Aloe Tip

#8a9480

Duller, balanced green with airy olive tip

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About Aloe Tip

Aloe Tip sits somewhere between dusty and alive. It's got enough green showing through to feel botanical, but the gray's doing real work, keeping it from ever reading as fresh or saturated. Where Backyard leans warmer and disappears into beige-land, this one holds its own without trying. It's the shade that looks better at actual scale than in a swatch, the kind of green that lands steadier on screen than you'd expect.

Use it on product interfaces, content platforms, and internal tools where you want green that feels natural but doesn't scream for attention. It pairs cleanly with warm neutrals and stone without requiring perfect lighting conditions to work. Cooler and grayer than , but with enough saturation that it won't flatten next to cool grays the way does. Type reads cleanly over it, logos don't disappear, and it settles into long layouts without fatiguing.

Test it against both your warm and cool grays before committing. It's got more restraint than its neighbors, not fighting for presence, not trying to vanish. The real strength here is that it actually stays put.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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3.17:1FailAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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2.91:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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5.59:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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6.63:1AAAAA Large

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