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#abc7a4

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

Token name suggestion: Morning Basil

RGB
171, 199, 164
HSL
108°, 24%, 71%
CMYK
14, 0, 18, 22
Luminance
0.5219

#abc7a4 is a light soft green, 108° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.44:1). As text it scores 1.84:1 on white — use #587F4E instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(108 24% 71%)rgb(171 199 164)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abc7a4 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abc7a4
Hue
108°
green
Saturation
24%
soft
Lightness
71%
light
Brightness
78%
HSV value
Perceived
73%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5219
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.44:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 5.8
Chroma
21.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.799
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 16.7
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue108° of 360°
Saturation24%
Lightness71%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abc7a4.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% 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
Red17%
Green78%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#abc7a4
HEX (8-digit)#abc7a4ff
RGBrgb(171, 199, 164)
RGBArgba(171, 199, 164, 1)
HSLhsl(108, 24%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(108, 18%, 78%)
HWBhwb(108 64% 22%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 18%, 22%)
LABlab(77.4 -16.0 14.4)
LCHlch(77.4 21.6 138.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.799 0.057 139.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(43.92, 52.18, 42.87)
Decimal11257764
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.780 0.643)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abc7a4;
background-color: #abc7a4;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abc7a4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abc7a4] bg-[#abc7a4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abc7a4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.780, blue: 0.643)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.780, blue: 0.643, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABC7A4</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABC7A4)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABC7A4)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(164, 199, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 199, 164)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 199, 164)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 199, 164)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.7804f, 0.6431f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,199,164}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abc7a4 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abc7a4 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#374F31, #DCE8D9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abc7a4 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: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-100: #EEF3ED;
  --brand-200: #DAE5D7;
  --brand-300: #BFD4BA;
  --brand-400: #abc7a4;
  --brand-500: #7FAA74;
  --brand-600: #69985D;
  --brand-700: #577E4E;
  --brand-800: #46653E;
  --brand-900: #354B30;
  --brand-950: #212F1E;
  --brand: #abc7a4;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F6;
  --brand-border: #D0E0CC;
  --brand-hover: #97B98E;
  --brand-pressed: #82AC78;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182315;
    --brand-ink: #DCE8D9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F6',
        100: '#EEF3ED',
        200: '#DAE5D7',
        300: '#BFD4BA',
        400: '#abc7a4',
        500: '#7FAA74',
        600: '#69985D',
        700: '#577E4E',
        800: '#46653E',
        900: '#354B30',
        950: '#212F1E',
        DEFAULT: '#abc7a4',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F6,
  '100': #EEF3ED,
  '200': #DAE5D7,
  '300': #BFD4BA,
  '400': #abc7a4,
  '500': #7FAA74,
  '600': #69985D,
  '700': #577E4E,
  '800': #46653E,
  '900': #354B30,
  '950': #212F1E,
);
$brand-base: #abc7a4;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF3ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DAE5D7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BFD4BA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#abc7a4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7FAA74", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#69985D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#577E4E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#46653E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#354B30", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#212F1E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abc7a4 · 11.44:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.84:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.44:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abc7a4 as text scores 1.84:1 on white and 11.44:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #374F31 at 4.92:1.

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
#587F4E · 4.60:1
AA on white−31% L
#587F4E
The quick fox
#425F3B · 7.16:1
AAA on white−41% L
#425F3B
The quick fox
#abc7a4 · 11.44:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abc7a4
The quick fox
#abc7a4 · 11.44:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abc7a4

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #71A065 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
#abc7a4 on white: 1.84:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abc7a4 on black: 11.44:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abc7a4 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abc7a4.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.84:1AaAa
Slate 501.75:1AaAa
Slate 1001.68:1AaAa
Slate 2001.49:1AaAa
Slate 3001.24:1AaAa
Slate 4001.40:1AaAa
Slate 5002.59:1AaAa
Slate 6004.13:1AaAa
Slate 7005.64:1AaAa
Slate 8007.97:1AaAa
Slate 9009.72:1AaAa
Black11.44:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C9C1A2
deuteranopia · #C5BEA6
tritanopia · #AAC4BD

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. #abc7a4 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.

