Palettes / Colors / #5AF00A

#5AF00A — Vivid Green

#5AF00A is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color LawnGreen (#7CFC00). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lawngreen (#7CFC00) — not an exact match. CSS lawngreen gives you #7CFC00, a different color; use #5AF00A when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#5AF00A is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #9F0AF0; it also sits naturally between #CDF00A and #0AF02C. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 35% · Green 94% · Blue 4%

Cyan 62% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 96% · Key 6%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #5AF00A

.text { color: #5AF00A; }
.background { background-color: #5AF00A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #5AF00A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(90, 240, 10); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(99, 92%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #5AF00A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(90, 240, 10, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #5AF00A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(90, 240, 10, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#5AF00A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#5AF00A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #5AF00A

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #9F0AF0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #5AF00A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #5AF00A

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #5AF00A looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #5AF00A rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #5AF009  ·  #5AF00B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #5AF00A?

#5AF00A is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 90, 240, 10). Its closest standard named color is LawnGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #5AF00A?

#5AF00A is RGB 90, 240, 10 — HSL 99°, 92%, 49% — CMYK 62%, 0%, 96%, 6%.

What colors go with #5AF00A?

Its complement is #9F0AF0; analogous partners are #CDF00A and #0AF02C. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #5AF00A for text?

Black text on #5AF00A has a contrast ratio of 13.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.51:1.