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#abc79f

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Basil

RGB
171, 199, 159
HSL
102°, 26%, 70%
CMYK
14, 0, 20, 22
Luminance
0.5201

#abc79f is a light soft green, 102° on the wheel and 54/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.40:1). As text it scores 1.84:1 on white — use #597E4A instead. Nearest name is Dark Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(102 26% 70%)rgb(171 199 159)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #abc79f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#abc79f
Hue
102°
green
Saturation
26%
soft
Lightness
70%
light
Brightness
78%
HSV value
Perceived
73%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5201
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
54/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.40:1
Closest name
Dark Sea Green
ΔE2000 5.4
Chroma
23.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.798
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 16.6
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue102° of 360°
Saturation26%
Lightness70%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #abc79f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool54% 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
Red17%
Green79%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#abc79f
HEX (8-digit)#abc79fff
RGBrgb(171, 199, 159)
RGBArgba(171, 199, 159, 1)
HSLhsl(102, 26%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(102, 20%, 78%)
HWBhwb(102 62% 22%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 20%, 22%)
LABlab(77.3 -16.9 16.9)
LCHlch(77.3 23.9 134.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.798 0.063 136.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(43.47, 52.01, 40.54)
Decimal11257759
Display P3color(display-p3 0.671 0.780 0.624)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #abc79f;
background-color: #abc79f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #abc79f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#abc79f] bg-[#abc79f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #abc79f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.671, green: 0.780, blue: 0.624)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.671, green: 0.780, blue: 0.624, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ABC79F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFABC79F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFABC79F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(159, 199, 171)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(171, 199, 159)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(171, 199, 159)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 171, 199, 159)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6706f, 0.7804f, 0.6235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{171,199,159}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #abc79f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #abc79f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#39512F, #DDE8D8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #abc79f 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: #F7F9F6;
  --brand-100: #EEF3ED;
  --brand-200: #DBE6D6;
  --brand-300: #C1D6B8;
  --brand-400: #abc79f;
  --brand-500: #83AC71;
  --brand-600: #6E9B5A;
  --brand-700: #5B814B;
  --brand-800: #49673C;
  --brand-900: #374C2E;
  --brand-950: #23301D;
  --brand: #abc79f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7F9F5;
  --brand-border: #D2E1CB;
  --brand-hover: #97BA88;
  --brand-pressed: #84AD72;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #192315;
    --brand-ink: #DDE8D8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F9F6',
        100: '#EEF3ED',
        200: '#DBE6D6',
        300: '#C1D6B8',
        400: '#abc79f',
        500: '#83AC71',
        600: '#6E9B5A',
        700: '#5B814B',
        800: '#49673C',
        900: '#374C2E',
        950: '#23301D',
        DEFAULT: '#abc79f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F9F6,
  '100': #EEF3ED,
  '200': #DBE6D6,
  '300': #C1D6B8,
  '400': #abc79f,
  '500': #83AC71,
  '600': #6E9B5A,
  '700': #5B814B,
  '800': #49673C,
  '900': #374C2E,
  '950': #23301D,
);
$brand-base: #abc79f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF3ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DBE6D6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C1D6B8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#abc79f", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#83AC71", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6E9B5A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#5B814B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#49673C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#374C2E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#23301D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #abc79f · 11.40:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.84:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.40:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #abc79f as text scores 1.84:1 on white and 11.40:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #39512F at 4.77:1.

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
#597E4A · 4.66:1
AA on white−31% L
#597E4A
The quick fox
#435E37 · 7.25:1
AAA on white−41% L
#435E37
The quick fox
#abc79f · 11.40:1
AA on blackalready passes
#abc79f
The quick fox
#abc79f · 11.40:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#abc79f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #73A15F 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
#abc79f on white: 1.84:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#abc79f on black: 11.40:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #abc79f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #abc79f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.84:1AaAa
Slate 501.76:1AaAa
Slate 1001.68:1AaAa
Slate 2001.49:1AaAa
Slate 3001.24:1AaAa
Slate 4001.39:1AaAa
Slate 5002.58:1AaAa
Slate 6004.11:1AaAa
Slate 7005.62:1AaAa
Slate 8007.94:1AaAa
Slate 9009.69:1AaAa
Black11.40:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CAC09D
deuteranopia · #C6BEA1
tritanopia · #ABC4BC

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. #abc79f 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.

