#87F389 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 #87F389 works with other colors. Named schemes with #87F389 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 #87F389 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 #87F389 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #87F389;
--color-base-rgb: 135 243 137;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.4% 0.174 144.3);
--color-50: #F0FEF1;
--color-100: #D9FCD9;
--color-200: #B5F8B6;
--color-300: #83ED84;
--color-400: #55DD57;
--color-500: #32C335;
--color-600: #2E9430;
--color-700: #266927;
--color-800: #1D441D;
--color-900: #142A14;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-green: {
50: '#F0FEF1',
100: '#D9FCD9',
200: '#B5F8B6',
300: '#83ED84',
400: '#55DD57',
500: '#32C335',
600: '#2E9430',
700: '#266927',
800: '#1D441D',
900: '#142A14',
},
}
$base: #87F389; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEF1; $base-100: #D9FCD9; $base-200: #B5F8B6; $base-300: #83ED84; $base-400: #55DD57; $base-500: #32C335; $base-600: #2E9430; $base-700: #266927; $base-800: #1D441D; $base-900: #142A14; $base-hover: #42EC44; $base-subtle: #DFF8DF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#87F389",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D9FCD9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B5F8B6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#83ED84",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#55DD57",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#32C335",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#2E9430",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#266927",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1D441D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#142A14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}