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#a2ebbd

a light, vivid green · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Linen Basil

RGB
162, 235, 189
HSL
142°, 65%, 78%
CMYK
31, 0, 20, 8
Luminance
0.7077

#a2ebbd is a light vivid green, 142° on the wheel and 72/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.15:1). As text it scores 1.39:1 on white — use #1D8543 instead. Nearest name is Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(142 65% 78%)rgb(162 235 189)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #a2ebbd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#a2ebbd
Hue
142°
green
Saturation
65%
vivid
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
83%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7077
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
72/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.15:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 7.3
Chroma
35.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.880
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 16.3
Web-safe
#99FFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue142° of 360°
Saturation65%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #a2ebbd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool72% 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
Red11%
Green84%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#a2ebbd
HEX (8-digit)#a2ebbdff
RGBrgb(162, 235, 189)
RGBArgba(162, 235, 189, 1)
HSLhsl(142, 65%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(142, 31%, 92%)
HWBhwb(142 64% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 0%, 20%, 8%)
LABlab(87.4 -32.0 15.2)
LCHlch(87.4 35.4 154.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.880 0.097 156.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(53.79, 70.77, 58.96)
Decimal10677181
Display P3color(display-p3 0.635 0.922 0.741)
Web-safe#99FFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #a2ebbd;
background-color: #a2ebbd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #a2ebbd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#a2ebbd] bg-[#a2ebbd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #a2ebbd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.635, green: 0.922, blue: 0.741)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.635, green: 0.922, blue: 0.741, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#A2EBBD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFA2EBBD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFA2EBBD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(189, 235, 162)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(162, 235, 189)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(162, 235, 189)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 162, 235, 189)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6353f, 0.9216f, 0.7412f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{162,235,189}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #a2ebbd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #a2ebbd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#176935, #D3EEDD);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #a2ebbd 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: #F3FBF6;
  --brand-100: #E8F7EE;
  --brand-200: #CBF1D9;
  --brand-300: #a2ebbd;
  --brand-400: #74E19D;
  --brand-500: #46D77C;
  --brand-600: #2BC966;
  --brand-700: #24A855;
  --brand-800: #1D8644;
  --brand-900: #196234;
  --brand-950: #103D20;
  --brand: #a2ebbd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C0EDD0;
  --brand-hover: #84E5A8;
  --brand-pressed: #67DE93;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241A;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDD;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FBF6',
        100: '#E8F7EE',
        200: '#CBF1D9',
        300: '#a2ebbd',
        400: '#74E19D',
        500: '#46D77C',
        600: '#2BC966',
        700: '#24A855',
        800: '#1D8644',
        900: '#196234',
        950: '#103D20',
        DEFAULT: '#a2ebbd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FBF6,
  '100': #E8F7EE,
  '200': #CBF1D9,
  '300': #a2ebbd,
  '400': #74E19D,
  '500': #46D77C,
  '600': #2BC966,
  '700': #24A855,
  '800': #1D8644,
  '900': #196234,
  '950': #103D20,
);
$brand-base: #a2ebbd;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FBF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F7EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CBF1D9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#a2ebbd", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#74E19D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#46D77C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2BC966", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#24A855", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1D8644", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#196234", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#103D20", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #a2ebbd · 15.15:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.39:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.15:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #a2ebbd as text scores 1.39:1 on white and 15.15:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #176935 at 4.88:1.

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
#1D8543 · 4.68:1
AA on white−46% L
#1D8543
The quick fox
#156432 · 7.24:1
AAA on white−54% L
#156432
The quick fox
#a2ebbd · 15.15:1
AA on blackalready passes
#a2ebbd
The quick fox
#a2ebbd · 15.15:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#a2ebbd

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #24A754 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
#a2ebbd on white: 1.39:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#a2ebbd on black: 15.15:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #a2ebbd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #a2ebbd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.39:1AaAa
Slate 501.32:1AaAa
Slate 1001.26:1AaAa
Slate 2001.12:1AaAa
Slate 3001.07:1AaAa
Slate 4001.85:1AaAa
Slate 5003.43:1AaAa
Slate 6005.47:1AaAa
Slate 7007.47:1AaAa
Slate 80010.56:1AaAa
Slate 90012.88:1AaAa
Black15.15:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #EAE0BA
deuteranopia · #DED8C0
tritanopia · #95EADE

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. #a2ebbd 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.

