Color reference

#A5DEAD color reference

Soft Very Light Green

This is a soft, very light green under the deterministic OKLCH hue, lightness, and chroma ranges. Its closest standardized CSS named color is Light Green (#90EE90), measured with straight-line OKLab distance.

Descriptive label
Soft Very Light Green
Recommended text
Black · 13.65:1
Relative luminance
0.632590
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Formats UI preview Contrast 50–900 scale Harmonies Matches Related colors Color vision Exports

Copyable values

#A5DEAD in common color formats

Values are calculated from the same opaque sRGB color. Display rounding does not alter the internal calculations.

Color conversions for #A5DEAD
Format Value Action
HEX #A5DEAD
RGB rgb(165 222 173)
HSL hsl(128 46.34% 75.88%)
HSV hsv(128 25.68% 87.06%)
HWB hwb(128 64.71% 12.94%)
XYZ D65 color(xyz-d65 0.491789 0.632579 0.491554)
LAB lab(83.5845% -26.1661 17.9873)
LCH lch(83.5845% 31.7523 145.4942)
OKLAB oklab(84.8478% -0.076266 0.046771)
OKLCH oklch(84.8478% 0.089466 148.481)

Real-world test

Try #A5DEAD on interface components

Preview the source as a primary action, subtle status, form treatment, and card surface. Persistent state controls help touch and keyboard users inspect the same normal, hover, and active colors.

Normal state uses #A5DEAD with black text at 13.65:1.

Action

Primary button

Use the controls above or point to and press the button to inspect its visual states.

Status

Subtle alert badge

A 12% source tint over white provides the background; readable text is selected separately.

Ready for review

Form

Border and focus ring

Source ring on white: 1.54:1 · does not meet the 3:1 non-text threshold where applicable.

Surface

Card component

The selected state becomes the card surface with its strongest black-or-white text pairing.

Design system Color decision ready Review states and surrounding surfaces before shipping.

Accessibility diagnostics

WCAG contrast for exact color pairs

Each result applies only to the named foreground, background, text size, and requirement. It is not a complete accessibility or component-conformance claim.

Source #A5DEAD Exact pair assessment Results for source text on white appear below.

On white

1.54:1

  • Fail AA normal text · 4.5:1
  • Fail AAA normal text · 7:1
  • Fail AA large text · 3:1
  • Fail UI/non-text where applicable · 3:1
Source #A5DEAD Exact pair assessment Results for source text on black appear below.

On black

13.65:1

  • Pass AA normal text · 4.5:1
  • Pass AAA normal text · 7:1
  • Pass AA large text · 3:1
  • Pass UI/non-text where applicable · 3:1

Use guidance

What this color may be suitable for

Not recommended

Normal-sized text

#A5DEAD does not reach 4.5:1 on white or Hue Codex paper, so it should not be used there for normal-sized text.

Needs a boundary

Controls and interface graphics

Against Hue Codex paper, the color reaches only 1.47:1. Use a contrasting border or another non-color boundary for meaningful controls and graphics.

Readable pairing available

Colored surface or button fill

Black text provides the stronger black/white pairing on #A5DEAD at 13.65:1. This validates only that text pair, not hover, focus, disabled, or adjacent-color states.

Distinctive accent

Palette role

Its OKLCH chroma of 0.0895 gives it enough visual presence for an accent or primary role when the tested foreground and neighboring colors pass.

Pair available

Color used as foreground

The stronger black/white background is black at 13.65:1. Always retest against the actual rendered background and text size.

Tested backgrounds

Foreground pairing comparison

#A5DEAD foreground contrast on tested backgrounds
Pair Background Contrast ratio
Black#000000 13.65:1
Hue Codex ink#10212B 10.71:1
White#FFFFFF 1.54:1
Hue Codex paper#FBFAF5 1.47:1
Soft neutral#F2EFE6 1.34:1
Check #A5DEAD on another background in Contrast Checker

Design-system starting point

A perceptual 50–900 reference scale

The source color is preserved at the nearest lightness step. Other swatches keep its OKLCH hue, moderate chroma toward the extremes, and reduce chroma only when needed to remain in sRGB.

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This is a Hue Codex reference scale, not a claim that the values match Tailwind, Material, or another framework’s named palette.

Adjust the #A5DEAD scale in Tints, Shades & Tones

Color relationships

Complementary, analogous, and triadic colors

Hue rotations use OKLCH while preserving lightness and requested chroma. When a rotated result falls outside sRGB, chroma is reduced deterministically and disclosed.

Complementary

Source #A5DEAD
Complement

Analogous

Source #A5DEAD
Analogous −30°
Analogous +30°

Triadic

Source #A5DEAD
Triad +120° Chroma fitted to sRGB
Triad +240° Chroma fitted to sRGB

Applied pairing

A small interface check

The source anchors the main action while the complement marks a secondary status. Contrast is selected separately for each fill.

Project color Soft Very Light Green
Complement
Explore #A5DEAD in Color Harmonies

Distance matching

Closest standardized and framework colors

Matches use straight-line OKLab distance ×100. A smaller value means the coordinates are closer in this model; it is not a claim that two tokens are interchangeable in a design system.

