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#DCFF78 — Light Vivid Green

#DCFF78 is a green color we call Light Vivid Green, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #DCFF78 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.

#DCFF78 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 #9E7AFF; it also sits naturally between #FFE07A and #99FF7A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCFF78 · RGB 220, 255, 120

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Color values

HEX#DCFF78
RGB220, 255, 120
HSL76°, 100%, 74%
HSV76°, 53%, 100%
CMYK14%, 0%, 53%, 0%
XYZ68.67, 88.09, 31.15
Yxy88.09, 0.3654, 0.4688
CIE-Lab95.20, -30.66, 59.93
Hunter Lab93.86, -29.10, 42.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 100% · Blue 47%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 53% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DCFF78 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DCFF78 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DCFF78

.text { color: #DCFF78; }
.background { background-color: #DCFF78; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCFF78; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 255, 120); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(76, 100%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCFF78; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 255, 120, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCFF78; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 255, 120, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCFF78">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCFF78">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DCFF78

#D2FF57#C9FF33#BFFF0F#ACEB00#92C700#78A300#5E8000#435C00#293800#0F1400

Tints of #DCFF78

#DEFF85#E1FF8F#E5FF9E#E8FFA8#EBFFB3#EDFFBD#F0FFC7#F4FFD6#F7FFE0#FAFFEB

Tones of #DCFF78

#D7F684#D3EC8E#CEE297#CAD9A0#C6D0A9#C1C6B3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9E7AFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.13:1 Fails
Against black text18.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCFF78: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DCFF78

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DCFF78: ·

How #DCFF78 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEB99Deuteranopia · #E9E7A1Tritanopia · #DEB2B8

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:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DCFF78 rather than the exact color:

Palette D2ff72
#D2FF72 · #73EC8B · #54C392 · #15B392
Palette E9f679
#E9F679 · #9BDF46 · #25A55F · #346473
Palette 27e1ce
#27E1CE · #EFFFB7 · #D6EC78 · #FF98DA
Palette E6ee75
#E6EE75 · #DA4949 · #4F1C4C · #0D132A
Palette D0f66a
#D0F66A · #36C186 · #158A8C · #1E5287
Palette 454040
#454040 · #605B51 · #D8D365 · #E6F082

Similar colors

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

#D2FF72#E9F679#D6EC78#E6EE75#D0F66A#E6F082#E8EF72#DAF367#EAF887#DDE87D#F3FE7E#D0F288

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCFF77  ·  #DCFF79 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCFF78?

#DCFF78 is Light Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 220, 255, 120). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCFF78?

#DCFF78 is RGB 220, 255, 120 — HSL 76°, 100%, 74% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 53%, 0%.

What colors go with #DCFF78?

Its complement is #9E7AFF; analogous partners are #FFE07A and #99FF7A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCFF78 for text?

Black text on #DCFF78 has a contrast ratio of 18.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.13:1.