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#acddc3

a light, soft green · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Meadow Moss

RGB
172, 221, 195
HSL
148°, 42%, 77%
CMYK
22, 0, 12, 13
Luminance
0.6442

#acddc3 is a light soft green, 148° on the wheel and 74/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.88:1). As text it scores 1.51:1 on white — use #35835A instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(148 42% 77%)rgb(172 221 195)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #acddc3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#acddc3
Hue
148°
green
Saturation
42%
soft
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6442
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
74/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
13.88:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 9.7
Chroma
22.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.856
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 16.6
Web-safe
#99CCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue148° of 360°
Saturation42%
Lightness77%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #acddc3.

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
Red14%
Green80%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#acddc3
HEX (8-digit)#acddc3ff
RGBrgb(172, 221, 195)
RGBArgba(172, 221, 195, 1)
HSLhsl(148, 42%, 77%)
HSV / HSBhsv(148, 22%, 87%)
HWBhwb(148 67% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 0%, 12%, 13%)
LABlab(84.2 -21.0 7.6)
LCHlch(84.2 22.4 160.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.856 0.062 161.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(52.72, 64.42, 61.28)
Decimal11328963
Display P3color(display-p3 0.675 0.867 0.765)
Web-safe#99CCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #acddc3;
background-color: #acddc3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #acddc3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#acddc3] bg-[#acddc3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #acddc3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.867, blue: 0.765)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.675, green: 0.867, blue: 0.765, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ACDDC3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFACDDC3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFACDDC3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(195, 221, 172)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(172, 221, 195)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(172, 221, 195)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 172, 221, 195)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6745f, 0.8667f, 0.7647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{172,221,195}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #acddc3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #acddc3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#255A3E, #D4EDE0);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #acddc3 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: #F5FAF7;
  --brand-100: #EBF5EF;
  --brand-200: #D2EADD;
  --brand-300: #acddc3;
  --brand-400: #88CEA9;
  --brand-500: #60BE8C;
  --brand-600: #47AE77;
  --brand-700: #3B9163;
  --brand-800: #2F7450;
  --brand-900: #26553C;
  --brand-950: #183525;
  --brand: #acddc3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C5E7D5;
  --brand-hover: #93D3B1;
  --brand-pressed: #79C89F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241C;
    --brand-ink: #D4EDE0;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF7',
        100: '#EBF5EF',
        200: '#D2EADD',
        300: '#acddc3',
        400: '#88CEA9',
        500: '#60BE8C',
        600: '#47AE77',
        700: '#3B9163',
        800: '#2F7450',
        900: '#26553C',
        950: '#183525',
        DEFAULT: '#acddc3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF7,
  '100': #EBF5EF,
  '200': #D2EADD,
  '300': #acddc3,
  '400': #88CEA9,
  '500': #60BE8C,
  '600': #47AE77,
  '700': #3B9163,
  '800': #2F7450,
  '900': #26553C,
  '950': #183525,
);
$brand-base: #acddc3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF5EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D2EADD", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#acddc3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#88CEA9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#60BE8C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#47AE77", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3B9163", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2F7450", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#26553C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#183525", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #acddc3 · 13.88:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.51:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.88:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #acddc3 as text scores 1.51:1 on white and 13.88:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #255A3E at 5.32:1.

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
#35835A · 4.62:1
AA on white−41% L
#35835A
The quick fox
#286243 · 7.20:1
AAA on white−50% L
#286243
The quick fox
#acddc3 · 13.88:1
AA on blackalready passes
#acddc3
The quick fox
#acddc3 · 13.88:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#acddc3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #43A370 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
#acddc3 on white: 1.51:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#acddc3 on black: 13.88:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #acddc3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #acddc3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.51:1AaAa
Slate 501.45:1AaAa
Slate 1001.38:1AaAa
Slate 2001.23:1AaAa
Slate 3001.02:1AaAa
Slate 4001.70:1AaAa
Slate 5003.15:1AaAa
Slate 6005.01:1AaAa
Slate 7006.85:1AaAa
Slate 8009.67:1AaAa
Slate 90011.80:1AaAa
Black13.88:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DCD6C2
deuteranopia · #D3D0C4
tritanopia · #A3DDD5

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. #acddc3 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.

