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Moss Silk Pure
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Moss Silk Pure

Green · Hue 100
Metrics
S 92% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.3:1Failon black15.9:1AA
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About this color

Moss Silk Pure (#94F862) belongs to the green family — hue 100°, 92% 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-moss-silk-pure: #94F862;
  --colorarchive-moss-silk-pure-hsl: hsl(100, 92%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-moss-silk-pure-rgb: rgb(148, 248, 98);
}

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 #94F862.

  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →
  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Supabaseprimary
    Supabase Green · #3ECF8E
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #94F862.

  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →
  • China (Traditional)Celadon (青瓷)
    #9CB48F · Song Dynasty Longquan kilns
    →
  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →

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 PalettesColor TheoryColor in Craft and Artisan Design: Working with Material Constraints

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
Moss Bloom Pure
#AFFA89 · hsl(100, 92%, 76%)
Darker companion
Moss Tone Pure
#7AF73B · hsl(100, 92%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Mulberry Silk Pure
#C662F8 · hsl(280, 92%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Emerald Silk Pure
#62F862 · hsl(120, 92%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Chartreuse Silk Pure
#D3F862 · hsl(75, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Cobalt Silk Pure
#6294F8 · hsl(220, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Garnet Silk Pure
#F86294 · hsl(340, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Violet Silk Pure
#7B62F8 · hsl(250, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Peony Silk Pure
#F862DF · hsl(310, 92%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Moss Silk Pure #94F862
Lighter companion: Moss Bloom Pure #AFFA89
Darker companion: Moss Tone Pure #7AF73B
Complementary counterpoint: Mulberry Silk Pure #C662F8
Analogous lead: Emerald Silk Pure #62F862
Analogous echo: Chartreuse Silk Pure #D3F862
Triadic +120°: Cobalt Silk Pure #6294F8
Triadic +240°: Garnet Silk Pure #F86294
Split-comp +150°: Violet Silk Pure #7B62F8
Split-comp +210°: Peony Silk Pure #F862DF

Compare

See how Moss Silk Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsMoss Bloom PurevsMoss Tone PurevsMulberry Silk PurevsEmerald Silk PurevsChartreuse Silk PurevsCobalt Silk Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Moss Silk Bright
#97F269 · hsl(100, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Moss Tone Pure
#7AF73B · hsl(100, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Moss Bloom Pure
#AFFA89 · hsl(100, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Moss Silk Vivid
#99EA71 · hsl(100, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Moss Tone Bright
#7CEF43 · hsl(100, 84%, 60%)
Nearby match
Moss Bloom Bright
#B1F58E · hsl(100, 84%, 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
AAA7.2:1
Mulberry Dusk Clear
#662886
AAA7.2:1
Mulberry Dusk Vivid
#6C1797
AAA7.1:1
Mulberry Dusk Bright
#6F0EA0
AAA7.4:1
Mulberry Shadow Faint
#4A404F
AAA7.7:1
Mulberry Shadow Muted
#4C3B54
AAA8:1
Mulberry Shadow Dust
#4E355A

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#C2BAA3
Protanopia
#C8C899
Tritanopia
#9BB7BD
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Moss Silk Faint#ABB6A5 · hsl(100, 10%, 68%)Moss Silk Muted#A9BC9F · hsl(100, 18%, 68%)Moss Silk Dust#A6C398 · hsl(100, 26%, 68%)Moss Silk Soft#A4C992 · hsl(100, 34%, 68%)Moss Silk Clear#9FD981 · hsl(100, 54%, 68%)Moss Silk Vivid#99EA71 · hsl(100, 74%, 68%)Moss Silk Bright#97F269 · hsl(100, 84%, 68%)Moss Silk Pure#94F862 · hsl(100, 92%, 68%)
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