CSS named color

Light Green

#90EE90

OKLab distance ×100: 6.97

Tailwind v4 default

emerald-200

oklch(90.5% 0.093 164.15)

OKLab distance ×100: 6.19 · sRGB preview #A4F4CF

Print boundary

Pantone match not estimated

Reliable print matching needs licensed reference data plus a defined ink, paper, profile, and viewing condition.

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Color-vision screening

Approximate color-vision-deficiency views

These encoded-sRGB matrix previews are screening approximations. They help reveal possible color-only distinctions but do not reproduce every person’s vision or establish accessibility conformance.

Original#A5DEAD
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Protanopia

Red-vision deficiency approximation

Original#A5DEAD
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Deuteranopia

Green-vision deficiency approximation

Original#A5DEAD
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Tritanopia

Blue-yellow deficiency approximation

Original#A5DEAD
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Achromatopsia

Monochromatic-vision approximation

Test #A5DEAD with a complete palette in the CVD Simulator

Ready to use

Copy framework-ready color tokens

Exports preserve the source, readable foreground, and generated 50–900 scale. Tailwind v4 CSS-first and Tailwind v3 JavaScript-config formats are labeled separately.

CSS custom properties

Semantic aliases and the complete 50–900 scale.

:root {
  --color-primary: #A5DEAD;
  --color-on-primary: #000000;
  --color-primary-oklch: oklch(84.8478% 0.089466 148.481);
  --color-primary-50: #E0FFE3;
  --color-primary-100: #BDECC3;
  --color-primary-200: #A5DEAD;
  --color-primary-300: #85BA8D;
  --color-primary-400: #6EA175;
  --color-primary-500: #57885F;
  --color-primary-600: #427049;
  --color-primary-700: #2C5835;
  --color-primary-800: #174221;
  --color-primary-900: #022D0E;
}

Tailwind v4 CSS-first theme

Current @theme syntax for bg-brand, text-brand, and scale utilities.

@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-brand: #A5DEAD;
  --color-brand-foreground: #000000;
  --color-brand-50: #E0FFE3;
  --color-brand-100: #BDECC3;
  --color-brand-200: #A5DEAD;
  --color-brand-300: #85BA8D;
  --color-brand-400: #6EA175;
  --color-brand-500: #57885F;
  --color-brand-600: #427049;
  --color-brand-700: #2C5835;
  --color-brand-800: #174221;
  --color-brand-900: #022D0E;
}

Tailwind v3 / legacy config

CommonJS theme.extend.colors for JavaScript-config projects.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        brand: {
          '50': '#E0FFE3',
          '100': '#BDECC3',
          '200': '#A5DEAD',
          '300': '#85BA8D',
          '400': '#6EA175',
          '500': '#57885F',
          '600': '#427049',
          '700': '#2C5835',
          '800': '#174221',
          '900': '#022D0E',
          DEFAULT: '#A5DEAD',
          foreground: '#000000',
        },
      },
    },
  },
};

Sass variables

Semantic source, foreground, OKLCH, and scale variables.

$color-primary: #A5DEAD;
$color-on-primary: #000000;
$color-primary-oklch: oklch(84.8478% 0.089466 148.481);
$color-primary-50: #E0FFE3;
$color-primary-100: #BDECC3;
$color-primary-200: #A5DEAD;
$color-primary-300: #85BA8D;
$color-primary-400: #6EA175;
$color-primary-500: #57885F;
$color-primary-600: #427049;
$color-primary-700: #2C5835;
$color-primary-800: #174221;
$color-primary-900: #022D0E;

Modern color-mix()

Static fallbacks followed by OKLab tint and shade declarations.

:root {
  --color-primary: #A5DEAD;
  --color-primary-tint: #A5DEAD;
  --color-primary-tint: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-primary) 72%, white);
  --color-primary-shade: #2C5835;
  --color-primary-shade: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-primary) 82%, black);
}

JSON design data

Source formats, readable text, and the generated scale.

{
    "name": "Soft Very Light Green",
    "hex": "#A5DEAD",
    "rgb": "rgb(165 222 173)",
    "oklch": "oklch(84.8478% 0.089466 148.481)",
    "recommendedText": "#000000",
    "scale": {
        "50": "#E0FFE3",
        "100": "#BDECC3",
        "200": "#A5DEAD",
        "300": "#85BA8D",
        "400": "#6EA175",
        "500": "#57885F",
        "600": "#427049",
        "700": "#2C5835",
        "800": "#174221",
        "900": "#022D0E"
    }
}

Continue the decision

Use #A5DEAD in a complete workflow

Reference values are a starting point. Test the color in its real role, background, states, typography, and surrounding palette before shipping.

Adjust #A5DEAD in Color PickerStart with this exact color and white as the working background for role and accessibility decisions. Build a palette from #A5DEAD in Palette GeneratorUse this exact HEX as the seed for a deterministic, role-based palette. Check #A5DEAD on white in Contrast CheckerStart with this color as the foreground and white as the background, then test the real pair.