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#03c045

a dark, electric green · cool · closest name: Lime Green

Token name suggestion: Shadow Fern

RGB
3, 192, 69
HSL
141°, 97%, 38%
CMYK
98, 0, 64, 25
Luminance
0.3815

#03c045 is a dark electric green, 141° on the wheel and 71/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.63:1). As text it scores 2.43:1 on white — use #028931 instead. Nearest name is Lime Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(141 97% 38%)rgb(3 192 69)Base step 700AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #03c045 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#03c045
Hue
141°
green
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
38%
dark
Brightness
75%
HSV value
Perceived
58%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3815
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
71/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
8.63:1
Closest name
Lime Green
ΔE2000 4.9
Chroma
81.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.704
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 3.2
Web-safe
#00CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue141° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness38%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #03c045.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool71% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red0%
Green99%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#03c045
HEX (8-digit)#03c045ff
RGBrgb(3, 192, 69)
RGBArgba(3, 192, 69, 1)
HSLhsl(141, 97%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(141, 98%, 75%)
HWBhwb(141 1% 25%)
CMYKcmyk(98%, 0%, 64%, 25%)
LABlab(68.1 -65.4 49.3)
LCHlch(68.1 81.9 143.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.704 0.210 146.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(19.96, 38.15, 11.94)
Decimal245829
Display P3color(display-p3 0.012 0.753 0.271)
Web-safe#00CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #03c045;
background-color: #03c045;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #03c045;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#03c045] bg-[#03c045]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #03c045;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.012, green: 0.753, blue: 0.271)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.012, green: 0.753, blue: 0.271, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#03C045</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF03C045)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF03C045)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(69, 192, 3)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(3, 192, 69)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(3, 192, 69)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 3, 192, 69)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.0118f, 0.7529f, 0.2706f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{3,192,69}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #03c045 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #03c045 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#027E2D, #D3EEDC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #03c045 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FDF6;
  --brand-100: #E4FCEC;
  --brand-200: #C1FBD5;
  --brand-300: #91FDB7;
  --brand-400: #59FC92;
  --brand-500: #22FC6E;
  --brand-600: #04F157;
  --brand-700: #03c045;
  --brand-800: #03A13A;
  --brand-900: #07742D;
  --brand-950: #04481C;
  --brand: #03c045;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C0EDCF;
  --brand-hover: #029D38;
  --brand-pressed: #027A2C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241A;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1FDF6',
        100: '#E4FCEC',
        200: '#C1FBD5',
        300: '#91FDB7',
        400: '#59FC92',
        500: '#22FC6E',
        600: '#04F157',
        700: '#03c045',
        800: '#03A13A',
        900: '#07742D',
        950: '#04481C',
        DEFAULT: '#03c045',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1FDF6,
  '100': #E4FCEC,
  '200': #C1FBD5,
  '300': #91FDB7,
  '400': #59FC92,
  '500': #22FC6E,
  '600': #04F157,
  '700': #03c045,
  '800': #03A13A,
  '900': #07742D,
  '950': #04481C,
);
$brand-base: #03c045;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1FDF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E4FCEC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C1FBD5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#91FDB7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#59FC92", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#22FC6E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#04F157", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#03c045", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#03A13A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#07742D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#04481C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #03c045 · 8.63:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.43:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.63:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #03c045 as text scores 2.43:1 on white and 8.63:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #027E2D at 2.14:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#028931 · 4.54:1
AA on white−11% L
#028931
The quick fox
#026525 · 7.26:1
AAA on white−18% L
#026525
The quick fox
#03c045 · 8.63:1
AA on blackalready passes
#03c045
The quick fox
#03c045 · 8.63:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#03c045

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #03AC3E is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#03c045 on white: 2.43:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#03c045 on black: 8.63:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #03c045 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #03c045.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.43:1AaAa
Slate 502.33:1AaAa
Slate 1002.22:1AaAa
Slate 2001.97:1AaAa
Slate 3001.64:1AaAa
Slate 4001.05:1AaAa
Slate 5001.96:1AaAa
Slate 6003.11:1AaAa
Slate 7004.26:1AaAa
Slate 8006.01:1AaAa
Slate 9007.34:1AaAa
Black8.63:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C3AD36
deuteranopia · #B1A150
tritanopia · #00BBA6

