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Moss Silk Pure
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Moss Silk Pure

Green · Hue 100
Hex
#94F862
RGB
rgb(148, 248, 98)
HSL
hsl(100, 92%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(40%, 0%, 60%, 3%)
Metrics
S 92% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.3:1Fail
on black
15.9:1AA
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About this color

Moss Silk Pure (#94F862) belongs to the green family — hue 100°, 92% 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-pure: #94F862;
  --colorarchive-moss-silk-pure-hsl: hsl(100, 92%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-moss-silk-pure-rgb: rgb(148, 248, 98);
}

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 vivid mid-tone — distinctive enough to anchor an identity, saturated enough to demand a quiet supporting palette.

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: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #94F862.

  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →
  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Supabaseprimary
    Supabase Green · #3ECF8E
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #94F862.

  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →
  • China (Traditional)Celadon (青瓷)
    #9CB48F · Song Dynasty Longquan kilns
    →
  • 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 Pure
#AFFA89 · hsl(100, 92%, 76%)
Darker companion
Moss Tone Pure
#7AF73B · hsl(100, 92%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Mulberry Silk Pure
#C662F8 · hsl(280, 92%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Emerald Silk Pure
#62F862 · hsl(120, 92%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Chartreuse Silk Pure
#D3F862 · hsl(75, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Cobalt Silk Pure
#6294F8 · hsl(220, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Garnet Silk Pure
#F86294 · hsl(340, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Violet Silk Pure
#7B62F8 · hsl(250, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Peony Silk Pure
#F862DF · hsl(310, 92%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Moss Silk Pure #94F862
Lighter companion: Moss Bloom Pure #AFFA89
Darker companion: Moss Tone Pure #7AF73B
Complementary counterpoint: Mulberry Silk Pure #C662F8
Analogous lead: Emerald Silk Pure #62F862
Analogous echo: Chartreuse Silk Pure #D3F862
Triadic +120°: Cobalt Silk Pure #6294F8
Triadic +240°: Garnet Silk Pure #F86294
Split-comp +150°: Violet Silk Pure #7B62F8
Split-comp +210°: Peony Silk Pure #F862DF

Compare

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

vsMoss Bloom PurevsMoss Tone PurevsMulberry Silk PurevsEmerald Silk PurevsChartreuse Silk PurevsCobalt Silk Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Moss Silk Bright
#97F269 · hsl(100, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Moss Tone Pure
#7AF73B · hsl(100, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Moss Bloom Pure
#AFFA89 · hsl(100, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Moss Silk Vivid
#99EA71 · hsl(100, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Moss Tone Bright
#7CEF43 · hsl(100, 84%, 60%)
Nearby match
Moss Bloom Bright
#B1F58E · hsl(100, 84%, 76%)

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
AAA7.2:1
Mulberry Dusk Clear
#662886
AAA7.2:1
Mulberry Dusk Vivid
#6C1797
AAA7.1:1
Mulberry Dusk Bright
#6F0EA0
AAA7.4:1
Mulberry Shadow Faint
#4A404F
AAA7.7:1
Mulberry Shadow Muted
#4C3B54
AAA8:1
Mulberry Shadow Dust
#4E355A

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#C2BAA3
Protanopia
#C8C899
Tritanopia
#9BB7BD
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