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#acd49f

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Fern

RGB
172, 212, 159
HSL
105°, 38%, 73%
CMYK
19, 0, 25, 17
Luminance
0.5836

#acd49f is a light soft green, 105° on the wheel and 56/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.67:1). As text it scores 1.66:1 on white — use #4B813A instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(105 38% 73%)rgb(172 212 159)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #acd49f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#acd49f
Hue
105°
green
Saturation
38%
soft
Lightness
73%
light
Brightness
83%
HSV value
Perceived
77%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5836
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
56/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
12.67:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 6.8
Chroma
31.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.828
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 15.3
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue105° of 360°
Saturation38%
Lightness73%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #acd49f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool56% 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
Red15%
Green81%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#acd49f
HEX (8-digit)#acd49fff
RGBrgb(172, 212, 159)
RGBArgba(172, 212, 159, 1)
HSLhsl(105, 38%, 73%)
HSV / HSBhsv(105, 25%, 83%)
HWBhwb(105 62% 17%)
CMYKcmyk(19%, 0%, 25%, 17%)
LABlab(80.9 -23.0 22.0)
LCHlch(80.9 31.8 136.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.828 0.084 138.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(46.81, 58.36, 41.59)
Decimal11326623
Display P3color(display-p3 0.675 0.831 0.624)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #acd49f;
background-color: #acd49f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #acd49f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#acd49f] bg-[#acd49f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #acd49f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.831, blue: 0.624)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.675, green: 0.831, blue: 0.624, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ACD49F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFACD49F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFACD49F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(159, 212, 172)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(172, 212, 159)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(172, 212, 159)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 172, 212, 159)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6745f, 0.8314f, 0.6235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{172,212,159}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #acd49f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #acd49f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#335827, #DAECD5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #acd49f 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: #F6FAF5;
  --brand-100: #EDF4EB;
  --brand-200: #D8E9D3;
  --brand-300: #acd49f;
  --brand-400: #9ACB8B;
  --brand-500: #79BA64;
  --brand-600: #63A94C;
  --brand-700: #528D3F;
  --brand-800: #427133;
  --brand-900: #325328;
  --brand-950: #1F3419;
  --brand: #acd49f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CEE6C7;
  --brand-hover: #97C986;
  --brand-pressed: #81BE6E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182414;
    --brand-ink: #DAECD5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FAF5',
        100: '#EDF4EB',
        200: '#D8E9D3',
        300: '#acd49f',
        400: '#9ACB8B',
        500: '#79BA64',
        600: '#63A94C',
        700: '#528D3F',
        800: '#427133',
        900: '#325328',
        950: '#1F3419',
        DEFAULT: '#acd49f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FAF5,
  '100': #EDF4EB,
  '200': #D8E9D3,
  '300': #acd49f,
  '400': #9ACB8B,
  '500': #79BA64,
  '600': #63A94C,
  '700': #528D3F,
  '800': #427133,
  '900': #325328,
  '950': #1F3419,
);
$brand-base: #acd49f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF4EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D8E9D3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#acd49f", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9ACB8B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#79BA64", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#63A94C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#528D3F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#427133", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#325328", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1F3419", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #acd49f · 12.67:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.66:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.67:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #acd49f as text scores 1.66:1 on white and 12.67:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #335827 at 4.94:1.

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
#4B813A · 4.67:1
AA on white−36% L
#4B813A
The quick fox
#39622C · 7.10:1
AAA on white−45% L
#39622C
The quick fox
#acd49f · 12.67:1
AA on blackalready passes
#acd49f
The quick fox
#acd49f · 12.67:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#acd49f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #60A44A 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
#acd49f on white: 1.66:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#acd49f on black: 12.67:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #acd49f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #acd49f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.66:1AaAa
Slate 501.58:1AaAa
Slate 1001.51:1AaAa
Slate 2001.34:1AaAa
Slate 3001.12:1AaAa
Slate 4001.55:1AaAa
Slate 5002.87:1AaAa
Slate 6004.57:1AaAa
Slate 7006.25:1AaAa
Slate 8008.83:1AaAa
Slate 90010.77:1AaAa
Black12.67:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D8CB9C
deuteranopia · #D1C8A2
tritanopia · #ABD0C6

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. #acd49f 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.