#F3FBF6
#E8F7EE
#CBF1D9
#a2ebbd
#74E19D
#46D77C
#2BC966
#24A855
#1D8644
#196234
#103D20
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F3FBF6Darkest = 950 · #103D20Text 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 0.024 156.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.039 156.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.058 156.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.076 156.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.089 156.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.097 156.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.097 156.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.091 156.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.081 156.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.068 156.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.053 156.2);
}

Colors that work with #a2ebbd

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#C0EDD0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B68
Captions on the surface
Accent#AB219B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#176935
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFAF0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241A
Dark-mode background
Hover#84E5A8
One step down in lightness
Pressed#67DE93
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#AEF3C8
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #a2ebbd

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 #176935
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #24A754

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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-high
  • Weight22/100
  • 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#EBA2D0
Analogous left#ABEBA2
Analogous right#A2EBE1
Split-complement 1#E1A2EB
Split-complement 2#EBA2AB
Triadic 1#BDA2EB
Triadic 2#EBBDA2
Tetradic#A2ABEB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°142°

#a2ebbd sits at 142°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red63.5%
Green92.2%
Blue74.1%
R · 0–255
162
0xa2
G · 0–255
235
0xeb
B · 0–255
189
0xbd

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow19.6%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 59%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#a2ebbd text on a black background

contrast 15.15:1

Card sample

#a2ebbd text on a white background

contrast 1.39:1

Card sample

#a2ebbd on grey

1.26:1

#a2ebbd on its own surface

1.31:1

#a2ebbd on its dark surface

11.68:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #a2ebbd;
Background color
Panel with #a2ebbd background
background-color: #a2ebbd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #a2ebbd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(162, 235, 189, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(162, 235, 189, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #a2ebbd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2ebbd, #A2E8EB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #a2ebbd, #A2D6EB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #a2ebbd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #a2ebbd;
caret-color: #a2ebbd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #a2ebbd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFAF0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #a2ebbd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#a2ebbd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #a2ebbd 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(162, 235, 189, 0.5)
rgb(162 235 189 / 50%)
#a2ebbd80
hsl(142 65% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #a2ebbd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#a2ebbd1a#F6FDF8
20%#a2ebbd33#ECFBF2
40%#a2ebbd66#DAF7E5
60%#a2ebbd99#C7F3D7
80%#a2ebbdcc#B5EFCA

Gradients from #a2ebbd

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, #D4F6E1, #a2ebbd 45%, #176935);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #a2ebbd, #89DAE6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #a2ebbd, #EBA2D0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EDFBF2 0%, #a2ebbd 45%, #176935 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%, #D4F4CC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #BBF0EE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #176935 0%, transparent 65%), #a2ebbd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #a2ebbd

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.

#a2ebbd 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 15.15:1.

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.

#a2ebbd, answered

What color is #a2ebbd?

#a2ebbd is a light vivid green, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 7.3). It sits at 142° on the hue wheel with 65% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #a2ebbd?

rgb(162, 235, 189) — 162 red, 235 green and 189 blue out of 255, or 63.5% / 92.2% / 74.1% by channel.

What is #a2ebbd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(142, 65%, 78%) and hsv(142, 31%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #a2ebbd a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7077 and perceived brightness is 83%, so black text on it reaches 15.15:1.

Should I use black or white text on #a2ebbd?

Black. It scores 15.15:1 against #a2ebbd, versus 1.39:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #a2ebbd accessible on a white background?

#a2ebbd on white scores 1.39:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1D8543 to reach 4.5:1, or #156432 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #a2ebbd?

#EBA2D0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E1A2EB and #EBA2AB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #a2ebbd?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C0EDD0 for borders, #4B9B68 for secondary text, #AB219B as an accent and #176935 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #ABEBA2 and #A2EBE1 stays calm, while #EBA2D0 is the loudest partner.

What is #a2ebbd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 0%, 20%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #a2ebbd warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 72 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A2EBA2; nudged cooler, #A1ECD8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #a2ebbd?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 16.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #a2ebbd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #a2ebbd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#a2ebbd] or text-[#a2ebbd], 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 #a2ebbd with 50% opacity?

rgba(162, 235, 189, 0.5), or #a2ebbd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D1F5DE; over black, #51765F.

Is #a2ebbd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FFCC, ΔE2000 4.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #a2ebbd 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 #a2ebbd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D4F6E1, #a2ebbd 45%, #176935). For more colour, a short hue run to #89DAE6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #a2ebbd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #a2ebbd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.