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#2baf01

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

Token name suggestion: Shadow Basil

RGB
43, 175, 1
HSL
106°, 99%, 35%
CMYK
75, 0, 99, 31
Luminance
0.3118

#2baf01 is a dark electric green, 106° on the wheel and 56/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.24:1). As text it scores 2.90:1 on white — use #218601 instead. Nearest name is Lime Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(106 99% 35%)rgb(43 175 1)Base step 800AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2baf01 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2baf01
Hue
106°
green
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
35%
dark
Brightness
69%
HSV value
Perceived
53%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3118
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
56/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
7.24:1
Closest name
Lime Green
ΔE2000 8.2
Chroma
87.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.658
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 9.6
Web-safe
#339900
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue106° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness35%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2baf01.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool56% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red2%
Green98%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#2baf01
HEX (8-digit)#2baf01ff
RGBrgb(43, 175, 1)
RGBArgba(43, 175, 1, 1)
HSLhsl(106, 99%, 35%)
HSV / HSBhsv(106, 99%, 69%)
HWBhwb(106 0% 31%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 0%, 99%, 31%)
LABlab(62.6 -61.1 63.1)
LCHlch(62.6 87.8 134.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.658 0.215 140.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(16.33, 31.17, 5.19)
Decimal2862849
Display P3color(display-p3 0.169 0.686 0.004)
Web-safe#339900

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2baf01;
background-color: #2baf01;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2baf01;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2baf01] bg-[#2baf01]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2baf01;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.169, green: 0.686, blue: 0.004)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.169, green: 0.686, blue: 0.004, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2BAF01</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2BAF01)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2BAF01)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(1, 175, 43)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(43, 175, 1)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(43, 175, 1)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 43, 175, 1)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1686f, 0.6863f, 0.0039f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{43,175,1}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2baf01 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2baf01 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1F7F01, #D9EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2baf01 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: #F4FEF1;
  --brand-100: #E9FCE3;
  --brand-200: #CFFBC0;
  --brand-300: #AAFE8F;
  --brand-400: #80FE58;
  --brand-500: #55FE20;
  --brand-600: #3CF301;
  --brand-700: #32CB01;
  --brand-800: #2baf01;
  --brand-900: #207506;
  --brand-950: #144903;
  --brand: #2baf01;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CBEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #228B01;
  --brand-pressed: #1A6801;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #182414;
    --brand-ink: #D9EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FEF1',
        100: '#E9FCE3',
        200: '#CFFBC0',
        300: '#AAFE8F',
        400: '#80FE58',
        500: '#55FE20',
        600: '#3CF301',
        700: '#32CB01',
        800: '#2baf01',
        900: '#207506',
        950: '#144903',
        DEFAULT: '#2baf01',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FEF1,
  '100': #E9FCE3,
  '200': #CFFBC0,
  '300': #AAFE8F,
  '400': #80FE58,
  '500': #55FE20,
  '600': #3CF301,
  '700': #32CB01,
  '800': #2baf01,
  '900': #207506,
  '950': #144903,
);
$brand-base: #2baf01;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FEF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9FCE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CFFBC0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#AAFE8F", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#80FE58", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#55FE20", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3CF301", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#32CB01", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2baf01", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#207506", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#144903", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #2baf01 · 7.24:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.90:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.24:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #2baf01 as text scores 2.90:1 on white and 7.24:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1F7F01 at 1.77:1.

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
#218601 · 4.69:1
AA on white−8% L
#218601
The quick fox
#186301 · 7.44:1
AAA on white−15% L
#186301
The quick fox
#2baf01 · 7.24:1
AA on blackalready passes
#2baf01
The quick fox
#2baf01 · 7.24:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#2baf01

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #2AAA01 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
#2baf01 on white: 2.90:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2baf01 on black: 7.24:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2baf01 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2baf01.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.90:1AaAa
Slate 502.77:1AaAa
Slate 1002.65:1AaAa
Slate 2002.35:1AaAa
Slate 3001.95:1AaAa
Slate 4001.13:1AaAa
Slate 5001.64:1AaAa
Slate 6002.61:1AaAa
Slate 7003.57:1AaAa
Slate 8005.04:1AaAa
Slate 9006.15:1AaAa
Black7.24:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B49E00
deuteranopia · #A59425
tritanopia · #00A994

