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Orderly Verdelite

#91dc91
Notes

Orderly Verdelite (#91DC91) is a soft 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 (120°, 52%, 72%) places it in the balanced band at a light lightness. It works as a background wash, large-area fill, or soft illustration tone. Add a darker ink of the same hue when you need type over it. 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
#91dc91
RGB
rgb(145, 220, 145)
HSL
hsl(120, 52%, 72%)
HWB
hwb(120 57% 14%)
OKLCH
oklch(82.7% 0.127 144.3)
HSV
hsv(120, 34%, 86%)
LAB
lab(81.43% -37.97 29.70)
LCH
lch(81.43% 48.20 141.96)
CMYK
cmyk(34%, 0%, 34%, 14%)

Etymology

Orderly
adjective

Latin ōrdō, order — adjectival suffix -ly. As a color modifier, orderly implies a clear-and-arranged-and-organized quality where the hue carries the visual register of carefully-ordered-and-classified placement. Sits at the crisp-and-orderly end of the grid, parallel to methodical and organized in usage.

Verdelite
noun

A trade synonym for green tourmaline — used to distinguish chromium-rich tourmaline from rubellite (red) and indicolite (blue). Mined principally in Brazil, Mozambique, and Maine. The color refers to a faceted Brazilian verdelite: a saturated, slightly cool deep green with the gem's signature internal warmth.

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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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.

#91dc91
Original
#dfcf8c
Protanopia
#d4c795
Deuteranopia
#89d8c9
Tritanopia
#c7c7c7
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
1.63:1
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
12.85:1

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