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#adc3b2

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

Token name suggestion: Drift Basil

RGB
173, 195, 178
HSL
134°, 16%, 72%
CMYK
11, 0, 9, 24
Luminance
0.5113

#adc3b2 is a light soft green, 134° on the wheel and 58/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.23:1). As text it scores 1.87:1 on white — use #5B7C62 instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(134 16% 72%)rgb(173 195 178)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #adc3b2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#adc3b2
Hue
134°
green
Saturation
16%
soft
Lightness
72%
light
Brightness
76%
HSV value
Perceived
73%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5113
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
58/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.23:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 10.3
Chroma
12.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.796
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 17.8
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue134° of 360°
Saturation16%
Lightness72%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #adc3b2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool58% 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
Red17%
Green76%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#adc3b2
HEX (8-digit)#adc3b2ff
RGBrgb(173, 195, 178)
RGBArgba(173, 195, 178, 1)
HSLhsl(134, 16%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(134, 11%, 76%)
HWBhwb(134 68% 24%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 0%, 9%, 24%)
LABlab(76.8 -10.7 6.0)
LCHlch(76.8 12.3 150.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.796 0.034 152.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(44.78, 51.13, 49.62)
Decimal11387826
Display P3color(display-p3 0.678 0.765 0.698)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #adc3b2;
background-color: #adc3b2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #adc3b2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#adc3b2] bg-[#adc3b2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #adc3b2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.678, green: 0.765, blue: 0.698)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.678, green: 0.765, blue: 0.698, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ADC3B2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFADC3B2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFADC3B2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(178, 195, 173)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(173, 195, 178)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(173, 195, 178)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 173, 195, 178)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6784f, 0.7647f, 0.6980f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{173,195,178}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #adc3b2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #adc3b2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#364A3A, #DCE5DE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #adc3b2 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: #F6F8F7;
  --brand-100: #EEF2EF;
  --brand-200: #D9E2DB;
  --brand-300: #BED0C2;
  --brand-400: #adc3b2;
  --brand-500: #7DA085;
  --brand-600: #678D70;
  --brand-700: #56765D;
  --brand-800: #455E4B;
  --brand-900: #344638;
  --brand-950: #212C23;
  --brand: #adc3b2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F9F7;
  --brand-border: #D0DDD3;
  --brand-hover: #99B49F;
  --brand-pressed: #84A58B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #18201A;
    --brand-ink: #DCE5DE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F8F7',
        100: '#EEF2EF',
        200: '#D9E2DB',
        300: '#BED0C2',
        400: '#adc3b2',
        500: '#7DA085',
        600: '#678D70',
        700: '#56765D',
        800: '#455E4B',
        900: '#344638',
        950: '#212C23',
        DEFAULT: '#adc3b2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F8F7,
  '100': #EEF2EF,
  '200': #D9E2DB,
  '300': #BED0C2,
  '400': #adc3b2,
  '500': #7DA085,
  '600': #678D70,
  '700': #56765D,
  '800': #455E4B,
  '900': #344638,
  '950': #212C23,
);
$brand-base: #adc3b2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F8F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF2EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9E2DB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BED0C2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#adc3b2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7DA085", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#678D70", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#56765D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#455E4B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#344638", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#212C23", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #adc3b2 · 11.23:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.87:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.23:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #adc3b2 as text scores 1.87:1 on white and 11.23:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #364A3A at 5.11:1.

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
#5B7C62 · 4.66:1
AA on white−30% L
#5B7C62
The quick fox
#455F4B · 7.02:1
AAA on white−40% L
#455F4B
The quick fox
#adc3b2 · 11.23:1
AA on blackalready passes
#adc3b2
The quick fox
#adc3b2 · 11.23:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#adc3b2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #789C80 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
#adc3b2 on white: 1.87:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#adc3b2 on black: 11.23:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #adc3b2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #adc3b2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.87:1AaAa
Slate 501.79:1AaAa
Slate 1001.71:1AaAa
Slate 2001.52:1AaAa
Slate 3001.26:1AaAa
Slate 4001.37:1AaAa
Slate 5002.54:1AaAa
Slate 6004.05:1AaAa
Slate 7005.54:1AaAa
Slate 8007.82:1AaAa
Slate 9009.54:1AaAa
Black11.23:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C3BFB1
deuteranopia · #BFBCB3
tritanopia · #AAC2BE

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. #adc3b2 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.

