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#baf3aa

a light, electric green · neutral · closest name: Light Green

Token name suggestion: Drift Basil

RGB
186, 243, 170
HSL
107°, 75%, 81%
CMYK
24, 0, 30, 5
Luminance
0.7744

#baf3aa is a light electric green, 107° on the wheel and 57/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.49:1). As text it scores 1.27:1 on white — use #2C8613 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(107 75% 81%)rgb(186 243 170)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #baf3aa is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#baf3aa
Hue
107°
green
Saturation
75%
electric
Lightness
81%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7744
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
57/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.49:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 5.9
Chroma
43.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.907
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 16.4
Web-safe
#CCFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue107° of 360°
Saturation75%
Lightness81%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #baf3aa.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool57% 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
Red13%
Green83%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#baf3aa
HEX (8-digit)#baf3aaff
RGBrgb(186, 243, 170)
RGBArgba(186, 243, 170, 1)
HSLhsl(107, 75%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(107, 30%, 95%)
HWBhwb(107 67% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(24%, 0%, 30%, 5%)
LABlab(90.5 -31.3 29.5)
LCHlch(90.5 43.0 136.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.907 0.113 138.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(59.55, 77.44, 49.83)
Decimal12252074
Display P3color(display-p3 0.729 0.953 0.667)
Web-safe#CCFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #baf3aa;
background-color: #baf3aa;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #baf3aa;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#baf3aa] bg-[#baf3aa]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #baf3aa;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.953, blue: 0.667)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.729, green: 0.953, blue: 0.667, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BAF3AA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBAF3AA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBAF3AA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(170, 243, 186)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(186, 243, 170)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(186, 243, 170)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 186, 243, 170)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7294f, 0.9529f, 0.6667f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{186,243,170}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #baf3aa 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #baf3aa 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#257010, #D9EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #baf3aa 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: #F5FCF3;
  --brand-100: #EBF9E7;
  --brand-200: #D2F4C8;
  --brand-300: #baf3aa;
  --brand-400: #87EA6B;
  --brand-500: #5FE33A;
  --brand-600: #47D71E;
  --brand-700: #3BB319;
  --brand-800: #2F8F14;
  --brand-900: #256813;
  --brand-950: #17410C;
  --brand: #baf3aa;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CAEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #A1EF8B;
  --brand-pressed: #87EA6B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #172414;
    --brand-ink: #D9EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FCF3',
        100: '#EBF9E7',
        200: '#D2F4C8',
        300: '#baf3aa',
        400: '#87EA6B',
        500: '#5FE33A',
        600: '#47D71E',
        700: '#3BB319',
        800: '#2F8F14',
        900: '#256813',
        950: '#17410C',
        DEFAULT: '#baf3aa',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FCF3,
  '100': #EBF9E7,
  '200': #D2F4C8,
  '300': #baf3aa,
  '400': #87EA6B,
  '500': #5FE33A,
  '600': #47D71E,
  '700': #3BB319,
  '800': #2F8F14,
  '900': #256813,
  '950': #17410C,
);
$brand-base: #baf3aa;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF9E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D2F4C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#baf3aa", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#87EA6B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5FE33A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#47D71E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3BB319", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2F8F14", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#256813", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#17410C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #baf3aa · 16.49:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.27:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.49:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #baf3aa as text scores 1.27:1 on white and 16.49:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #257010 at 4.84:1.

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
#2C8613 · 4.64:1
AA on white−51% L
#2C8613
The quick fox
#20620E · 7.46:1
AAA on white−59% L
#20620E
The quick fox
#baf3aa · 16.49:1
AA on blackalready passes
#baf3aa
The quick fox
#baf3aa · 16.49:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#baf3aa

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #38AA18 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
#baf3aa on white: 1.27:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#baf3aa on black: 16.49:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #baf3aa as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #baf3aa.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.27:1AaAa
Slate 501.22:1AaAa
Slate 1001.16:1AaAa
Slate 2001.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.17:1AaAa
Slate 4002.01:1AaAa
Slate 5003.74:1AaAa
Slate 6005.95:1AaAa
Slate 7008.13:1AaAa
Slate 80011.49:1AaAa
Slate 90014.02:1AaAa
Black16.49:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F8E7A5
deuteranopia · #EFE2AE
tritanopia · #B7EEE0

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. #baf3aa 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.

