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Emerald Silk Vivid
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Emerald Silk Vivid

Green · Hue 120
Metrics
S 74% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.5:1Failon black13.7:1AA
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About this color

Emerald Silk Vivid (#71EA71) belongs to the green family — hue 120°, 74% saturation, 68% 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-emerald-silk-vivid: #71EA71;
  --colorarchive-emerald-silk-vivid-hsl: hsl(120, 74%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-emerald-silk-vivid-rgb: rgb(113, 234, 113);
}

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

A vivid mid-tone — distinctive enough to anchor an identity, saturated enough to demand a quiet supporting palette.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where many identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

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 #71EA71.

  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →
  • Supabaseprimary
    Supabase Green · #3ECF8E
    →
  • Microsoftprimary
    Xbox Green · #7FBA00
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #71EA71.

  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →
  • China (Traditional)Celadon (青瓷)
    #9CB48F · Song Dynasty Longquan kilns
    →
  • AustraliaReef Turquoise
    #3FBFB9 · Whitsunday lagoons
    →

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
Emerald Bloom Vivid
#95EF95 · hsl(120, 74%, 76%)
Darker companion
Emerald Tone Vivid
#4EE44E · hsl(120, 74%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Fuchsia Silk Vivid
#EA71EA · hsl(300, 74%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Celadon Silk Vivid
#71EAA3 · hsl(145, 74%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Moss Silk Vivid
#99EA71 · hsl(100, 74%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Iris Silk Vivid
#7171EA · hsl(240, 74%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Crimson Silk Vivid
#EA7171 · hsl(0, 74%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Plum Silk Vivid
#AD71EA · hsl(270, 74%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Blush Silk Vivid
#EA71AD · hsl(330, 74%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Emerald Silk Vivid #71EA71
Lighter companion: Emerald Bloom Vivid #95EF95
Darker companion: Emerald Tone Vivid #4EE44E
Complementary counterpoint: Fuchsia Silk Vivid #EA71EA
Analogous lead: Celadon Silk Vivid #71EAA3
Analogous echo: Moss Silk Vivid #99EA71
Triadic +120°: Iris Silk Vivid #7171EA
Triadic +240°: Crimson Silk Vivid #EA7171
Split-comp +150°: Plum Silk Vivid #AD71EA
Split-comp +210°: Blush Silk Vivid #EA71AD

Compare

See how Emerald Silk Vivid compares side by side with related colors.

vsEmerald Bloom VividvsEmerald Tone VividvsFuchsia Silk VividvsCeladon Silk VividvsMoss Silk VividvsIris Silk Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Emerald Silk Bright
#69F269 · hsl(120, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Clover Silk Vivid
#7BEA71 · hsl(115, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Emerald Tone Vivid
#4EE44E · hsl(120, 74%, 60%)
Nearby match
Emerald Bloom Vivid
#95EF95 · hsl(120, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Emerald Silk Pure
#62F862 · hsl(120, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Emerald Silk Clear
#81D981 · hsl(120, 54%, 68%)

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
AAA8.5:1
Fuchsia Nocturne Faint
#382E38
AAA8.6:1
Fuchsia Nocturne Muted
#3C2A3C
AAA8.7:1
Fuchsia Nocturne Dust
#402640
AAA8.8:1
Fuchsia Nocturne Soft
#442244
AAA8.7:1
Fuchsia Nocturne Clear
#4F174F
AAA8.4:1
Fuchsia Nocturne Vivid
#590D59

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#ACA2A2
Protanopia
#B3B49A
Tritanopia
#7BB3B8
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Emerald Silk Faint#A5B6A5 · hsl(120, 10%, 68%)Emerald Silk Muted#9FBC9F · hsl(120, 18%, 68%)Emerald Silk Dust#98C398 · hsl(120, 26%, 68%)Emerald Silk Soft#92C992 · hsl(120, 34%, 68%)Emerald Silk Clear#81D981 · hsl(120, 54%, 68%)Emerald Silk Vivid#71EA71 · hsl(120, 74%, 68%)Emerald Silk Bright#69F269 · hsl(120, 84%, 68%)Emerald Silk Pure#62F862 · hsl(120, 92%, 68%)
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