#9FC593

Closest named color: Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F). oklch(78.3% 0.08 138.3), rgb(159, 197, 147).

Black text reads best on this color (10.88:1).

About this color

#9FC593 is a light, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 78%, its chroma 0.080 and its hue 138°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F), ΔE 0.033 away. Black text reads best on it, at 10.88:1.

Hue family	Greens
Lightness	light (78%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.080)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F)
Black text	10.88:1
White text	1.92:1

Values

HEX	#9FC593
RGB	rgb(159, 197, 147)
HSL	hsl(106, 30%, 67%)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.08 138.3)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #9FC593	1.92:1	Fails	Lc -41.3	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #9FC593	10.88:1	AAA	Lc 67.0	Content text, not long reading
#9FC593 text on white	1.92:1	Fails	Lc 36.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#9FC593 text on black	10.88:1	AAA	Lc -65.5	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F2F7F0

oklch(97% 0.011 136.6)
Step 100
100

#E2EEDF

oklch(93.6% 0.024 139.4)
Step 200
200

#CBE1C4

oklch(88.6% 0.046 138.1)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#9FC593

oklch(78.3% 0.08 138.3)
Step 400
400

#77B363

oklch(70.6% 0.127 138.2)
Step 500
500

#51A032

oklch(63.2% 0.165 138.2)
Step 600
600

#358900

oklch(55.6% 0.173 138.2)
Step 700
700

#2B7300

oklch(49% 0.152 138.2)
Step 800
800

#225F00

oklch(42.8% 0.133 138.3)
Step 900
900

#204E0B

oklch(37.7% 0.107 138.2)
Step 950
950

#142E0A

oklch(27.1% 0.068 138.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#9FC593 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C8BD90	0.056
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#C2B995	0.055
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#9EC1B7	0.054
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BBBBBB	0.081