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #03c045 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FDF6
#E4FCEC
#C1FBD5
#91FDB7
#59FC92
#22FC6E
#04F157
#03c045
#03A13A
#07742D
#04481C
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F1FDF6Darkest = 950 · #04481CText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.052 146.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.084 146.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.126 146.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.164 146.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.193 146.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.210 146.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.210 146.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.197 146.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.176 146.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.147 146.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.115 146.8);
}

Colors that work with #03c045

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF6
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDCF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B67
Captions on the surface
Accent#C300AF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#027E2D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FFEF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241A
Dark-mode background
Hover#029D38
One step down in lightness
Pressed#027A2C
Two steps down
Disabled#83B093
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#00D74B
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #03c045

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #027E2D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #03AC3E

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight62/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#C0037E
Analogous left#1FC003
Analogous right#03C0A3
Split-complement 1#A303C0
Split-complement 2#C0031F
Triadic 1#4503C0
Triadic 2#C04503
Tetradic#031FC0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°141°

#03c045 sits at 141°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red1.2%
Green75.3%
Blue27.1%
R · 0–255
3
0x03
G · 0–255
192
0xc0
B · 0–255
69
0x45

CMYK percentages

Cyan98.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow64.1%
Key (black)24.7%

Total ink coverage is 187%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#03c045 text on a black background

contrast 8.63:1

Card sample

#03c045 text on a white background

contrast 2.43:1

Card sample

#03c045 on grey

2.22:1

#03c045 on its own surface

2.30:1

#03c045 on its dark surface

6.65:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #03c045;
Background color
Panel with #03c045 background
background-color: #03c045;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #03c045;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(3, 192, 69, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(3, 192, 69, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #03c045;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #03c045, #03BDC0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #03c045, #038DC0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #03c045;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #03c045;
caret-color: #03c045;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #03c045;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6FFEF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #03c045;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#03c045 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #03c045 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(3, 192, 69, 0.5)
rgb(3 192 69 / 50%)
#03c04580
hsl(141 97% 38% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #03c045 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#03c0451a#E6F9EC
20%#03c04533#CDF2DA
40%#03c04566#9AE6B5
60%#03c04599#68D98F
80%#03c045cc#35CD6A

Gradients from #03c045

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05FB5B, #03c045 45%, #027E2D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #03c045, #0392A2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #03c045, #C0037E);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #23FC6F 0%, #03c045 45%, #027E2D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #3BF204 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #03DECF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #027E2D 0%, transparent 65%), #03c045;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #03c045

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#03c045 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 8.63:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#03c045, answered

What color is #03c045?

#03c045 is a dark electric green, closest to Lime Green (ΔE2000 4.9). It sits at 141° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 38% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #03c045?

rgb(3, 192, 69) — 3 red, 192 green and 69 blue out of 255, or 1.2% / 75.3% / 27.1% by channel.

What is #03c045 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(141, 97%, 38%) and hsv(141, 98%, 75%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #03c045 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3815 and perceived brightness is 58%, so black text on it reaches 8.63:1.

Should I use black or white text on #03c045?

Black. It scores 8.63:1 against #03c045, versus 2.43:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #03c045 accessible on a white background?

#03c045 on white scores 2.43:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #028931 to reach 4.5:1, or #026525 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #03c045?

#C0037E sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A303C0 and #C0031F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #03c045?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C0EDCF for borders, #4B9B67 for secondary text, #C300AF as an accent and #027E2D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #1FC003 and #03C0A3 stays calm, while #C0037E is the loudest partner.

What is #03c045 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(98%, 0%, 64%, 25%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #03c045 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 71 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #06C003; nudged cooler, #01C28B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #03c045?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 3.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #03c045 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #03c045 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#03c045] or text-[#03c045], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #03c045 with 50% opacity?

rgba(3, 192, 69, 0.5), or #03c04580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #81E0A2; over black, #026023.

Is #03c045 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #00CC33, ΔE2000 4.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #03c045 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #03c045?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #05FB5B, #03c045 45%, #027E2D). For more colour, a short hue run to #0392A2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #03c045 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #03c045 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.