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#c0fd7b

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Moss

RGB
192, 253, 123
HSL
88°, 97%, 74%
CMYK
24, 0, 51, 1
Luminance
0.8289

#c0fd7b is a light electric green, 88° on the wheel and 48/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.58:1). As text it scores 1.19:1 on white — use #458102 instead. Nearest name is Green Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(88 97% 74%)rgb(192 253 123)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c0fd7b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c0fd7b
Hue
88°
green
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8289
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
48/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.58:1
Closest name
Green Yellow
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
68.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.926
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 12.7
Web-safe
#CCFF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue88° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c0fd7b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool48% 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
Red14%
Green85%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#c0fd7b
HEX (8-digit)#c0fd7bff
RGBrgb(192, 253, 123)
RGBArgba(192, 253, 123, 1)
HSLhsl(88, 97%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(88, 51%, 99%)
HWBhwb(88 48% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(24%, 0%, 51%, 1%)
LABlab(93.0 -39.7 55.5)
LCHlch(93.0 68.3 125.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.926 0.172 130.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(60.44, 82.89, 31.55)
Decimal12647803
Display P3color(display-p3 0.753 0.992 0.482)
Web-safe#CCFF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c0fd7b;
background-color: #c0fd7b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c0fd7b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c0fd7b] bg-[#c0fd7b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c0fd7b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.753, green: 0.992, blue: 0.482)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.753, green: 0.992, blue: 0.482, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C0FD7B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC0FD7B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC0FD7B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(123, 253, 192)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(192, 253, 123)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(192, 253, 123)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 253, 123)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7529f, 0.9922f, 0.4824f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{192,253,123}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c0fd7b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c0fd7b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#437E02, #E1EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c0fd7b 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: #F8FDF1;
  --brand-100: #F0FCE4;
  --brand-200: #E0FBC1;
  --brand-300: #c0fd7b;
  --brand-400: #B0FC59;
  --brand-500: #95FC22;
  --brand-600: #82F104;
  --brand-700: #6CC903;
  --brand-800: #56A102;
  --brand-900: #407407;
  --brand-950: #284804;
  --brand: #c0fd7b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D8EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #AFFC58;
  --brand-pressed: #9EFC35;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D2414;
    --brand-ink: #E1EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FDF1',
        100: '#F0FCE4',
        200: '#E0FBC1',
        300: '#c0fd7b',
        400: '#B0FC59',
        500: '#95FC22',
        600: '#82F104',
        700: '#6CC903',
        800: '#56A102',
        900: '#407407',
        950: '#284804',
        DEFAULT: '#c0fd7b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FDF1,
  '100': #F0FCE4,
  '200': #E0FBC1,
  '300': #c0fd7b,
  '400': #B0FC59,
  '500': #95FC22,
  '600': #82F104,
  '700': #6CC903,
  '800': #56A102,
  '900': #407407,
  '950': #284804,
);
$brand-base: #c0fd7b;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F0FCE4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E0FBC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#c0fd7b", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B0FC59", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#95FC22", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#82F104", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#6CC903", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#56A102", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#407407", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#284804", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c0fd7b · 17.58:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.19:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.58:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c0fd7b as text scores 1.19:1 on white and 17.58:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #437E02 at 4.16:1.

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
#458102 · 4.78:1
AA on white−48% L
#458102
The quick fox
#356302 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−54% L
#356302
The quick fox
#c0fd7b · 17.58:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c0fd7b
The quick fox
#c0fd7b · 17.58:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c0fd7b

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #58A403 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
#c0fd7b on white: 1.19:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c0fd7b on black: 17.58:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c0fd7b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c0fd7b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.19:1AaAa
Slate 501.14:1AaAa
Slate 1001.09:1AaAa
Slate 2001.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.24:1AaAa
Slate 4002.15:1AaAa
Slate 5003.98:1AaAa
Slate 6006.34:1AaAa
Slate 7008.67:1AaAa
Slate 80012.24:1AaAa
Slate 90014.94:1AaAa
Black17.58:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFEE6F
deuteranopia · #FEE983
tritanopia · #C4F4E0

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. #c0fd7b 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.

