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Celadon Bloom Bright
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Celadon Bloom Bright

Green · Hue 145
Metrics
S 84% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.3:1Failon black15.9:1AA
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About this color

Celadon Bloom Bright (#8EF5B9) belongs to the green family — hue 145°, 84% saturation, 76% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-celadon-bloom-bright: #8EF5B9;
  --colorarchive-celadon-bloom-bright-hsl: hsl(145, 84%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-celadon-bloom-bright-rgb: rgb(142, 245, 185);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

CalmingHealingOpen
Common in

Wellness · Meditation Apps · Healthcare

Pairs well with

Soft lavender for serenity, warm cream for organic warmth

Design tip

Perfect for health and wellness interfaces. Light greens reduce visual stress — use for backgrounds in reading-heavy layouts.

Cultural context ▶

Mint and sage greens symbolize healing, tranquility, and renewal. Common in spa and wellness branding.

Color Origins

Green family

The color of growth, currency, and long-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts many of their greens; it was unstable, eating through parchment over centuries. Terre verte (green earth) was used for under-painting flesh in the Italian tradition. Scheele's green (1775) and Paris green, arsenic compounds widely used in the 19th century, killed an unknown number of workers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable.

Across cultures

Green is closely associated with Islam — it appears on the flags of many Muslim-majority nations and on the Green Dome in Medina. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Old Japanese a single word, ao, covered both blue and green; the 'go' traffic light is still officially ao, and since 1973 has been set to a bluish shade of green. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks moved its logo from the original 1971 brown to green in 1987. John Deere's green and yellow has marked its machines for more than a century. U.S. banknotes have been printed in green since the 1860s; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing says no one can say for certain why green was first chosen, but it kept the color for the 1929 small-size notes because the pigment was plentiful, durable, and associated with the government's stable credit. WhatsApp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green. Hospital scrubs were originally white and moved to green and teal; a common explanation is that green hides the green after-images surgeons see on white surfaces after staring at red tissue.

How it reads

Green sits near the peak of the eye's daylight sensitivity — the photopic luminosity curve peaks at 555nm. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful. It carries one of the strongest semantic loads in product design: 'success', 'go', 'natural', 'safe'.

This particular tone

An almost luminous high-key tone — at this saturation and brightness, the color borders on neon. Use sparingly; it overpowers most companions.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #8EF5B9.

  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →
  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Anthropicneutral
    Light Gray · #E8E6DC
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #8EF5B9.

  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →
  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →
  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using green and color in design.

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Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Celadon Pearl Bright
#B4F8D0 · hsl(145, 84%, 84%)
Darker companion
Celadon Silk Bright
#69F2A2 · hsl(145, 84%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Rose Bloom Bright
#F58ED3 · hsl(320, 84%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Lagoon Bloom Bright
#8EF5E4 · hsl(170, 84%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Emerald Bloom Bright
#8EF58E · hsl(120, 84%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Orchid Bloom Bright
#B18EF5 · hsl(260, 84%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Tangerine Bloom Bright
#F5B98E · hsl(25, 84%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Magenta Bloom Bright
#E48EF5 · hsl(290, 84%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Crimson Bloom Bright
#F58E8E · hsl(0, 84%, 76%)
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Base: Celadon Bloom Bright #8EF5B9
Lighter companion: Celadon Pearl Bright #B4F8D0
Darker companion: Celadon Silk Bright #69F2A2
Complementary counterpoint: Rose Bloom Bright #F58ED3
Analogous lead: Lagoon Bloom Bright #8EF5E4
Analogous echo: Emerald Bloom Bright #8EF58E
Triadic +120°: Orchid Bloom Bright #B18EF5
Triadic +240°: Tangerine Bloom Bright #F5B98E
Split-comp +150°: Magenta Bloom Bright #E48EF5
Split-comp +210°: Crimson Bloom Bright #F58E8E

Compare

See how Celadon Bloom Bright compares side by side with related colors.

vsCeladon Pearl BrightvsCeladon Silk BrightvsRose Bloom BrightvsLagoon Bloom BrightvsEmerald Bloom BrightvsOrchid Bloom Bright

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Celadon Bloom Pure
#89FAB8 · hsl(145, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Celadon Bloom Vivid
#95EFBA · hsl(145, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Bloom Bright
#8EF5B1 · hsl(140, 84%, 76%)
Nearby match
Jade Bloom Bright
#8EF5C2 · hsl(150, 84%, 76%)
Nearby match
Celadon Silk Bright
#69F2A2 · hsl(145, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Celadon Pearl Bright
#B4F8D0 · hsl(145, 84%, 84%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.4:1
Rose Shadow Faint
#4F404A
AAA7.6:1
Rose Shadow Muted
#543B4C
AAA7.7:1
Rose Shadow Dust
#5A354E
AAA7.9:1
Rose Shadow Soft
#602F4F
AAA7.9:1
Rose Shadow Clear
#6E2154
AAA7.6:1
Rose Shadow Vivid
#7C1359

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#BDB5CD
Protanopia
#C4C4CA
Tritanopia
#95D6D8
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Celadon Bloom Faint#BCC8C1 · hsl(145, 10%, 76%)Celadon Bloom Muted#B7CDC0 · hsl(145, 18%, 76%)Celadon Bloom Dust#B2D2BF · hsl(145, 26%, 76%)Celadon Bloom Soft#ADD7BE · hsl(145, 34%, 76%)Celadon Bloom Clear#A1E3BC · hsl(145, 54%, 76%)Celadon Bloom Vivid#95EFBA · hsl(145, 74%, 76%)Celadon Bloom Bright#8EF5B9 · hsl(145, 84%, 76%)Celadon Bloom Pure#89FAB8 · hsl(145, 92%, 76%)
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