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. #2baf01 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FEF1
#E9FCE3
#CFFBC0
#AAFE8F
#80FE58
#55FE20
#3CF301
#32CB01
#2baf01
#207506
#144903
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F4FEF1Darkest = 950 · #144903Text 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 0.054 140.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.086 140.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.129 140.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.168 140.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.198 140.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.215 140.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.215 140.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.203 140.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.181 140.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.151 140.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.119 140.8);
}

Colors that work with #2baf01

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#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#CBEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5E9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#5900B0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1F7F01
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECFFE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#182414
Dark-mode background
Hover#228B01
One step down in lightness
Pressed#1A6801
Two steps down
Disabled#83A878
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#2FC400
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 #2baf01

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 #1F7F01
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #2AAA01

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
  • Weight66/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#8501AF
Analogous left#82AF01
Analogous right#01AF2E
Split-complement 1#2E01AF
Split-complement 2#AF0182
Triadic 1#012BAF
Triadic 2#AF012B
Tetradic#0182AF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°106°

#2baf01 sits at 106°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red16.9%
Green68.6%
Blue0.4%
R · 0–255
43
0x2b
G · 0–255
175
0xaf
B · 0–255
1
0x01

CMYK percentages

Cyan75.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow99.4%
Key (black)31.4%

Total ink coverage is 206%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2baf01 text on a black background

contrast 7.24:1

Card sample

#2baf01 text on a white background

contrast 2.90:1

Card sample

#2baf01 on grey

2.65:1

#2baf01 on its own surface

2.75:1

#2baf01 on its dark surface

5.56:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2baf01;
Background color
Panel with #2baf01 background
background-color: #2baf01;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2baf01;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(43, 175, 1, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(43, 175, 1, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2baf01;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2baf01, #01AF4B);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2baf01, #01AF76);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2baf01;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2baf01;
caret-color: #2baf01;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2baf01;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECFFE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2baf01;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2baf01 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2baf01 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(43, 175, 1, 0.5)
rgb(43 175 1 / 50%)
#2baf0180
hsl(106 99% 35% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2baf01 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2baf011a#EAF7E6
20%#2baf0133#D5EFCC
40%#2baf0166#AADF99
60%#2baf0199#80CF67
80%#2baf01cc#55BF34

Gradients from #2baf01

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, #3AEC01, #2baf01 45%, #1F7F01);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2baf01, #01914A);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2baf01, #8501AF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #48FE0E 0%, #2baf01 45%, #1F7F01 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #BAE201 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #01CD47 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1F7F01 0%, transparent 65%), #2baf01;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2baf01

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.

#2baf01 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 7.24:1.

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.

#2baf01, answered

What color is #2baf01?

#2baf01 is a dark electric green, closest to Lime Green (ΔE2000 8.2). It sits at 106° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 35% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #2baf01?

rgb(43, 175, 1) — 43 red, 175 green and 1 blue out of 255, or 16.9% / 68.6% / 0.4% by channel.

What is #2baf01 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(106, 99%, 35%) and hsv(106, 99%, 69%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2baf01 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3118 and perceived brightness is 53%, so black text on it reaches 7.24:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2baf01?

Black. It scores 7.24:1 against #2baf01, versus 2.90:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #2baf01 accessible on a white background?

#2baf01 on white scores 2.90:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #218601 to reach 4.5:1, or #186301 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #2baf01?

#8501AF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #2E01AF and #AF0182, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2baf01?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CBEDC0 for borders, #5E9B4B for secondary text, #5900B0 as an accent and #1F7F01 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #82AF01 and #01AF2E stays calm, while #8501AF is the loudest partner.

What is #2baf01 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(75%, 0%, 99%, 31%). 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 #2baf01 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 56 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6BAF01; nudged cooler, #00B016.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2baf01?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 9.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2baf01 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2baf01 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2baf01] or text-[#2baf01], 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 #2baf01 with 50% opacity?

rgba(43, 175, 1, 0.5), or #2baf0180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #95D780; over black, #165801.

Is #2baf01 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #339900, ΔE2000 6.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2baf01 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 #2baf01?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #3AEC01, #2baf01 45%, #1F7F01). For more colour, a short hue run to #01914A keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2baf01 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2baf01 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.