#9EC79C#9EC79C

#9EC79C is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.074 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC79C
RGB	rgb(158, 199, 156)
HSL	hsl(117, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(117, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 21.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -21.89, 17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 27.82, 141.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0597 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.074 143.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5232, 50.5152, 39.0614)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC79C #C59CC7

analogous

#B4C79C #9EC79C #9CC7B0

triadic

#9EC79C #9C9EC7 #C79C9E

tetradic

#9EC79C #9CB4C7 #C59CC7 #C7B09C

square

#9EC79C #9CB4C7 #C59CC7 #C7B09C

split-complementary

#9EC79C #B09CC7 #C79CB4

monochromatic

#579554 #78B175 #9EC79C #C4DDC3 #EBF3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9EC79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#9EC79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC79C

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC79C	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 199, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.074 143.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd8b9',
    500: '#9ec79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec79c;
$custom-light: #bbd8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.209,
    "s": 27.742,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78857,
    "c": 0.07419,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC79C

secondary

#996C9C

accent

#3FA6A2

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F8FBF8

border

#D1D4D1

text

#121411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC79C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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