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#1dba49

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

Token name suggestion: Shadow Jade

RGB
29, 186, 73
HSL
137°, 73%, 42%
CMYK
84, 0, 61, 27
Luminance
0.3586

#1dba49 is a dark vivid green, 137° on the wheel and 70/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.17:1). As text it scores 2.57:1 on white — use #158534 instead. Nearest name is Lime Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(137 73% 42%)rgb(29 186 73)Base step 700AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #1dba49 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#1dba49
Hue
137°
green
Saturation
73%
vivid
Lightness
42%
dark
Brightness
73%
HSV value
Perceived
57%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3586
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
70/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.17:1
Closest name
Lime Green
ΔE2000 6.5
Chroma
76.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.690
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 3.6
Web-safe
#33CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue137° of 360°
Saturation73%
Lightness42%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #1dba49.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool70% 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
Red1%
Green98%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#1dba49
HEX (8-digit)#1dba49ff
RGBrgb(29, 186, 73)
RGBArgba(29, 186, 73, 1)
HSLhsl(137, 73%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(137, 84%, 73%)
HWBhwb(137 11% 27%)
CMYKcmyk(84%, 0%, 61%, 27%)
LABlab(66.4 -61.5 45.6)
LCHlch(66.4 76.6 143.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.690 0.197 147.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(19.27, 35.86, 12.21)
Decimal1948233
Display P3color(display-p3 0.114 0.729 0.286)
Web-safe#33CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #1dba49;
background-color: #1dba49;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #1dba49;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#1dba49] bg-[#1dba49]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #1dba49;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.114, green: 0.729, blue: 0.286)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.114, green: 0.729, blue: 0.286, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#1DBA49</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF1DBA49)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF1DBA49)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(73, 186, 29)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(29, 186, 73)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(29, 186, 73)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 29, 186, 73)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1137f, 0.7294f, 0.2863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{29,186,73}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #1dba49 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #1dba49 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#116E2B, #D3EEDA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #1dba49 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: #F3FCF5;
  --brand-100: #E7F8EC;
  --brand-200: #C9F3D4;
  --brand-300: #9EF0B5;
  --brand-400: #6DE890;
  --brand-500: #3DE16B;
  --brand-600: #21D453;
  --brand-700: #1dba49;
  --brand-800: #168D37;
  --brand-900: #14662B;
  --brand-950: #0D401B;
  --brand: #1dba49;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C0EDCC;
  --brand-hover: #189B3D;
  --brand-pressed: #137C31;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142418;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCF5',
        100: '#E7F8EC',
        200: '#C9F3D4',
        300: '#9EF0B5',
        400: '#6DE890',
        500: '#3DE16B',
        600: '#21D453',
        700: '#1dba49',
        800: '#168D37',
        900: '#14662B',
        950: '#0D401B',
        DEFAULT: '#1dba49',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCF5,
  '100': #E7F8EC,
  '200': #C9F3D4,
  '300': #9EF0B5,
  '400': #6DE890,
  '500': #3DE16B,
  '600': #21D453,
  '700': #1dba49,
  '800': #168D37,
  '900': #14662B,
  '950': #0D401B,
);
$brand-base: #1dba49;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7F8EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C9F3D4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9EF0B5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6DE890", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3DE16B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#21D453", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1dba49", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#168D37", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#14662B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0D401B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #1dba49 · 8.17:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.57:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.17:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #1dba49 as text scores 2.57:1 on white and 8.17:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #116E2B at 2.48:1.

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
#158534 · 4.73:1
AA on white−12% L
#158534
The quick fox
#106628 · 7.11:1
AAA on white−19% L
#106628
The quick fox
#1dba49 · 8.17:1
AA on blackalready passes
#1dba49
The quick fox
#1dba49 · 8.17:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#1dba49

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #1AA942 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
#1dba49 on white: 2.57:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#1dba49 on black: 8.17:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #1dba49 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #1dba49.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.57:1AaAa
Slate 502.46:1AaAa
Slate 1002.35:1AaAa
Slate 2002.08:1AaAa
Slate 3001.73:1AaAa
Slate 4001.00:1AaAa
Slate 5001.85:1AaAa
Slate 6002.95:1AaAa
Slate 7004.03:1AaAa
Slate 8005.69:1AaAa
Slate 9006.95:1AaAa
Black8.17:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BCA83D
deuteranopia · #AC9D53
tritanopia · #00B6A2

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. #1dba49 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.

