Closest web-safe match: #999966

Color Details and Palettes for #93AA6C

Details about the color Green Tea Mochi#93AA6C

Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.

Lime family Cool WCAG ink: dark
HEX #93AA6C RGB rgb(147, 170, 108) HSL hsl(82, 27%, 55%) CMYK cmyk(14%, 0%, 36%, 33%)

Color profile

About Color Hex #93AA6C

#93AA6C is a cool color from the Lime family, closest in name to “Green Tea Mochi”. In RGB it is rgb(147, 170, 108); in HSL, hsl(82, 27%, 55%).

The color Green Tea Mochi, with hexadecimal code #93aa6c, resides within the green color family, the hue most connected to nature, growth, and renewal. Green soothes the eye more than any other color, making it ideal for wellness, sustainability, and financial brands. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Softness, Delicacy, Calmness, Relaxation and Friendliness. Green is often linked to nature and growth universally, and in some cultures, it symbolizes fertility, renewal, and even immortality. In Islam, green holds significant religious meaning. At just 27% saturation, this near-neutral shade carries only a subtle hint of its underlying hue, making it versatile for large surfaces and professional contexts. With a mid-range lightness of 55%, it offers excellent versatility—readable as text on light backgrounds and visible as an element on dark ones. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Softness, Delicacy, Calmness, Relaxation, or Friendliness. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.

Key facts

RGB 147, 170, 108 red · green · blue HSL 82° 27% 55% hue · sat · light HSV 82° 36% 67% design-app pickers CMYK 14 0 36 33 print inks, % Luminance 0.360 0 dark → 1 light On black 8.21:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio On white 2.56:1 ✕ AA contrast ratio Web-safe #999966 closest web-safe Best text black ideal foreground Character Vivid cool · lime family

The story of this color

History, Usage, Psychology & Design Ideas for #93AA6C

Green Tea Mochi (#93AA6C) belongs to the Lime color family.

With moderate saturation and balanced lightness, this muted tone feels sophisticated and understated. Muted hues like this excel in editorial design, professional portfolios, and interior spaces that seek calm refinement.

Historical Background

Lime green emerged as a popular color in the mid-20th century, fueled by psychedelic art and pop culture. The color takes its name from the citrus fruit, and its bright, acidic quality made it a staple of 1960s mod fashion and 1990s rave culture. In nature, lime green appears in new spring foliage, signaling the first stages of growth after winter dormancy.

Design & Usage Tips

Lime green projects youthful energy and works well for sports, fitness, and tech brands targeting younger demographics. It pairs effectively with dark purple or navy for bold complementary schemes, or with white for a fresh, clean look. Use lime sparingly as an accent—it can overwhelm when used as a dominant color.

Sitting on the cool side of the spectrum (hue 82°), it promotes a feeling of calm distance and intellectual clarity, which is why cool hues dominate corporate identities, healthcare design, and productivity tools. At 27% saturation, the color has a muted, sophisticated quality that pairs well with bolder accents. It works as a background, a border, or a secondary element in layered compositions.

Psychological Impact

Lime stimulates vitality, freshness, and excitement. It sits at the boundary of yellow's optimism and green's natural calm, creating a unique sense of dynamic growth. Lime is particularly effective in contexts where energy and eco-consciousness intersect.

With a mid-range lightness of 55%, this tone is highly versatile: dark enough to serve as body text on white, yet light enough to stand out on charcoal or navy backgrounds.

Creative Design Ideas

Use lime as a highlight color for progress bars, success states, and achievement badges in gamified interfaces. Combine lime with matte black for an electric, high-tech brand identity. In packaging, lime accents on white suggest organic freshness—ideal for health drinks and snack brands.

Every format

#93AA6C Color Conversions

Every way to write Green Tea Mochi — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.

12 formats
HEX Web
#93AA6C

Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.

RGB Screen
rgb(147, 170, 108)

RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.

HSL Web
hsl(82, 27%, 55%)

HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.

HSV HSB Design
hsv(82, 36%, 67%)

HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.

HWB CSS 4
hwb(82 42% 33%)

HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.

CMYK Print
cmyk(14%, 0%, 36%, 33%)

CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.

OKLCH Modern
oklch(70.50% 0.089 125.17)

OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.

OKLab Modern
oklab(70.50% -0.051 0.073)

OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.

CIELAB L*a*b* Perceptual
L: 66.55, a: -18.76, b: 29.38

CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.

LCH Perceptual
L: 66.55, C: 34.86, H: 122.56

LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.

XYZ CIE Science
X: 29.11, Y: 36.04, Z: 19.61

CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.

