#94DE9D

sRGB · 148 / 222 / 157

#94DE9D belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 148 red, 222 green and 157 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 127.3° lands in the green region. Its 52.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 72.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 148, 222, 157
HSL: 127.30°, 52.86%, 72.55%
HSV / HSB: 127.30°, 33.33%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 33.33%, 0.00%, 29.28%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 44.418, 60.971, 41.328
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.363, -35.968, 24.795
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60973
24-bit decimal: 9756317

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #94DE9D in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 13.19:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.59:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DE94D5 sits half a turn (180°) from #94DE9D on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#94DE9D #DE94D5

Analogous

#B0DE94 and #94DEC2 sit 30° to either side of #94DE9D. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#B0DE94 #94DE9D #94DEC2

Triadic

#94DE9D, #9D94DE and #DE9D94 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#94DE9D #9D94DE #DE9D94

Split complementary

Start at #94DE9D and look across the wheel. #C294DE and #DE94B0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#94DE9D #C294DE #DE94B0

Square

Starting with #94DE9D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #94B0DE, #DE94D5, then #DEC294. Across the square, #94DE9D pairs with #DE94D5, and #94B0DE with #DEC294.

#94DE9D #94B0DE #DE94D5 #DEC294

Tetradic

#94DE9D and #DE94D5 are opposites, as are #94D5DE and #DE9D94. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#94DE9D #94D5DE #DE94D5 #DE9D94

Tints

Mixing #94DE9D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A9E5B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAF8EB, the mixture is 80% white.

#94DE9D #A9E5B1 #BFEBC4 #D4F2D8 #EAF8EB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #94DE9D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #76B27E, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E2C1F, the mixture is 80% black.

#94DE9D #76B27E #59855E #3B593F #1E2C1F #000000

Tones

Mixing #94DE9D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #90CB97, keeps 80% of the original. By #849386, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#94DE9D #90CB97 #8CB891 #88A68C #849386 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#94DE9D

RGB

rgb(148 222 157)

HSL

hsl(127.297 52.857% 72.549%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #94DE9D;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#94DE9D uses 148 red, 222 green and 157 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.0%

Green 87.1%

Blue 61.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #94DE9D is 33.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 29.3% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 33.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 29.3%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99DD99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9D9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #94DE9D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #99DD99 Nearest web-safe · #99CC99

Gradient to complement

#94DE9D #A0D2A6 #ADC5B0 #B9B9B9 #C5ADC2 #D2A0CC #DE94D5

Color vision previews

Compare how #94DE9D appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#E0D299

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D4CAA1

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#8ADBCD

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C9D59C

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C4D19F

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#96DCB0

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#CDCDCD

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B3D6B7

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.29614 G 0.73046 B 0.33716

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.64471 G 0.86293 B 0.63818

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.37325 G 0.71604 B 0.36494

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.303 y 0.416 Y 60.971

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 41.961 M % 12.941 Y % 38.431

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

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