HEX atlas value

#8FCD70

#8FCD70 is a cool green HEX color nearest Pistachio. RGB 143, 205, 112, HSL 100° 48% 62%, luminance 0.5067; view contrast and conversions.

green cool earth-tone

#8FCD70 Sample readable text

HEX #8FCD70

RGB rgb(143, 205, 112)

HSL hsl(100 48% 62%)

CMYK cmyk(30, 0, 45, 20)

Luminance 0.5067

Contrast Black 11.13:1White 1.89:1

CSS

--color-8fcd70: #8FCD70;
.background-8fcd70 { background-color: #8FCD70; }
.text-8fcd70 { color: #8FCD70; }

HEX meaning and use

About #8FCD70

#8FCD70 is classified as a cool green value with earth tone visual character. #8FCD70 is visually closest to Pistachio, a named green color with HEX #93C572.

The RGB channels are 143, 205, and 112, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 100deg with 48% 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 natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.5067, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 9.17, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.13:1AA Pass

White text1.89:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8FCD70 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.13:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.89:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#C4E4B4#C4E4B4 · #000000 text · best 15.1:1 Light Green#90EE90 · #000000 text · best 14.82:1 #87E25A#87E25A · #000000 text · best 13.06:1 #BDCD70#BDCD70 · #000000 text · best 12.13:1 #70CD7F#70CD7F · #000000 text · best 10.73:1

Generated Palette

#8FCD70#8FCD70

#AE70CD#AE70CD

#BDCD70#BDCD70

#70CD7F#70CD7F

#C4E4B4#C4E4B4

#5EA63A#5EA63A

Color Harmonies

#AE70CD#AE70CD

#BDCD70#BDCD70

#70CD7F#70CD7F

#708FCD#708FCD

#CD708F#CD708F

Variants

#C4E4B4#C4E4B4

#5EA63A#5EA63A

#87E25A#87E25A

#96B785#96B785

#DAE9D3#DAE9D3

#99FF66#99FF66

Nearest Named Colors

Pistachio#93C572

Dark Sea Green#8FBC8F

Sage Green#9CAF88

Willow Green#A8B88F

Light Green#90EE90

Luminance0.5067

Black text11.13:1AA Pass

White text1.89:1AA 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":"#8FCD70","rgb":[143,205,112],"hsl":[100,48,62],"cmyk":[30,0,45,20],"luminance":0.5067,"contrast":{"black":11.13,"white":1.89}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.13,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.89,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#C4E4B4","hex":"#C4E4B4","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.1,"contrastWhite":1.39,"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":"#87E25A","hex":"#87E25A","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.06,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#BDCD70","hex":"#BDCD70","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.13,"contrastWhite":1.73,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#70CD7F","hex":"#70CD7F","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.73,"contrastWhite":1.96,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","earth tone","earth tone green","Pistachio adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8fcd70.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pistachio.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-sea-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#AE70CD","analogous":["#BDCD70","#70CD7F"],"triadic":["#708FCD","#CD708F"],"tetradic":["#70BDCD","#AE70CD","#CD7F70"],"splitComplementary":["#7F70CD","#CD70BD"],"monochromatic":["#C4E4B4","#8FCD70","#5EA63A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#C4E4B4","dark":"#5EA63A","saturated":"#87E25A","desaturated":"#96B785","pastel":"#DAE9D3","neon":"#99FF66"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pistachio","name":"Pistachio","hex":"#93C572","distance":9.16515138991168},{"slug":"dark-sea-green","name":"Dark Sea Green","hex":"#8FBC8F","distance":35.35533905932738},{"slug":"sage-green","name":"Sage Green","hex":"#9CAF88","distance":40.55859958134649},{"slug":"willow-green","name":"Willow Green","hex":"#A8B88F","distance":45.02221673796171},{"slug":"light-green","name":"Light Green","hex":"#90EE90","distance":45.9782557302906}]

#8FCD70

CSS

About #8FCD70

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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