#F5FCF3
#EBF9E7
#D2F4C8
#baf3aa
#87EA6B
#5FE33A
#47D71E
#3BB319
#2F8F14
#256813
#17410C
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F5FCF3Darkest = 950 · #17410CText step on white = 900
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 0.028 138.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.045 138.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.068 138.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.088 138.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.104 138.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.113 138.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.113 138.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.106 138.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.095 138.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.079 138.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.062 138.9);
}

Colors that work with #baf3aa

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#CAEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5C9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6B15B7
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#257010
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDFCE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#172414
Dark-mode background
Hover#A1EF8B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#87EA6B
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C6F9B8
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #baf3aa

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #257010
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #38AA18

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight19/100
  • 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#E3AAF3
Analogous left#DFF3AA
Analogous right#AAF3BE
Split-complement 1#BEAAF3
Split-complement 2#F3AADF
Triadic 1#AABAF3
Triadic 2#F3AABA
Tetradic#AADFF3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°107°

#baf3aa sits at 107°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red72.9%
Green95.3%
Blue66.7%
R · 0–255
186
0xba
G · 0–255
243
0xf3
B · 0–255
170
0xaa

CMYK percentages

Cyan23.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow30.0%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 58%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#baf3aa text on a black background

contrast 16.49:1

Card sample

#baf3aa text on a white background

contrast 1.27:1

Card sample

#baf3aa on grey

1.16:1

#baf3aa on its own surface

1.21:1

#baf3aa on its dark surface

12.69:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #baf3aa;
Background color
Panel with #baf3aa background
background-color: #baf3aa;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #baf3aa;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(186, 243, 170, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(186, 243, 170, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #baf3aa;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baf3aa, #AAF3CB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #baf3aa, #AAF3DD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #baf3aa;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #baf3aa;
caret-color: #baf3aa;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #baf3aa;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDFCE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #baf3aa;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#baf3aa 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #baf3aa 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(186, 243, 170, 0.5)
rgb(186 243 170 / 50%)
#baf3aa80
hsl(107 75% 81% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #baf3aa 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#baf3aa1a#F8FEF7
20%#baf3aa33#F1FDEE
40%#baf3aa66#E3FADD
60%#baf3aa99#D6F8CC
80%#baf3aacc#C8F5BB

Gradients from #baf3aa

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, #E6FBE0, #baf3aa 45%, #257010);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #baf3aa, #8FEFC2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #baf3aa, #E3AAF3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4FDF2 0%, #baf3aa 45%, #257010 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%, #F3F9D7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C5F7D7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #257010 0%, transparent 65%), #baf3aa;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #baf3aa

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.

#baf3aa 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 16.49:1.

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.

#baf3aa, answered

What color is #baf3aa?

#baf3aa is a light electric green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 5.9). It sits at 107° on the hue wheel with 75% saturation and 81% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #baf3aa?

rgb(186, 243, 170) — 186 red, 243 green and 170 blue out of 255, or 72.9% / 95.3% / 66.7% by channel.

What is #baf3aa in HSL and HSV?

hsl(107, 75%, 81%) and hsv(107, 30%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #baf3aa a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7744 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 16.49:1.

Should I use black or white text on #baf3aa?

Black. It scores 16.49:1 against #baf3aa, versus 1.27:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #baf3aa accessible on a white background?

#baf3aa on white scores 1.27:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #2C8613 to reach 4.5:1, or #20620E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #baf3aa?

#E3AAF3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BEAAF3 and #F3AADF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #baf3aa?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CAEDC0 for borders, #5C9B4B for secondary text, #6B15B7 as an accent and #257010 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DFF3AA and #AAF3BE stays calm, while #E3AAF3 is the loudest partner.

What is #baf3aa in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(24%, 0%, 30%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #baf3aa warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 57 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D5F3AA; nudged cooler, #A9F4B4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #baf3aa?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 16.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #baf3aa as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #baf3aa in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#baf3aa] or text-[#baf3aa], 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 #baf3aa with 50% opacity?

rgba(186, 243, 170, 0.5), or #baf3aa80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DDF9D5; over black, #5D7A55.

Is #baf3aa a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF99, ΔE2000 6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #baf3aa 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #baf3aa?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E6FBE0, #baf3aa 45%, #257010). For more colour, a short hue run to #8FEFC2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #baf3aa in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #baf3aa at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.