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#2adc21

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

Token name suggestion: Studio Fern

RGB
42, 220, 33
HSL
117°, 74%, 50%
CMYK
81, 0, 85, 14
Luminance
0.5179

#2adc21 is a balanced vivid green, 117° on the wheel and 61/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.36:1). As text it scores 1.85:1 on white — use #1A8814 instead. Nearest name is Lime Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(117 74% 50%)rgb(42 220 33)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2adc21 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2adc21
Hue
117°
green
Saturation
74%
vivid
Lightness
50%
balanced
Brightness
86%
HSV value
Perceived
67%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5179
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
61/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.36:1
Closest name
Lime Green
ΔE2000 3.9
Chroma
101.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.779
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 8.4
Web-safe
#33CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue117° of 360°
Saturation74%
Lightness50%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2adc21.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool61% 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%
Green99%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#2adc21
HEX (8-digit)#2adc21ff
RGBrgb(42, 220, 33)
RGBArgba(42, 220, 33, 1)
HSLhsl(117, 74%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(117, 85%, 86%)
HWBhwb(117 13% 14%)
CMYKcmyk(81%, 0%, 85%, 14%)
LABlab(77.2 -73.6 70.3)
LCHlch(77.2 101.8 136.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.779 0.253 142.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(26.82, 51.79, 10.02)
Decimal2808865
Display P3color(display-p3 0.165 0.863 0.129)
Web-safe#33CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2adc21;
background-color: #2adc21;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2adc21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2adc21] bg-[#2adc21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2adc21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.863, blue: 0.129)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.165, green: 0.863, blue: 0.129, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2ADC21</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2ADC21)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2ADC21)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(33, 220, 42)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(42, 220, 33)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(42, 220, 33)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 42, 220, 33)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1647f, 0.8627f, 0.1294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{42,220,33}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2adc21 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2adc21 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#156F11, #D4EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2adc21 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: #F3FCF3;
  --brand-100: #E8F9E7;
  --brand-200: #CAF3C8;
  --brand-300: #A1F09D;
  --brand-400: #73E96D;
  --brand-500: #44E23C;
  --brand-600: #2adc21;
  --brand-700: #22B11B;
  --brand-800: #1B8E15;
  --brand-900: #186714;
  --brand-950: #0F400C;
  --brand: #2adc21;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C2EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #24BD1C;
  --brand-pressed: #1E9E18;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142414;
    --brand-ink: #D4EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCF3',
        100: '#E8F9E7',
        200: '#CAF3C8',
        300: '#A1F09D',
        400: '#73E96D',
        500: '#44E23C',
        600: '#2adc21',
        700: '#22B11B',
        800: '#1B8E15',
        900: '#186714',
        950: '#0F400C',
        DEFAULT: '#2adc21',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCF3,
  '100': #E8F9E7,
  '200': #CAF3C8,
  '300': #A1F09D,
  '400': #73E96D,
  '500': #44E23C,
  '600': #2adc21,
  '700': #22B11B,
  '800': #1B8E15,
  '900': #186714,
  '950': #0F400C,
);
$brand-base: #2adc21;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F9E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CAF3C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A1F09D", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#73E96D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#44E23C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2adc21", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#22B11B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1B8E15", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#186714", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0F400C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #2adc21 · 11.36:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.85:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.36:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #2adc21 as text scores 1.85:1 on white and 11.36:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #156F11 at 3.43:1.

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
#1A8814 · 4.59:1
AA on white−19% L
#1A8814
The quick fox
#13640F · 7.35:1
AAA on white−27% L
#13640F
The quick fox
#2adc21 · 11.36:1
AA on blackalready passes
#2adc21
The quick fox
#2adc21 · 11.36:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#2adc21

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #21AB1A 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
#2adc21 on white: 1.85:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2adc21 on black: 11.36:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2adc21 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2adc21.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.85:1AaAa
Slate 501.77:1AaAa
Slate 1001.69:1AaAa
Slate 2001.50:1AaAa
Slate 3001.25:1AaAa
Slate 4001.39:1AaAa
Slate 5002.57:1AaAa
Slate 6004.10:1AaAa
Slate 7005.60:1AaAa
Slate 8007.91:1AaAa
Slate 9009.66:1AaAa
Black11.36:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E1C600
deuteranopia · #CFBA3C
tritanopia · #00D5BB

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. #2adc21 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.