#F7F9F6
#EEF3ED
#DBE6D6
#C1D6B8
#abc79f
#83AC71
#6E9B5A
#5B814B
#49673C
#374C2E
#23301D
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F7F9F6Darkest = 950 · #23301DText 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 0.016 136.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.025 136.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.038 136.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.049 136.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.058 136.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.063 136.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.063 136.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.059 136.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.053 136.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.044 136.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.035 136.3);
}

Colors that work with #abc79f

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#F7F9F5
Tinted page background
Border#D2E1CB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#679155
Captions on the surface
Accent#634785
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#39512F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F6EF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#192315
Dark-mode background
Hover#97BA88
One step down in lightness
Pressed#84AD72
Two steps down
Disabled#E9EFE7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B4D5A5
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 #abc79f

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 #39512F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #73A15F

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
  • Weight30/100
  • 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#BB9FC7
Analogous left#BFC79F
Analogous right#9FC7A7
Split-complement 1#A79FC7
Split-complement 2#C79FBF
Triadic 1#9FABC7
Triadic 2#C79FAB
Tetradic#9FBFC7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°102°

#abc79f sits at 102°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.1%
Green78.0%
Blue62.4%
R · 0–255
171
0xab
G · 0–255
199
0xc7
B · 0–255
159
0x9f

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow20.1%
Key (black)22.0%

Total ink coverage is 56%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#abc79f text on a black background

contrast 11.40:1

Card sample

#abc79f text on a white background

contrast 1.84:1

Card sample

#abc79f on grey

1.68:1

#abc79f on its own surface

1.74:1

#abc79f on its dark surface

8.82:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #abc79f;
Background color
Panel with #abc79f background
background-color: #abc79f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #abc79f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(171, 199, 159, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(171, 199, 159, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #abc79f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc79f, #9FC7AE);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc79f, #9FC7B8);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #abc79f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #abc79f;
caret-color: #abc79f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #abc79f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F6EF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #abc79f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#abc79f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #abc79f 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(171, 199, 159, 0.5)
rgb(171 199 159 / 50%)
#abc79f80
hsl(102 26% 70% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #abc79f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#abc79f1a#F7F9F5
20%#abc79f33#EEF4EC
40%#abc79f66#DDE9D9
60%#abc79f99#CDDDC5
80%#abc79fcc#BCD2B2

Gradients from #abc79f

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, #CDDEC6, #abc79f 45%, #39512F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #abc79f, #8CBCA1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #abc79f, #BB9FC7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DEE9D9 0%, #abc79f 45%, #39512F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F9F5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D7DABF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B2D2BB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #39512F 0%, transparent 65%), #abc79f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #abc79f

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.

#abc79f 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 11.40:1.

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.

#abc79f, answered

What color is #abc79f?

#abc79f is a light soft green, closest to Dark Sea Green (ΔE2000 5.4). It sits at 102° on the hue wheel with 26% saturation and 70% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #abc79f?

rgb(171, 199, 159) — 171 red, 199 green and 159 blue out of 255, or 67.1% / 78% / 62.4% by channel.

What is #abc79f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(102, 26%, 70%) and hsv(102, 20%, 78%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #abc79f a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5201 and perceived brightness is 73%, so black text on it reaches 11.40:1.

Should I use black or white text on #abc79f?

Black. It scores 11.40:1 against #abc79f, versus 1.84:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #abc79f accessible on a white background?

#abc79f on white scores 1.84:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #597E4A to reach 4.5:1, or #435E37 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #abc79f?

#BB9FC7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A79FC7 and #C79FBF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #abc79f?

For interface work: #F7F9F5 as the surface, #D2E1CB for borders, #679155 for secondary text, #634785 as an accent and #39512F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BFC79F and #9FC7A7 stays calm, while #BB9FC7 is the loudest partner.

What is #abc79f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 0%, 20%, 22%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #abc79f warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 54 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BAC79F; nudged cooler, #9EC9A0.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #abc79f?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 16.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #abc79f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #abc79f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#abc79f] or text-[#abc79f], 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 #abc79f with 50% opacity?

rgba(171, 199, 159, 0.5), or #abc79f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D5E3CF; over black, #566450.

Is #abc79f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #abc79f 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 #abc79f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #CDDEC6, #abc79f 45%, #39512F). For more colour, a short hue run to #8CBCA1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #abc79f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #abc79f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.