Lightgreen #76FF7B

Lightgreen is a light, vivid green with hex code #76FF7B and RGB rgb(118, 255, 123).

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Black text reads best on this color (16.36:1).

About this color

#76FF7B is a light, vivid green. In OKLCH its lightness is 89%, its chroma 0.211 and its hue 144°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Lightgreen. Black text reads best on it, at 16.36:1.

Hue familyGreens
Lightnesslight (89%)
Chromavivid (0.211)
Temperaturein between
Nearest nameLightgreen
Black text16.36:1
White text1.28:1

Colors that go with Lightgreen

Matches found by rotating Lightgreen around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Lightgreen

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Lightgreen, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Lightgreen, with their ΔE distance.

More about Lightgreen

How to make Lightgreen

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

  • 2 parts white
  • 1 part yellow
  • 1 part green

Recipe result: #AAE079, a difference of ΔE 0.092 from Lightgreen. Lightgreen is more vivid than these paints can mix, so start from a ready-made green paint and adjust it.

What colors make green? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Lightgreen in every format

HEX#76FF7B
RGBrgb(118, 255, 123)
HSLhsl(122, 100%, 73%)
OKLCHoklch(89.4% 0.211 144.2)

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.

PairWCAG 2ResultAPCAAPCA guidance
White text on #76FF7B 1.28:1 Fails Lc -15.8 Dividers and decoration only
Black text on #76FF7B 16.36:1 AAA Lc 89.9 Fine for body text
#76FF7B text on white 1.28:1 Fails Lc 13.7 Not readable
#76FF7B text on black 16.36:1 AAA Lc -90.1 Preferred for body text

Shades and tints of Lightgreen

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 200.

  1. Step 50

    50

    #E7FCE7

    oklch(97% 0.035 145.3)

  2. Step 100

    100

    #CBF8C9

    oklch(93.5% 0.078 143.8)

  3. Step 200

    200 (this color)

    #76FF7B

    oklch(89.4% 0.211 144.2)

  4. Step 300

    300

    #00E836

    oklch(80.8% 0.261 144.2)

  5. Step 400

    400

    #00C22C

    oklch(70.7% 0.228 144.2)

  6. Step 500

    500

    #00A624

    oklch(63% 0.203 144.2)

  7. Step 600

    600

    #008C1D

    oklch(55.6% 0.179 144.2)

  8. Step 700

    700

    #007617

    oklch(49.1% 0.158 144.3)

  9. Step 800

    800

    #006111

    oklch(42.8% 0.138 144.2)

  10. Step 900

    900

    #00510C

    oklch(37.8% 0.122 144.2)

  11. Step 950

    950

    #003005

    oklch(26.9% 0.086 144.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Lightgreen 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.

VisionSeen asShift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)#FFEA6F0.152
Deuteranopia (no green cones)#F1DE850.157
Tritanopia (no blue cones)#5FF9E10.131
Achromatopsia (no color)#E3E3E30.212

Use Lightgreen in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.