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#2cd46d

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

Token name suggestion: Studio Fern

RGB
44, 212, 109
HSL
143°, 66%, 50%
CMYK
79, 0, 49, 17
Luminance
0.4873

#2cd46d is a balanced vivid green, 143° on the wheel and 72/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.75:1). As text it scores 1.95:1 on white — use #1C8846 instead. Nearest name is Lime Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(143 66% 50%)rgb(44 212 109)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2cd46d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2cd46d
Hue
143°
green
Saturation
66%
vivid
Lightness
50%
balanced
Brightness
83%
HSV value
Perceived
66%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4873
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
72/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
10.75:1
Closest name
Lime Green
ΔE2000 6.9
Chroma
74.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.766
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 3.9
Web-safe
#33CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue143° of 360°
Saturation66%
Lightness50%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2cd46d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool72% 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%
Green97%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#2cd46d
HEX (8-digit)#2cd46dff
RGBrgb(44, 212, 109)
RGBArgba(44, 212, 109, 1)
HSLhsl(143, 66%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(143, 79%, 83%)
HWBhwb(143 17% 17%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 0%, 49%, 17%)
LABlab(75.3 -63.4 39.3)
LCHlch(75.3 74.5 148.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.766 0.195 150.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(27.34, 48.72, 22.43)
Decimal2937965
Display P3color(display-p3 0.173 0.831 0.427)
Web-safe#33CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2cd46d;
background-color: #2cd46d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2cd46d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2cd46d] bg-[#2cd46d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2cd46d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.173, green: 0.831, blue: 0.427)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.173, green: 0.831, blue: 0.427, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2CD46D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2CD46D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2CD46D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(109, 212, 44)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(44, 212, 109)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(44, 212, 109)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 44, 212, 109)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1725f, 0.8314f, 0.4275f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{44,212,109}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2cd46d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2cd46d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#166A36, #D3EEDD);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2cd46d 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: #F3FBF6;
  --brand-100: #E8F8EE;
  --brand-200: #CBF1D9;
  --brand-300: #A2ECBE;
  --brand-400: #73E29E;
  --brand-500: #45D97E;
  --brand-600: #2cd46d;
  --brand-700: #23A957;
  --brand-800: #1C8845;
  --brand-900: #186235;
  --brand-950: #0F3E21;
  --brand: #2cd46d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C0EDD1;
  --brand-hover: #25B75E;
  --brand-pressed: #1F994E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241A;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEDD;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FBF6',
        100: '#E8F8EE',
        200: '#CBF1D9',
        300: '#A2ECBE',
        400: '#73E29E',
        500: '#45D97E',
        600: '#2cd46d',
        700: '#23A957',
        800: '#1C8845',
        900: '#186235',
        950: '#0F3E21',
        DEFAULT: '#2cd46d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FBF6,
  '100': #E8F8EE,
  '200': #CBF1D9,
  '300': #A2ECBE,
  '400': #73E29E,
  '500': #45D97E,
  '600': #2cd46d,
  '700': #23A957,
  '800': #1C8845,
  '900': #186235,
  '950': #0F3E21,
);
$brand-base: #2cd46d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FBF6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F8EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CBF1D9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A2ECBE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#73E29E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#45D97E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2cd46d", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#23A957", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1C8845", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#186235", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0F3E21", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #2cd46d · 10.75:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.95:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.75:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #2cd46d as text scores 1.95:1 on white and 10.75:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #166A36 at 3.41:1.

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
#1C8846 · 4.51:1
AA on white−18% L
#1C8846
The quick fox
#146232 · 7.44:1
AAA on white−27% L
#146232
The quick fox
#2cd46d · 10.75:1
AA on blackalready passes
#2cd46d
The quick fox
#2cd46d · 10.75:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#2cd46d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #23AA57 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
#2cd46d on white: 1.95:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2cd46d on black: 10.75:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2cd46d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2cd46d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.95:1AaAa
Slate 501.87:1AaAa
Slate 1001.78:1AaAa
Slate 2001.59:1AaAa
Slate 3001.32:1AaAa
Slate 4001.31:1AaAa
Slate 5002.44:1AaAa
Slate 6003.88:1AaAa
Slate 7005.30:1AaAa
Slate 8007.49:1AaAa
Slate 9009.13:1AaAa
Black10.75:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D5C165
deuteranopia · #C2B474
tritanopia · #00D0BC