Decimal int Code
9677420

The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.

Channel breakdown

RGB Color Percentages for #93AA6C

How much red, green and blue light mixes into Green Tea Mochi.

Red 147/255 34.6% Green 170/255 40.0% Blue 108/255 25.4%

Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Green Tea Mochi.

Ink coverage

CMYK Ink Levels & Print Guide for #93AA6C

Ink needed to reproduce Green Tea Mochi in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Yellow.

14% CYAN 0% MAGENTA 36% YELLOW 33% KEY

Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.

Accessibility · WCAG

Luminance & Contrast for #93AA6C

How bright Green Tea Mochi is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.

Relative luminance 0.360
0 · dark1 · light

Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)

Aa Black text 8.21:1 ✓ AA ✓ AAA ✓ Large
Aa White text 2.56:1 ✕ AA ✕ AAA ✕ Large

Developer shortcuts

Quick CSS Snippets for #93AA6C

Copy-and-paste CSS for Green Tea Mochi — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.

green-tea-mochi.css
background-color: #93AA6C;
color: #93AA6C;
border: 2px solid #93AA6C;
background-color: rgb(147, 170, 108);
background-color: hsl(82, 27%, 55%);
--color: #93AA6C;

Shades · light to dark

#93AA6C Monochrome Palette

Lighter and darker steps of Green Tea Mochi — the color's full brightness range in one strip.

#F4F7F0
#E4EADA
#D4DDC4
#C4D0AE
#B3C498
#A3B782
#93AA6C
#7D915C
#67774C
#515E3B
#3B442B
#252B1B
#0F110B

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Harmony · 180° apart

#93AA6C Complementary Palette

Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.

#93AA6C
#846DAB

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Harmony · adjacent hues

#93AA6C Analogic Palette

Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.

#93AA6C
#76AB6D
#ABA36D
#6DAB84
#AB846D
#6DABA3
#AB6D76

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Harmony · 120° apart

#93AA6C Triadic Palette

Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.

#93AA6C
#6D95AB
#AB6D95

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Harmony · 90° apart

#93AA6C Quad Palette

Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.

#93AA6C
#6DABA3
#846DAB
#AB6D76

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Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulation for #93AA6C

How Green Tea Mochi reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.

#93AA6C
#9C9A7F
#9D9D7B
#948789
#A1A1A1
Normal vision full color Deuteranopia green weakness ✓ Friendly Protanopia red weakness ✓ Friendly Tritanopia blue-yellow weakness ✓ Friendly Achromatopsia total color blindness ✕ Not friendly

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Harmony overview

Color Harmonies for #93AA6C

The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.

#846DAB
#76AB6D
#6D95AB
#6DABA3
Complementary opposite hue Analogous adjacent hue Triadic 120° apart Tetradic (Quad) 90° apart

Perceptually nearby

#93AA6C Nearby Colors

A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.

Around the Gills#AABB77
Vitality#889955
Zucchini Noodles#BBCC88
Moss Gardens#778855
Green Tea Mochi#88AA66
Forester#99AA77
Lush Fields#88AA77
Gallant Green#99AA66

From the color-name library

Colors Similar to #93AA6C

The closest named colors to #93AA6C — same mood, each with its own character.

Green Tea Mochi#90A96E
Gallant Green#99AA66
Matcha Mecha#9FAF6C
Buckingham Gardens#89A068
Sage#87AE73
Around the Gills#A1B670
Estragon#A5AF76
Lush Fields#88AA77
Succulent Greenhouse#8BA477
Forester#9AA77C
Broccoli#87B364
Garden of Eden#7FA771

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Inspiration

Explore Vibrant Images Featuring Green Tea Mochi (#93aa6c)

Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Green Tea Mochi — hover any tile to download it or view the original.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions about #93AA6C

#93AA6C is a cool color from the Lime family. Its closest matched name is “Green Tea Mochi”, matched perceptually with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula. In RGB it is rgb(147, 170, 108); in HSL, hsl(82, 27%, 55%).
In RGB, #93AA6C is rgb(147, 170, 108); in HSL it is hsl(82, 27%, 55%); and in CMYK — the model used for print — it is cmyk(14%, 0%, 36%, 33%).
#93AA6C has a contrast ratio of 8.21:1 against black and 2.56:1 against white. For readability, black body text meets the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 on it, while white does not.
The direct complement of #93AA6C is #846DAB (opposite on the color wheel). For ready-made combinations, this page includes monochrome, analogous, triadic and tetradic palettes built from #93AA6C in the palette sections above.