#F5FAF7
#EBF5EF
#D2EADD
#acddc3
#88CEA9
#60BE8C
#47AE77
#3B9163
#2F7450
#26553C
#183525
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF7Darkest = 950 · #183525Text 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 0.016 161.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.025 161.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.037 161.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.049 161.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.057 161.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.062 161.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.062 161.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.059 161.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.052 161.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.044 161.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.034 161.6);
}

Colors that work with #acddc3

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#C5E7D5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B70
Captions on the surface
Accent#943881
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#255A3E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF8F2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241C
Dark-mode background
Hover#93D3B1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#79C89F
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B6E8CD
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 #acddc3

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 #255A3E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #43A370

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
  • Weight23/100
  • 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#DDACC6
Analogous left#AEDDAC
Analogous right#ACDDDC
Split-complement 1#DCACDD
Split-complement 2#DDACAE
Triadic 1#C3ACDD
Triadic 2#DDC3AC
Tetradic#ACAEDD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°148°

#acddc3 sits at 148°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green86.7%
Blue76.5%
R · 0–255
172
0xac
G · 0–255
221
0xdd
B · 0–255
195
0xc3

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow11.8%
Key (black)13.3%

Total ink coverage is 47%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#acddc3 text on a black background

contrast 13.88:1

Card sample

#acddc3 text on a white background

contrast 1.51:1

Card sample

#acddc3 on grey

1.38:1

#acddc3 on its own surface

1.43:1

#acddc3 on its dark surface

10.69:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #acddc3;
Background color
Panel with #acddc3 background
background-color: #acddc3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #acddc3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 221, 195, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 221, 195, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #acddc3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acddc3, #ACD6DD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #acddc3, #ACCADD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #acddc3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #acddc3;
caret-color: #acddc3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #acddc3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF8F2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #acddc3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#acddc3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #acddc3 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, 221, 195, 0.5)
rgb(172 221 195 / 50%)
#acddc380
hsl(148 42% 77% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #acddc3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#acddc31a#F7FCF9
20%#acddc333#EEF8F3
40%#acddc366#DEF1E7
60%#acddc399#CDEBDB
80%#acddc3cc#BDE4CF

Gradients from #acddc3

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, #D8EFE3, #acddc3 45%, #255A3E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #acddc3, #96C7D4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #acddc3, #DDACC6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EDF8F2 0%, #acddc3 45%, #255A3E 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%, #D3ECD0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C2E4E6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #255A3E 0%, transparent 65%), #acddc3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #acddc3

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.

#acddc3 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 13.88:1.

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.

#acddc3, answered

What color is #acddc3?

#acddc3 is a light soft green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 9.7). It sits at 148° on the hue wheel with 42% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #acddc3?

rgb(172, 221, 195) — 172 red, 221 green and 195 blue out of 255, or 67.5% / 86.7% / 76.5% by channel.

What is #acddc3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(148, 42%, 77%) and hsv(148, 22%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #acddc3 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6442 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 13.88:1.

Should I use black or white text on #acddc3?

Black. It scores 13.88:1 against #acddc3, versus 1.51:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #acddc3 accessible on a white background?

#acddc3 on white scores 1.51:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #35835A to reach 4.5:1, or #286243 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #acddc3?

#DDACC6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DCACDD and #DDACAE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #acddc3?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C5E7D5 for borders, #4B9B70 for secondary text, #943881 as an accent and #255A3E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #AEDDAC and #ACDDDC stays calm, while #DDACC6 is the loudest partner.

What is #acddc3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(22%, 0%, 12%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #acddc3 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 #ACDDB1; nudged cooler, #ABDED6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #acddc3?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 16.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #acddc3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #acddc3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#acddc3] or text-[#acddc3], 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 #acddc3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(172, 221, 195, 0.5), or #acddc380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D6EEE1; over black, #566F62.

Is #acddc3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CCCC, ΔE2000 10.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #acddc3 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 #acddc3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D8EFE3, #acddc3 45%, #255A3E). For more colour, a short hue run to #96C7D4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #acddc3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #acddc3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.