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. #2cd46d is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F3FBF6
#E8F8EE
#CBF1D9
#A2ECBE
#73E29E
#45D97E
#2cd46d
#23A957
#1C8845
#186235
#0F3E21
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F3FBF6Darkest = 950 · #0F3E21Text step on white = 800
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 0.049 150.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.078 150.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.117 150.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.152 150.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.180 150.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.195 150.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.195 150.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.183 150.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.164 150.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.137 150.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.107 150.7);
}

Colors that work with #2cd46d

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#F4FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDD1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6A
Captions on the surface
Accent#D927C1
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#166A36
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFBF0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241A
Dark-mode background
Hover#25B75E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#1F994E
Two steps down
Disabled#A9C8B5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#31E376
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 #2cd46d

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
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #166A36
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #23AA57

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 mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight50/100
  • 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#D42C93
Analogous left#3FD42C
Analogous right#2CD4C1
Split-complement 1#C12CD4
Split-complement 2#D42C3F
Triadic 1#6D2CD4
Triadic 2#D46D2C
Tetradic#2C3FD4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°143°

#2cd46d sits at 143°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red17.3%
Green83.1%
Blue42.7%
R · 0–255
44
0x2c
G · 0–255
212
0xd4
B · 0–255
109
0x6d

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow48.6%
Key (black)16.9%

Total ink coverage is 145%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2cd46d text on a black background

contrast 10.75:1

Card sample

#2cd46d text on a white background

contrast 1.95:1

Card sample

#2cd46d on grey

1.78:1

#2cd46d on its own surface

1.85:1

#2cd46d on its dark surface

8.28:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2cd46d;
Background color
Panel with #2cd46d background
background-color: #2cd46d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2cd46d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(44, 212, 109, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(44, 212, 109, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2cd46d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2cd46d, #2CCBD4);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2cd46d, #2CA1D4);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2cd46d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2cd46d;
caret-color: #2cd46d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2cd46d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFBF0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2cd46d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2cd46d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2cd46d 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(44, 212, 109, 0.5)
rgb(44 212 109 / 50%)
#2cd46d80
hsl(143 66% 50% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2cd46d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2cd46d1a#EAFBF0
20%#2cd46d33#D5F6E2
40%#2cd46d66#ABEEC5
60%#2cd46d99#80E5A7
80%#2cd46dcc#56DD8A

Gradients from #2cd46d

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, #5FDE90, #2cd46d 45%, #166A36);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2cd46d, #26A7BB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2cd46d, #D42C93);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #78E4A2 0%, #2cd46d 45%, #166A36 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #71DD56 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #45D9D5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #166A36 0%, transparent 65%), #2cd46d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2cd46d

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.

#2cd46d 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 10.75:1.

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.

#2cd46d, answered

What color is #2cd46d?

#2cd46d is a balanced vivid green, closest to Lime Green (ΔE2000 6.9). It sits at 143° on the hue wheel with 66% saturation and 50% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2cd46d?

rgb(44, 212, 109) — 44 red, 212 green and 109 blue out of 255, or 17.3% / 83.1% / 42.7% by channel.

What is #2cd46d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(143, 66%, 50%) and hsv(143, 79%, 83%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2cd46d a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4873 and perceived brightness is 66%, so black text on it reaches 10.75:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2cd46d?

Black. It scores 10.75:1 against #2cd46d, versus 1.95:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #2cd46d accessible on a white background?

#2cd46d on white scores 1.95:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1C8846 to reach 4.5:1, or #146232 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #2cd46d?

#D42C93 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C12CD4 and #D42C3F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2cd46d?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C0EDD1 for borders, #4B9B6A for secondary text, #D927C1 as an accent and #166A36 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #3FD42C and #2CD4C1 stays calm, while #D42C93 is the loudest partner.

What is #2cd46d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(79%, 0%, 49%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #2cd46d warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 72 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #2CD42F; nudged cooler, #2AD6AC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2cd46d?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 3.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2cd46d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2cd46d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2cd46d] or text-[#2cd46d], 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 #2cd46d with 50% opacity?

rgba(44, 212, 109, 0.5), or #2cd46d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #96EAB6; over black, #166A37.

Is #2cd46d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CC66, ΔE2000 2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2cd46d 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 #2cd46d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #5FDE90, #2cd46d 45%, #166A36). For more colour, a short hue run to #26A7BB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2cd46d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2cd46d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.