HEX atlas value

#85DE5E

#85DE5E is a cool green HEX color nearest Pistachio. RGB 133, 222, 94, HSL 102° 66% 62%, luminance 0.5804; view contrast and conversions.

green cool balanced

#85DE5E Sample readable text

HEX #85DE5E

RGB rgb(133, 222, 94)

HSL hsl(102 66% 62%)

CMYK cmyk(40, 0, 58, 13)

Luminance 0.5804

Contrast Black 12.61:1White 1.67:1

CSS

--color-85de5e: #85DE5E;
.background-85de5e { background-color: #85DE5E; }
.text-85de5e { color: #85DE5E; }

HEX meaning and use

About #85DE5E

#85DE5E is classified as a cool green value with balanced visual character. #85DE5E is visually closest to Pistachio, a named green color with HEX #93C572.

The RGB channels are 133, 222, and 94, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 102deg with 66% saturation and 62% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and botanical and wellness palettes. Its luminance is 0.5804, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 34.94, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.61:1AA Pass

White text1.67:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #85DE5E needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.61:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.67:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#BFEEAA#BFEEAA · #000000 text · best 16.03:1 Light Green#90EE90 · #000000 text · best 14.82:1 #7CF349#7CF349 · #000000 text · best 14.77:1 #C4DE5E#C4DE5E · #000000 text · best 13.96:1 #5EDE78#5EDE78 · #000000 text · best 12.2:1

Generated Palette

#85DE5E#85DE5E

#B85EDE#B85EDE

#C4DE5E#C4DE5E

#5EDE78#5EDE78

#BFEEAA#BFEEAA

#53BA26#53BA26

Color Harmonies

#B85EDE#B85EDE

#C4DE5E#C4DE5E

#5EDE78#5EDE78

#5E85DE#5E85DE

#DE5E85#DE5E85

Variants

#BFEEAA#BFEEAA

#53BA26#53BA26

#7CF349#7CF349

#8DC973#8DC973

#D7EFCD#D7EFCD

#94FF66#94FF66

Nearest Named Colors

Pistachio#93C572

Yellow Green#9ACD32

Light Green#90EE90

Dark Sea Green#8FBC8F

Emerald#50C878

Luminance0.5804

Black text12.61:1AA Pass

White text1.67:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#85DE5E","rgb":[133,222,94],"hsl":[102,66,62],"cmyk":[40,0,58,13],"luminance":0.5804,"contrast":{"black":12.61,"white":1.67}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.61,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.67,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#BFEEAA","hex":"#BFEEAA","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.03,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Light Green","hex":"#90EE90","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.82,"contrastWhite":1.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#7CF349","hex":"#7CF349","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.77,"contrastWhite":1.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C4DE5E","hex":"#C4DE5E","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.96,"contrastWhite":1.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#5EDE78","hex":"#5EDE78","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.2,"contrastWhite":1.72,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","balanced","balanced green","Pistachio adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/85de5e.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pistachio.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/yellow-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B85EDE","analogous":["#C4DE5E","#5EDE78"],"triadic":["#5E85DE","#DE5E85"],"tetradic":["#5EC4DE","#B85EDE","#DE785E"],"splitComplementary":["#785EDE","#DE5EC4"],"monochromatic":["#BFEEAA","#85DE5E","#53BA26"]}

Variants

{"light":"#BFEEAA","dark":"#53BA26","saturated":"#7CF349","desaturated":"#8DC973","pastel":"#D7EFCD","neon":"#94FF66"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pistachio","name":"Pistachio","hex":"#93C572","distance":34.942810419312295},{"slug":"yellow-green","name":"Yellow Green","hex":"#9ACD32","distance":51.633322573702344},{"slug":"light-green","name":"Light Green","hex":"#90EE90","distance":53.637673327615545},{"slug":"dark-sea-green","name":"Dark Sea Green","hex":"#8FBC8F","distance":60.473134530963414},{"slug":"emerald","name":"Emerald","hex":"#50C878","distance":63}]

#85DE5E

CSS

About #85DE5E

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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