#F6F9F6
#EEF3ED
#DAE5D7
#BFD4BA
#abc7a4
#7FAA74
#69985D
#577E4E
#46653E
#354B30
#212F1E
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F6Darkest = 950 · #212F1EText step on white = 700
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 0.014 139.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.023 139.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.034 139.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.045 139.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.053 139.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.057 139.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.057 139.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.054 139.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.048 139.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.040 139.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.031 139.4);
}

Colors that work with #abc7a4

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#F6F9F6
Tinted page background
Border#D0E0CC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#628E57
Captions on the surface
Accent#6A4A82
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#374F31
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F5EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182315
Dark-mode background
Hover#97B98E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#82AC78
Two steps down
Disabled#EBF1EA
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B3D5AA
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 #abc7a4

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 #374F31
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #71A065

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
  • Weight29/100
  • 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#C0A4C7
Analogous left#BDC7A4
Analogous right#A4C7AF
Split-complement 1#AFA4C7
Split-complement 2#C7A4BD
Triadic 1#A4ABC7
Triadic 2#C7A4AB
Tetradic#A4BDC7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°108°

#abc7a4 sits at 108°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green78.0%
Blue64.3%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
199
0xc7
B · 0–255
164
0xa4

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow17.6%
Key (black)22.0%

Total ink coverage is 54%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abc7a4 text on a black background

contrast 11.44:1

Card sample

#abc7a4 text on a white background

contrast 1.84:1

Card sample

#abc7a4 on grey

1.68:1

#abc7a4 on its own surface

1.73:1

#abc7a4 on its dark surface

8.87:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abc7a4;
Background color
Panel with #abc7a4 background
background-color: #abc7a4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abc7a4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 199, 164, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 199, 164, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abc7a4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc7a4, #A4C7B4);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc7a4, #A4C7BD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abc7a4;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abc7a4;
caret-color: #abc7a4;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abc7a4;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F5EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abc7a4;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abc7a4 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abc7a4 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, 199, 164, 0.5)
rgb(171 199 164 / 50%)
#abc7a480
hsl(108 24% 71% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abc7a4 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abc7a41a#F7F9F6
20%#abc7a433#EEF4ED
40%#abc7a466#DDE9DB
60%#abc7a499#CDDDC8
80%#abc7a4cc#BCD2B6

Gradients from #abc7a4

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, #CEDECA, #abc7a4 45%, #374F31);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abc7a4, #91BBA8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc7a4, #C0A4C7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E0EADD 0%, #abc7a4 45%, #374F31 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D6DAC4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B7D3C2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #374F31 0%, transparent 65%), #abc7a4;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abc7a4

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.

#abc7a4 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 11.44:1.

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.

#abc7a4, answered

What color is #abc7a4?

#abc7a4 is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 5.8). It sits at 108° on the hue wheel with 24% saturation and 71% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #abc7a4?

rgb(171, 199, 164) — 171 red, 199 green and 164 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 78% / 64.3% by channel.

What is #abc7a4 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(108, 24%, 71%) and hsv(108, 18%, 78%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abc7a4 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5219 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 11.44:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abc7a4?

Black. It scores 11.44:1 against #abc7a4, versus 1.84:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abc7a4 accessible on a white background?

#abc7a4 on white scores 1.84:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #587F4E to reach 4.5:1, or #425F3B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abc7a4?

#C0A4C7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #AFA4C7 and #C7A4BD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abc7a4?

For interface work: #F6F9F6 as the surface, #D0E0CC for borders, #628E57 for secondary text, #6A4A82 as an accent and #374F31 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BDC7A4 and #A4C7AF stays calm, while #C0A4C7 is the loudest partner.

What is #abc7a4 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 0%, 18%, 22%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #abc7a4 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B8C7A4; nudged cooler, #A3C9A9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abc7a4?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 16.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abc7a4 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abc7a4 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abc7a4] or text-[#abc7a4], 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 #abc7a4 with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 199, 164, 0.5), or #abc7a480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E3D2; over black, #566452.

Is #abc7a4 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 5.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abc7a4 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 #abc7a4?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #CEDECA, #abc7a4 45%, #374F31). For more colour, a short hue run to #91BBA8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abc7a4 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abc7a4 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.