F34;
  --brand-900: #445229;
  --brand-950: #2A331A;
  --brand: #abc27d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF5;
  --brand-border: #DBE5C7;
  --brand-hover: #9BB665;
  --brand-pressed: #8BA84F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1F2414;
    --brand-ink: #E4EBD5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FAF5',
        100: '#F1F4EB',
        200: '#E1E8D3',
        300: '#CEDBB3',
        400: '#abc27d',
        500: '#9CB766',
        600: '#89A74E',
        700: '#728B41',
        800: '#5B6F34',
        900: '#445229',
        950: '#2A331A',
        DEFAULT: '#abc27d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FAF5,
  '100': #F1F4EB,
  '200': #E1E8D3,
  '300': #CEDBB3,
  '400': #abc27d,
  '500': #9CB766,
  '600': #89A74E,
  '700': #728B41,
  '800': #5B6F34,
  '900': #445229,
  '950': #2A331A,
);
$brand-base: #abc27d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F1F4EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E1E8D3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CEDBB3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#abc27d", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#9CB766", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#89A74E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#728B41", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5B6F34", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#445229", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2A331A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abc27d · 10.74:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.95:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.74:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abc27d as text scores 1.95:1 on white and 10.74:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #475729 at 4.03:1.

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
#657B3A · 4.72:1
AA on white−27% L
#657B3A
The quick fox
#4C5C2B · 7.31:1
AAA on white−36% L
#4C5C2B
The quick fox
#abc27d · 10.74:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abc27d
The quick fox
#abc27d · 10.74:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abc27d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #829E4A 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
#abc27d on white: 1.95:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abc27d on black: 10.74:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abc27d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abc27d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.95:1AaAa
Slate 501.87:1AaAa
Slate 1001.78:1AaAa
Slate 2001.59:1AaAa
Slate 3001.32:1AaAa
Slate 4001.31:1AaAa
Slate 5002.43:1AaAa
Slate 6003.88:1AaAa
Slate 7005.30:1AaAa
Slate 8007.48:1AaAa
Slate 9009.13:1AaAa
Black10.74:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CABA78
deuteranopia · #C6B980
tritanopia · #B0BCB1

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. #abc27d 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.

#F8FAF5
#F1F4EB
#E1E8D3
#CEDBB3
#abc27d
#9CB766
#89A74E
#728B41
#5B6F34
#445229
#2A331A
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F8FAF5Darkest = 950 · #2A331AText 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 0.024 123.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.038 123.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.057 123.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.075 123.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.088 123.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.096 123.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.096 123.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.090 123.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.080 123.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.067 123.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.053 123.6);
}

Colors that work with #abc27d

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#F8FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#DBE5C7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#809B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#7F79C6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#475729
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4F7EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1F2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#9BB665
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8BA84F
Two steps down
Disabled#DAE0CF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B7D182
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 #abc27d

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #475729
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #829E4A

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 mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight38/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

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#947DC2
Analogous left#C2B67D
Analogous right#88C27D
Split-complement 1#7D88C2
Split-complement 2#B67DC2
Triadic 1#7DABC2
Triadic 2#C27DAB
Tetradic#7DC2B6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°80°

#abc27d sits at 80°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green76.1%
Blue49.0%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
194
0xc2
B · 0–255
125
0x7d

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow35.6%
Key (black)23.9%

Total ink coverage is 71%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abc27d text on a black background

contrast 10.74:1

Card sample

#abc27d text on a white background

contrast 1.95:1

Card sample

#abc27d on grey

1.78:1

#abc27d on its own surface

1.86:1

#abc27d on its dark surface

8.14:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abc27d;
Background color
Panel with #abc27d background
background-color: #abc27d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abc27d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 194, 125, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 194, 125, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abc27d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc27d, #7DC27D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc27d, #7DC28E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abc27d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abc27d;
caret-color: #abc27d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abc27d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4F7EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abc27d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abc27d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abc27d 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(171, 194, 125, 0.5)
rgb(171 194 125 / 50%)
#abc27d80
hsl(80 36% 63% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abc27d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abc27d1a#F7F9F2
20%#abc27d33#EEF3E5
40%#abc27d66#DDE7CB
60%#abc27d99#CDDAB1
80%#abc27dcc#BCCE97

Gradients from #abc27d

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, #C6D5A7, #abc27d 45%, #475729);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abc27d, #68B86F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc27d, #947DC2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D3DFBB 0%, #abc27d 45%, #475729 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D2C6A0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #97CC92 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #475729 0%, transparent 65%), #abc27d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abc27d

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.

#abc27d 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
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
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 10.74:1.

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.

#abc27d, answered

What color is #abc27d?

#abc27d is a balanced soft green, closest to Dark Khaki (ΔE2000 8.3). It sits at 80° on the hue wheel with 36% saturation and 63% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #abc27d?

rgb(171, 194, 125) — 171 red, 194 green and 125 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 76.1% / 49% by channel.

What is #abc27d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(80, 36%, 63%) and hsv(80, 36%, 76%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abc27d a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4872 and perceived brightness is 71%, so black text on it reaches 10.74:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abc27d?

Black. It scores 10.74:1 against #abc27d, versus 1.95:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abc27d accessible on a white background?

#abc27d on white scores 1.95:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #657B3A to reach 4.5:1, or #4C5C2B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abc27d?

#947DC2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7D88C2 and #B67DC2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abc27d?

For interface work: #F8FAF5 as the surface, #DBE5C7 for borders, #809B4B for secondary text, #7F79C6 as an accent and #475729 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C2B67D and #88C27D stays calm, while #947DC2 is the loudest partner.

What is #abc27d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(12%, 0%, 36%, 24%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #abc27d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 42 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C2C07D; nudged cooler, #91C47B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abc27d?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 12.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abc27d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abc27d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abc27d] or text-[#abc27d], 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 #abc27d with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 194, 125, 0.5), or #abc27d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E1BE; over black, #56613F.

Is #abc27d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC66, ΔE2000 6.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abc27d 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 #abc27d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C6D5A7, #abc27d 45%, #475729). For more colour, a short hue run to #68B86F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abc27d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abc27d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.