#85EE82 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, bold and ownable. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #85EE82 works with other colors. Named schemes with #85EE82 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Light Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Light Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Light Green sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
This palette keeps Light Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Light Green is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Light Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #85EE82 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #85EE82 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #85EE82;
--color-base-rgb: 133 238 130;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.1% 0.175 143.3);
--color-50: #F1FEF1;
--color-100: #DBFBDA;
--color-200: #B9F5B7;
--color-300: #8AE987;
--color-400: #5ED85A;
--color-500: #3CBD37;
--color-600: #359032;
--color-700: #2B6629;
--color-800: #1F431E;
--color-900: #152914;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-green: {
50: '#F1FEF1',
100: '#DBFBDA',
200: '#B9F5B7',
300: '#8AE987',
400: '#5ED85A',
500: '#3CBD37',
600: '#359032',
700: '#2B6629',
800: '#1F431E',
900: '#152914',
},
}
$base: #85EE82; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F1FEF1; $base-100: #DBFBDA; $base-200: #B9F5B7; $base-300: #8AE987; $base-400: #5ED85A; $base-500: #3CBD37; $base-600: #359032; $base-700: #2B6629; $base-800: #1F431E; $base-900: #152914; $base-hover: #46E541; $base-subtle: #DEF6DD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#85EE82",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F1FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DBFBDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B9F5B7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8AE987",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#5ED85A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#3CBD37",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#359032",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2B6629",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1F431E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#152914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}