#F3FCF3
#E8F9E7
#CAF3C8
#A1F09D
#73E96D
#44E23C
#2adc21
#22B11B
#1B8E15
#186714
#0F400C
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F3FCF3Darkest = 950 · #0F400CText 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 0.063 142.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.101 142.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.152 142.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.197 142.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.232 142.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.253 142.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.253 142.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.238 142.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.212 142.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.177 142.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.139 142.3);
}

Colors that work with #2adc21

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#F5FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C2EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4E9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A61CE1
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#156F11
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFCE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142414
Dark-mode background
Hover#24BD1C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#1E9E18
Two steps down
Disabled#A8C7A7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#2FEC25
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 #2adc21

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 #156F11
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #21AB1A

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
  • 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#D321DC
Analogous left#88DC21
Analogous right#21DC75
Split-complement 1#7521DC
Split-complement 2#DC2188
Triadic 1#212ADC
Triadic 2#DC212A
Tetradic#2188DC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°117°

#2adc21 sits at 117°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green86.3%
Blue12.9%
R · 0–255
42
0x2a
G · 0–255
220
0xdc
B · 0–255
33
0x21

CMYK percentages

Cyan80.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow85.0%
Key (black)13.7%

Total ink coverage is 180%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2adc21 text on a black background

contrast 11.36:1

Card sample

#2adc21 text on a white background

contrast 1.85:1

Card sample

#2adc21 on grey

1.69:1

#2adc21 on its own surface

1.75:1

#2adc21 on its dark surface

8.79:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2adc21;
Background color
Panel with #2adc21 background
background-color: #2adc21;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2adc21;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 220, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 220, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2adc21;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2adc21, #21DC95);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2adc21, #21DCC3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2adc21;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2adc21;
caret-color: #2adc21;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2adc21;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFCE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2adc21;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2adc21 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2adc21 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(42, 220, 33, 0.5)
rgb(42 220 33 / 50%)
#2adc2180
hsl(117 74% 50% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2adc21 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2adc211a#EAFCE9
20%#2adc2133#D4F8D3
40%#2adc2166#AAF1A6
60%#2adc2199#7FEA7A
80%#2adc21cc#55E34D

Gradients from #2adc21

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, #5CE555, #2adc21 45%, #156F11);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2adc21, #1DC190);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2adc21, #D321DC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #75E96F 0%, #2adc21 45%, #156F11 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #ACE44C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #3AE194 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #156F11 0%, transparent 65%), #2adc21;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2adc21

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.

#2adc21 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 11.36:1.

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.

#2adc21, answered

What color is #2adc21?

#2adc21 is a balanced vivid green, closest to Lime Green (ΔE2000 3.9). It sits at 117° on the hue wheel with 74% saturation and 50% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2adc21?

rgb(42, 220, 33) — 42 red, 220 green and 33 blue out of 255, or 16.5% / 86.3% / 12.9% by channel.

What is #2adc21 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(117, 74%, 50%) and hsv(117, 85%, 86%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2adc21 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5179 and perceived brightness is 67%, so black text on it reaches 11.36:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2adc21?

Black. It scores 11.36:1 against #2adc21, versus 1.85:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #2adc21 accessible on a white background?

#2adc21 on white scores 1.85:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1A8814 to reach 4.5:1, or #13640F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #2adc21?

#D321DC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7521DC and #DC2188, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2adc21?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C2EDC0 for borders, #4E9B4B for secondary text, #A61CE1 as an accent and #156F11 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #88DC21 and #21DC75 stays calm, while #D321DC is the loudest partner.

What is #2adc21 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(81%, 0%, 85%, 14%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #2adc21 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 61 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6FDC21; nudged cooler, #1EDE5C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2adc21?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 8.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2adc21 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2adc21 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2adc21] or text-[#2adc21], 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 #2adc21 with 50% opacity?

rgba(42, 220, 33, 0.5), or #2adc2180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #95EE90; over black, #156E11.

Is #2adc21 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CC33, ΔE2000 4.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2adc21 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 #2adc21?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #5CE555, #2adc21 45%, #156F11). For more colour, a short hue run to #1DC190 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2adc21 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2adc21 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.