We're live on Product Hunt!Support us
ColorArchive

A curated color library with 5,000+ algorithmically generated colors. Browse, search, save favorites, and export palette tokens — no account required.

CollectionsFamiliesBrandsRegionsJournalNotesGuidesFree ResourcesConvertColorblindAboutSupportUpdates
Ready for static export
Privacy·Terms·Refunds·Cookies·Commerce Disclosure
colorarchive.org · © 2026 ColorArchive
Skip to content
ColorArchive
ProLog in
ArchiveAll ColorsCollections
Moss Silk Clear
Color detail

Moss Silk Clear

Green · Hue 100
Hex
#9FD981
RGB
rgb(159, 217, 129)
HSL
hsl(100, 54%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(27%, 0%, 41%, 15%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.7:1Fail
on black
12.7:1AA
Save to journalSign in to saveStart palette from thisRecent trail

About this color

Moss Silk Clear (#9FD981) belongs to the green family — hue 100°, 54% 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-clear: #9FD981;
  --colorarchive-moss-silk-clear-hsl: hsl(100, 54%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-moss-silk-clear-rgb: rgb(159, 217, 129);
}

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 the longest-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts 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 and Paris green, both 19th-century arsenic compounds, killed an unknown number of wallpaper-makers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable; the iconic Brunswick green that became British Racing Green dates to the same chemistry.

Across cultures

Green is the dominant color of Islam — the Prophet's banner, the flags of many Muslim-majority nations, the domes of mosques. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Japan, green and blue (ao/midori) were a single concept until recently; traffic 'green lights' there are still a deeper teal-ish shade. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks' green has barely changed since 1971. John Deere has used essentially the same green since 1837 — the longest continuous brand color in commerce. The U.S. dollar is green because of the chemistry of camphor and copper sulfate, not branding. Whatsapp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green; each chose it for a different reason (community, sound, Dutch heritage). Hospital scrubs were originally white but switched to green/teal because surgeons were getting after-image fatigue.

How it reads

Green is the hue the eye is most efficient at parsing — half of all our cone cells are tuned near 555nm. That makes green the easiest color to look at for long periods, which is why it dominates productivity software, 'go' indicators, and reading-friendly UI. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful (Mountain Dew, Slack notifications). It carries one of the strongest semantic loads in product design: 'success', 'go', 'natural', 'safe'.

This particular tone

A confident mid-tone — this is the workhorse register of the hue, and the band where most successful brand colors live.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where most identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: The clear, mid-saturation register is the most common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #9FD981.

  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →
  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Patagoniasecondary
    Sunset Yellow · #F4D54F
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #9FD981.

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

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 Clear
#B7E3A1 · hsl(100, 54%, 76%)
Darker companion
Moss Tone Clear
#87D062 · hsl(100, 54%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Mulberry Silk Clear
#BC81D9 · hsl(280, 54%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Emerald Silk Clear
#81D981 · hsl(120, 54%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Chartreuse Silk Clear
#C3D981 · hsl(75, 54%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Cobalt Silk Clear
#819FD9 · hsl(220, 54%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Garnet Silk Clear
#D9819F · hsl(340, 54%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Violet Silk Clear
#9081D9 · hsl(250, 54%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Peony Silk Clear
#D981CB · hsl(310, 54%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Moss Silk Clear #9FD981
Lighter companion: Moss Bloom Clear #B7E3A1
Darker companion: Moss Tone Clear #87D062
Complementary counterpoint: Mulberry Silk Clear #BC81D9
Analogous lead: Emerald Silk Clear #81D981
Analogous echo: Chartreuse Silk Clear #C3D981
Triadic +120°: Cobalt Silk Clear #819FD9
Triadic +240°: Garnet Silk Clear #D9819F
Split-comp +150°: Violet Silk Clear #9081D9
Split-comp +210°: Peony Silk Clear #D981CB

Compare

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

vsMoss Bloom ClearvsMoss Tone ClearvsMulberry Silk ClearvsEmerald Silk ClearvsChartreuse Silk ClearvsCobalt Silk Clear

Nearest neighbors

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

Search by hex
Nearby match
Moss Tone Clear
#87D062 · hsl(100, 54%, 60%)
Nearby match
Moss Bloom Clear
#B7E3A1 · hsl(100, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Moss Silk Soft
#A4C992 · hsl(100, 34%, 68%)
Nearby match
Moss Silk Vivid
#99EA71 · hsl(100, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Moss Radiant Clear
#75C94A · hsl(100, 54%, 54%)
Nearby match
Lime Silk Clear
#ADD981 · hsl(90, 54%, 68%)

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
AAA7:1
Mulberry Shadow Clear
#54216E
AAA7:1
Mulberry Shadow Vivid
#59137C
AAA7:1
Mulberry Shadow Bright
#5B0B83
AAA8:1
Mulberry Nocturne Faint
#352E38
AAA8.2:1
Mulberry Nocturne Muted
#362A3C
AAA8.4:1
Mulberry Nocturne Dust
#372640

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#B8B3A2
Protanopia
#BBBC9C
Tritanopia
#A3AEB2
Ready to build

Turn these colors into design tokens

ColorArchive Pro includes CSS variables, Figma tokens, Tailwind config, and Procreate swatches — ready to drop into any project.

Upgrade to ProFree downloadView collections

Related colors

More from Green

Search
Moss Ink Faint#232720 · hsl(100, 10%, 14%)Moss Nocturne Faint#31382E · hsl(100, 10%, 20%)Moss Shadow Faint#454F40 · hsl(100, 10%, 28%)Moss Dusk Faint#545F4E · hsl(100, 10%, 34%)Moss Velvet Faint#687660 · hsl(100, 10%, 42%)Moss Core Faint#76876E · hsl(100, 10%, 48%)Moss Radiant Faint#86957E · hsl(100, 10%, 54%)Moss Tone Faint#96A38F · hsl(100, 10%, 60%)