#F8FDF1
#F0FCE4
#E0FBC1
#c0fd7b
#B0FC59
#95FC22
#82F104
#6CC903
#56A102
#407407
#284804
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F8FDF1Darkest = 950 · #284804Text 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 0.043 130.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.069 130.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.103 130.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.134 130.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.158 130.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.172 130.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.172 130.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.162 130.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.145 130.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.121 130.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.095 130.0);
}

Colors that work with #c0fd7b

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#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D8EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#759B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#9679FF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#437E02
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3FFE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#AFFC58
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9EFC35
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F6F2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CAFF8D
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 #c0fd7b

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 #437E02
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #58A403

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
  • Weight26/100
  • 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#B87BFD
Analogous left#FDF97B
Analogous right#7FFD7B
Split-complement 1#7B7FFD
Split-complement 2#F97BFD
Triadic 1#7BC0FD
Triadic 2#FD7BC0
Tetradic#7BFDF9
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°88°

#c0fd7b sits at 88°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red75.3%
Green99.2%
Blue48.2%
R · 0–255
192
0xc0
G · 0–255
253
0xfd
B · 0–255
123
0x7b

CMYK percentages

Cyan24.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow51.4%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 76%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c0fd7b text on a black background

contrast 17.58:1

Card sample

#c0fd7b text on a white background

contrast 1.19:1

Card sample

#c0fd7b on grey

1.09:1

#c0fd7b on its own surface

1.14:1

#c0fd7b on its dark surface

13.37:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c0fd7b;
Background color
Panel with #c0fd7b background
background-color: #c0fd7b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c0fd7b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(192, 253, 123, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(192, 253, 123, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c0fd7b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c0fd7b, #7BFD8D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c0fd7b, #7BFDAD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c0fd7b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c0fd7b;
caret-color: #c0fd7b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c0fd7b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3FFE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c0fd7b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c0fd7b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c0fd7b 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(192, 253, 123, 0.5)
rgb(192 253 123 / 50%)
#c0fd7b80
hsl(88 97% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c0fd7b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c0fd7b1a#F9FFF2
20%#c0fd7b33#F2FFE5
40%#c0fd7b66#E6FECA
60%#c0fd7b99#D9FEB0
80%#c0fd7bcc#CDFD95

Gradients from #c0fd7b

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, #DDFEB7, #c0fd7b 45%, #437E02);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c0fd7b, #5DFD80);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c0fd7b, #B87BFD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EBFED5 0%, #c0fd7b 45%, #437E02 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEF5AD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #99FD9E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #437E02 0%, transparent 65%), #c0fd7b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c0fd7b

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.

#c0fd7b 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 17.58:1.

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.

#c0fd7b, answered

What color is #c0fd7b?

#c0fd7b is a light electric green, closest to Green Yellow (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 88° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #c0fd7b?

rgb(192, 253, 123) — 192 red, 253 green and 123 blue out of 255, or 75.3% / 99.2% / 48.2% by channel.

What is #c0fd7b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(88, 97%, 74%) and hsv(88, 51%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c0fd7b a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8289 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 17.58:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c0fd7b?

Black. It scores 17.58:1 against #c0fd7b, versus 1.19:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c0fd7b accessible on a white background?

#c0fd7b on white scores 1.19:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #458102 to reach 4.5:1, or #356302 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c0fd7b?

#B87BFD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7B7FFD and #F97BFD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c0fd7b?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D8EDC0 for borders, #759B4B for secondary text, #9679FF as an accent and #437E02 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FDF97B and #7FFD7B stays calm, while #B87BFD is the loudest partner.

What is #c0fd7b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(24%, 0%, 51%, 1%). 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 #c0fd7b warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 48 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F0FD7B; nudged cooler, #8FFE7A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c0fd7b?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 12.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c0fd7b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c0fd7b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c0fd7b] or text-[#c0fd7b], 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 #c0fd7b with 50% opacity?

rgba(192, 253, 123, 0.5), or #c0fd7b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E0FEBD; over black, #607F3E.

Is #c0fd7b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF66, ΔE2000 3.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c0fd7b 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 #c0fd7b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DDFEB7, #c0fd7b 45%, #437E02). For more colour, a short hue run to #5DFD80 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c0fd7b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c0fd7b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.