#F3FCF5
#E7F8EC
#C9F3D4
#9EF0B5
#6DE890
#3DE16B
#21D453
#1dba49
#168D37
#14662B
#0D401B
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F3FCF5Darkest = 950 · #0D401BText 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 0.049 147.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.079 147.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.118 147.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.154 147.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.181 147.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.197 147.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.197 147.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.185 147.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.166 147.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.138 147.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.108 147.0);
}

Colors that work with #1dba49

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#C0EDCC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B61
Captions on the surface
Accent#BE19B9
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#116E2B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9FCEE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142418
Dark-mode background
Hover#189B3D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#137C31
Two steps down
Disabled#90B89B
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#14D84B
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #1dba49

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 #116E2B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #1AA942

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight58/100
  • 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#BA1D8E
Analogous left#40BA1D
Analogous right#1DBA98
Split-complement 1#981DBA
Split-complement 2#BA1D40
Triadic 1#491DBA
Triadic 2#BA491D
Tetradic#1D40BA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°137°

#1dba49 sits at 137°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red11.4%
Green72.9%
Blue28.6%
R · 0–255
29
0x1d
G · 0–255
186
0xba
B · 0–255
73
0x49

CMYK percentages

Cyan84.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow60.8%
Key (black)27.1%

Total ink coverage is 172%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#1dba49 text on a black background

contrast 8.17:1

Card sample

#1dba49 text on a white background

contrast 2.57:1

Card sample

#1dba49 on grey

2.35:1

#1dba49 on its own surface

2.43:1

#1dba49 on its dark surface

6.31:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #1dba49;
Background color
Panel with #1dba49 background
background-color: #1dba49;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #1dba49;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(29, 186, 73, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(29, 186, 73, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #1dba49;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1dba49, #1DBAB2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1dba49, #1D9BBA);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #1dba49;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #1dba49;
caret-color: #1dba49;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #1dba49;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9FCEE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #1dba49;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#1dba49 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #1dba49 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(29, 186, 73, 0.5)
rgb(29 186 73 / 50%)
#1dba4980
hsl(137 73% 42% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #1dba49 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#1dba491a#E8F8ED
20%#1dba4933#D2F1DB
40%#1dba4966#A5E3B6
60%#1dba4999#77D692
80%#1dba49cc#4AC86D

Gradients from #1dba49

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, #35DF65, #1dba49 45%, #116E2B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #1dba49, #199CA0);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1dba49, #BA1D8E);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #4FE479 0%, #1dba49 45%, #116E2B 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%, #62DE2C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #21D5BC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #116E2B 0%, transparent 65%), #1dba49;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #1dba49

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.

#1dba49 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 8.17:1.

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.

#1dba49, answered

What color is #1dba49?

#1dba49 is a dark vivid green, closest to Lime Green (ΔE2000 6.5). It sits at 137° on the hue wheel with 73% saturation and 42% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #1dba49?

rgb(29, 186, 73) — 29 red, 186 green and 73 blue out of 255, or 11.4% / 72.9% / 28.6% by channel.

What is #1dba49 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(137, 73%, 42%) and hsv(137, 84%, 73%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #1dba49 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3586 and perceived brightness is 57%, so black text on it reaches 8.17:1.

Should I use black or white text on #1dba49?

Black. It scores 8.17:1 against #1dba49, versus 2.57:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #1dba49 accessible on a white background?

#1dba49 on white scores 2.57:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #158534 to reach 4.5:1, or #106628 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #1dba49?

#BA1D8E sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #981DBA and #BA1D40, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #1dba49?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C0EDCC for borders, #4B9B61 for secondary text, #BE19B9 as an accent and #116E2B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #40BA1D and #1DBA98 stays calm, while #BA1D8E is the loudest partner.

What is #1dba49 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(84%, 0%, 61%, 27%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #1dba49 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 70 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #2BBA1D; nudged cooler, #1BBC83.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #1dba49?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 3.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #1dba49 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #1dba49 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#1dba49] or text-[#1dba49], 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 #1dba49 with 50% opacity?

rgba(29, 186, 73, 0.5), or #1dba4980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #8EDDA4; over black, #0F5D25.

Is #1dba49 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CC33, ΔE2000 6.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #1dba49 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 #1dba49?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #35DF65, #1dba49 45%, #116E2B). For more colour, a short hue run to #199CA0 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #1dba49 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #1dba49 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.