Light green
#9ECBAE
#9ECBAE is a light green with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#9ECBAE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #9ECBAE kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 E3FFED
- 100 D3F5DF
- 200 BFE4CB
- 300 9ECBAE
- 400 84AF94
- 500 689378
- 600 4E785E
- 700 385F48
- 800 254934
- 900 143321
- 950 051E10
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-green-50: #e3ffed; --color-green-100: #d3f5df; --color-green-200: #bfe4cb; --color-green-300: #9ecbae; --color-green-400: #84af94; --color-green-500: #689378; --color-green-600: #4e785e; --color-green-700: #385f48; --color-green-800: #254934; --color-green-900: #143321; --color-green-950: #051e10;}Is #9ECBAE readable?
Contrast for text on #9ECBAE and for #9ECBAE used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #558066 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #9ECBAE
Six palettes built around #9ECBAE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#9ECBAE · #2FB9A5 · #8DC546 · #86EEFE · #253028
- Complementary#9ECBAE · #B66CA5 · #FA7DCD · #B1E5C9 · #212F28
- Split complementary#9ECBAE · #A78BCA · #FF929E · #A5F1C4 · #2A302B
- Triadic#9ECBAE · #6D7CBC · #FF7155 · #9CEEBE · #232B27
- Tetradic#9ECBAE · #1F91D1 · #EB70C1 · #FFCD89 · #252B26
- Monochromatic#9ECBAE · #3D9973 · #4BB579 · #B9F8D8 · #18231A
#9ECBAE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #9ECBAE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #E3FFED
- Brand 100, #D3F5DF
- Brand 200, #BFE4CB
- Brand 300, #9ECBAE
- Brand 400, #84AF94
- Brand 500, #689378
- Brand 600, #4E785E
- Brand 700, #385F48
- Brand 800, #254934
- Brand 900, #143321
- Brand 950, #051E10
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F3F5F3
- Neutral 200, #E3E6E4
- Neutral 300, #D0D6D2
- Neutral 400, #9BA39E
- Neutral 500, #6D7670
- Neutral 600, #4E5751
- Neutral 700, #3B423D
- Neutral 800, #232A25
- Neutral 900, #131A16
- Neutral 950, #060C08
Success
- Success 50, #E4FFEB
- Success 100, #BAFECE
- Success 200, #A2EEB9
- Success 300, #82D59C
- Success 400, #5FB97E
- Success 500, #4AA86C
- Success 600, #1C8249
- Success 700, #006735
- Success 800, #004D26
- Success 900, #003519
- Success 950, #001F0C
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF6E5
- Warning 100, #FFE8C0
- Warning 200, #FCD387
- Warning 300, #DFAE4C
- Warning 400, #C99B3B
- Warning 500, #AE7F06
- Warning 600, #8D6600
- Warning 700, #6F4F00
- Warning 800, #543B00
- Warning 900, #3A2800
- Warning 950, #221600
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #2591C4
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.9:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #9ECBAE
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.