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Celadon Bloom Vivid
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Celadon Bloom Vivid

Green · Hue 145
Metrics
S 74% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.4:1Failon black15.3:1AA
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About this color

Celadon Bloom Vivid (#95EFBA) belongs to the green family — hue 145°, 74% 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-vivid: #95EFBA;
  --colorarchive-celadon-bloom-vivid-hsl: hsl(145, 74%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-celadon-bloom-vivid-rgb: rgb(149, 239, 186);
}

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 #95EFBA.

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

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #95EFBA.

  • 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.

UI DesignColor in Financial UI: Trust, Data Visualization, and the Red/Green ConventionColor History1970s Earth Tone Colors: Harvest Gold, Avocado Green & Burnt Orange PalettesUI DesignDark Mode Color Design: Beyond Inverting Your Palette

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 Vivid
#B8F4D1 · hsl(145, 74%, 84%)
Darker companion
Celadon Silk Vivid
#71EAA3 · hsl(145, 74%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Rose Bloom Vivid
#EF95D1 · hsl(320, 74%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Lagoon Bloom Vivid
#95EFE0 · hsl(170, 74%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Emerald Bloom Vivid
#95EF95 · hsl(120, 74%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Orchid Bloom Vivid
#B395EF · hsl(260, 74%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Tangerine Bloom Vivid
#EFBA95 · hsl(25, 74%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Magenta Bloom Vivid
#E095EF · hsl(290, 74%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Crimson Bloom Vivid
#EF9595 · hsl(0, 74%, 76%)
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Base: Celadon Bloom Vivid #95EFBA
Lighter companion: Celadon Pearl Vivid #B8F4D1
Darker companion: Celadon Silk Vivid #71EAA3
Complementary counterpoint: Rose Bloom Vivid #EF95D1
Analogous lead: Lagoon Bloom Vivid #95EFE0
Analogous echo: Emerald Bloom Vivid #95EF95
Triadic +120°: Orchid Bloom Vivid #B395EF
Triadic +240°: Tangerine Bloom Vivid #EFBA95
Split-comp +150°: Magenta Bloom Vivid #E095EF
Split-comp +210°: Crimson Bloom Vivid #EF9595

Compare

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

vsCeladon Pearl VividvsCeladon Silk VividvsRose Bloom VividvsLagoon Bloom VividvsEmerald Bloom VividvsOrchid Bloom Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Celadon Bloom Bright
#8EF5B9 · hsl(145, 84%, 76%)
Nearby match
Seafoam Bloom Vivid
#95EFB3 · hsl(140, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Jade Bloom Vivid
#95EFC2 · hsl(150, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Celadon Silk Vivid
#71EAA3 · hsl(145, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Celadon Pearl Vivid
#B8F4D1 · hsl(145, 74%, 84%)
Nearby match
Celadon Bloom Pure
#89FAB8 · hsl(145, 92%, 76%)

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
AAA7.1:1
Rose Shadow Faint
#4F404A
AAA7.3:1
Rose Shadow Muted
#543B4C
AAA7.5:1
Rose Shadow Dust
#5A354E
AAA7.6:1
Rose Shadow Soft
#602F4F
AAA7.6:1
Rose Shadow Clear
#6E2154
AAA7.3:1
Rose Shadow Vivid
#7C1359

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#BDB6CC
Protanopia
#C3C4C9
Tritanopia
#9BD3D5
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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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