#F6FAF5
#EDF4EB
#D8E9D3
#acd49f
#9ACB8B
#79BA64
#63A94C
#528D3F
#427133
#325328
#1F3419
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F6FAF5Darkest = 950 · #1F3419Text 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 0.021 138.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.034 138.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.050 138.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.065 138.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.077 138.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.084 138.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.084 138.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.079 138.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.070 138.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.059 138.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.046 138.1);
}

Colors that work with #acd49f

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#CEE6C7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5E9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#673B91
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#335827
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F7ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182414
Dark-mode background
Hover#97C986
One step down in lightness
Pressed#81BE6E
Two steps down
Disabled#F0F4EF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B5E0A7
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 #acd49f

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 #335827
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #60A44A

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
  • Weight27/100
  • 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#C79FD4
Analogous left#C6D49F
Analogous right#9FD4AC
Split-complement 1#AC9FD4
Split-complement 2#D49FC6
Triadic 1#9FACD4
Triadic 2#D49FAC
Tetradic#9FC6D4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°105°

#acd49f sits at 105°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green83.1%
Blue62.4%
R · 0–255
172
0xac
G · 0–255
212
0xd4
B · 0–255
159
0x9f

CMYK percentages

Cyan18.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow25.0%
Key (black)16.9%

Total ink coverage is 61%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#acd49f text on a black background

contrast 12.67:1

Card sample

#acd49f text on a white background

contrast 1.66:1

Card sample

#acd49f on grey

1.51:1

#acd49f on its own surface

1.57:1

#acd49f on its dark surface

9.74:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #acd49f;
Background color
Panel with #acd49f background
background-color: #acd49f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #acd49f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 212, 159, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 212, 159, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #acd49f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acd49f, #9FD4B5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #acd49f, #9FD4C2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #acd49f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #acd49f;
caret-color: #acd49f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #acd49f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F7ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #acd49f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#acd49f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #acd49f 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(172, 212, 159, 0.5)
rgb(172 212 159 / 50%)
#acd49f80
hsl(105 38% 73% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #acd49f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#acd49f1a#F7FBF5
20%#acd49f33#EEF6EC
40%#acd49f66#DEEED9
60%#acd49f99#CDE5C5
80%#acd49fcc#BDDDB2

Gradients from #acd49f

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, #D0E7C9, #acd49f 45%, #335827);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #acd49f, #8ACAAA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #acd49f, #C79FD4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E3F0DE 0%, #acd49f 45%, #335827 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%, #DEE4C2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B4DDC2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #335827 0%, transparent 65%), #acd49f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #acd49f

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.

#acd49f 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 12.67:1.

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.

#acd49f, answered

What color is #acd49f?

#acd49f is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 6.8). It sits at 105° on the hue wheel with 38% saturation and 73% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #acd49f?

rgb(172, 212, 159) — 172 red, 212 green and 159 blue out of 255, or 67.5% / 83.1% / 62.4% by channel.

What is #acd49f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(105, 38%, 73%) and hsv(105, 25%, 83%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #acd49f a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5836 and perceived brightness is 77%, so black text on it reaches 12.67:1.

Should I use black or white text on #acd49f?

Black. It scores 12.67:1 against #acd49f, versus 1.66:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #acd49f accessible on a white background?

#acd49f on white scores 1.66:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4B813A to reach 4.5:1, or #39622C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #acd49f?

#C79FD4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #AC9FD4 and #D49FC6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #acd49f?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CEE6C7 for borders, #5E9B4B for secondary text, #673B91 as an accent and #335827 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C6D49F and #9FD4AC stays calm, while #C79FD4 is the loudest partner.

What is #acd49f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(19%, 0%, 25%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #acd49f warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 56 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BFD49F; nudged cooler, #9DD5A4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #acd49f?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 15.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #acd49f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #acd49f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#acd49f] or text-[#acd49f], 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 #acd49f with 50% opacity?

rgba(172, 212, 159, 0.5), or #acd49f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D6EACF; over black, #566A50.

Is #acd49f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 3.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #acd49f 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 #acd49f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D0E7C9, #acd49f 45%, #335827). For more colour, a short hue run to #8ACAAA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #acd49f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #acd49f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.