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Dynamic Aotearoa

#82d787
Notes

Dynamic Aotearoa (#82D787) is a true green with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (124°, 52%, 68%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#82d787
RGB
rgb(130, 215, 135)
HSL
hsl(124, 52%, 68%)
HWB
hwb(124 51% 16%)
OKLCH
oklch(80.5% 0.139 145.5)
HSV
hsv(124, 40%, 84%)
LAB
lab(79.10% -41.95 31.60)
LCH
lch(79.10% 52.52 143.00)
CMYK
cmyk(40%, 0%, 37%, 16%)

Etymology

Dynamic
adjective

From the Greek dynamis, power — used as a color modifier since the late nineteenth century for hues that read as energetic and active. Dynamic red, dynamic orange: the implication is saturation combined with optical motion. Sits at the bright-bucket center alongside vibrant and lively.

Aotearoa
noun

The Māori name for New Zealand — the land of the long white cloud — and the saturated deep green of New Zealand's South Island fjordland and fern understory. Aotearoa refers to a Fiordland forest understory: a saturated, slightly cool deep yellow-green with the matte finish of Cyathea tree-fern foliage.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#82d787
Original
#dac981
Protanopia
#cdc18c
Deuteranopia
#77d3c3
Tritanopia
#bfbfbf
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.75:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
12.02:1

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