#F6F8F7
#EEF2EF
#D9E2DB
#BED0C2
#adc3b2
#7DA085
#678D70
#56765D
#455E4B
#344638
#212C23
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F6F8F7Darkest = 950 · #212C23Text 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 0.008 152.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.013 152.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.020 152.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.026 152.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.031 152.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.034 152.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.034 152.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.032 152.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.028 152.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.024 152.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.019 152.3);
}

Colors that work with #adc3b2

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#F6F9F7
Tinted page background
Border#D0DDD3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#618569
Captions on the surface
Accent#79527A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#364A3A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0F4F1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#18201A
Dark-mode background
Hover#99B49F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#84A58B
Two steps down
Disabled#EEF3EF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B3D2BA
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 #adc3b2

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 #364A3A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #789C80

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
  • Weight28/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • 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#C3ADBE
Analogous left#B3C3AD
Analogous right#ADC3BD
Split-complement 1#BDADC3
Split-complement 2#C3ADB3
Triadic 1#B2ADC3
Triadic 2#C3B2AD
Tetradic#ADB3C3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°134°

#adc3b2 sits at 134°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.8%
Green76.5%
Blue69.8%
R · 0–255
173
0xad
G · 0–255
195
0xc3
B · 0–255
178
0xb2

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow8.7%
Key (black)23.5%

Total ink coverage is 44%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#adc3b2 text on a black background

contrast 11.23:1

Card sample

#adc3b2 text on a white background

contrast 1.87:1

Card sample

#adc3b2 on grey

1.71:1

#adc3b2 on its own surface

1.76:1

#adc3b2 on its dark surface

8.91:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #adc3b2;
Background color
Panel with #adc3b2 background
background-color: #adc3b2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #adc3b2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(173, 195, 178, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(173, 195, 178, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #adc3b2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adc3b2, #ADC3C1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #adc3b2, #ADC0C3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #adc3b2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #adc3b2;
caret-color: #adc3b2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #adc3b2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0F4F1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #adc3b2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#adc3b2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #adc3b2 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(173, 195, 178, 0.5)
rgb(173 195 178 / 50%)
#adc3b280
hsl(134 16% 72% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #adc3b2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#adc3b21a#F7F9F7
20%#adc3b233#EFF3F0
40%#adc3b266#DEE7E0
60%#adc3b299#CEDBD1
80%#adc3b2cc#BDCFC1

Gradients from #adc3b2

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, #D0DDD3, #adc3b2 45%, #364A3A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #adc3b2, #9BB6B6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #adc3b2, #C3ADBE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E2EAE4 0%, #adc3b2 45%, #364A3A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F9F7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D0D9CB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #BFD0CD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #364A3A 0%, transparent 65%), #adc3b2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #adc3b2

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.

#adc3b2 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 11.23:1.

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.

#adc3b2, answered

What color is #adc3b2?

#adc3b2 is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 10.3). It sits at 134° on the hue wheel with 16% saturation and 72% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #adc3b2?

rgb(173, 195, 178) — 173 red, 195 green and 178 blue out of 255, or 67.8% / 76.5% / 69.8% by channel.

What is #adc3b2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(134, 16%, 72%) and hsv(134, 11%, 76%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #adc3b2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5113 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 11.23:1.

Should I use black or white text on #adc3b2?

Black. It scores 11.23:1 against #adc3b2, versus 1.87:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #adc3b2 accessible on a white background?

#adc3b2 on white scores 1.87:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5B7C62 to reach 4.5:1, or #455F4B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #adc3b2?

#C3ADBE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BDADC3 and #C3ADB3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #adc3b2?

For interface work: #F6F9F7 as the surface, #D0DDD3 for borders, #618569 for secondary text, #79527A as an accent and #364A3A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B3C3AD and #ADC3BD stays calm, while #C3ADBE is the loudest partner.

What is #adc3b2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(11%, 0%, 9%, 24%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #adc3b2 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 58 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B0C3AD; nudged cooler, #ACC5BA.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #adc3b2?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 17.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #adc3b2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #adc3b2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#adc3b2] or text-[#adc3b2], 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 #adc3b2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(173, 195, 178, 0.5), or #adc3b280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D6E1D9; over black, #576259.

Is #adc3b2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 11 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #adc3b2 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 #adc3b2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D0DDD3, #adc3b2 45%, #364A3A). For more colour, a short hue run to #9BB6B6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #adc3b2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #adc3b2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.