Spring Green #00FF7F

Spring Green (#00FF7F) is a very light, vivid green with an OKLCH hue of 151°, lightness 0.87 and chroma 0.235. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#00FF7F
RGBrgb(0, 255, 127)
HSLhsl(150, 100%, 50%)
HSVhsv(150, 100%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(100%, 0%, 50%, 0%)
CIE Lablab(88.5 -76.9 47)
OKLCHoklch(0.875 0.235 151)

How Spring Green behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Spring Green shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.35:1 and against black 15.61:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Spring Green

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#d3ffdc · #00ff7f · #00c25f · #009648 · #006c32 · #00451d

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#a5ffdb · #00ff7f · #7de02e · #a4be00 · #aea000 · #ac8400

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#00ff7f · #3dcbd7 · #00b558 · #008992 · #006f33 · #004b50

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00ff7f · #ea56de · #517c5b · #00622d · #00401a · #002109

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#00ff7f · #c6b2c3 · #6d8a73 · #564954 · #062711 · #030003

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f8eef7 · #d0c5ce · #a497a2 · #2c1c2a · #090108 · #00ff7f

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#00ff7f · #d4a9ce · #bd4db4 · #83007c · #3a0037 · #000200

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#ffe9e4 · #00ff7f · #e6b1bb · #b879d3 · #354062 · #04110f

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#00ff7f · #a8b7e7 · #5a74f0 · #930e00 · #430000 · #010011

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#00ff7f · #90bfe2 · #0089cd · #83007c · #331700 · #060006

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#5EFF94 · #83FFA6 · #A0FFB7 · #B7FFC7 · #CCFFD7

Shades

#00D066 · #00A34F · #007938 · #005023 · #002C0F

Muted

#67F794 · #8FEFA8 · #ADE6B9

Using Spring Green

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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