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#2af821

a balanced, electric green · cool · closest name: Lime

Token name suggestion: Studio Fern

RGB
42, 248, 33
HSL
118°, 94%, 55%
CMYK
83, 0, 87, 3
Luminance
0.6774

#2af821 is a balanced electric green, 118° on the wheel and 61/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.55:1). As text it scores 1.44:1 on white — use #0A8604 instead. Nearest name is Lime, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(118 94% 55%)rgb(42 248 33)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2af821 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2af821
Hue
118°
green
Saturation
94%
electric
Lightness
55%
balanced
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
75%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6774
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
61/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
14.55:1
Closest name
Lime
ΔE2000 1.7
Chroma
112.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.852
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 11.9
Web-safe
#33FF33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue118° of 360°
Saturation94%
Lightness55%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2af821.

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#2af821
HEX (8-digit)#2af821ff
RGBrgb(42, 248, 33)
RGBArgba(42, 248, 33, 1)
HSLhsl(118, 94%, 55%)
HSV / HSBhsv(117, 87%, 97%)
HWBhwb(118 13% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(83%, 0%, 87%, 3%)
LABlab(85.9 -81.4 78.0)
LCHlch(85.9 112.8 136.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.852 0.279 142.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(34.79, 67.73, 12.68)
Decimal2816033
Display P3color(display-p3 0.165 0.973 0.129)
Web-safe#33FF33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2af821;
background-color: #2af821;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2af821;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2af821] bg-[#2af821]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2af821;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.973, blue: 0.129)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.165, green: 0.973, blue: 0.129, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2AF821</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2AF821)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2AF821)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(33, 248, 42)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(42, 248, 33)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(42, 248, 33)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 42, 248, 33)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1647f, 0.9725f, 0.1294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{42,248,33}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2af821 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2af821 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#097C04, #D4EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2af821 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: #F2FDF2;
  --brand-100: #E5FBE4;
  --brand-200: #C4FAC2;
  --brand-300: #97FC92;
  --brand-400: #62FA5C;
  --brand-500: #2af821;
  --brand-600: #11ED07;
  --brand-700: #0EC606;
  --brand-800: #0B9E05;
  --brand-900: #0D7208;
  --brand-950: #084705;
  --brand: #2af821;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C2EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #11EE07;
  --brand-pressed: #0FCB06;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142414;
    --brand-ink: #D4EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F2FDF2',
        100: '#E5FBE4',
        200: '#C4FAC2',
        300: '#97FC92',
        400: '#62FA5C',
        500: '#2af821',
        600: '#11ED07',
        700: '#0EC606',
        800: '#0B9E05',
        900: '#0D7208',
        950: '#084705',
        DEFAULT: '#2af821',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F2FDF2,
  '100': #E5FBE4,
  '200': #C4FAC2,
  '300': #97FC92,
  '400': #62FA5C,
  '500': #2af821,
  '600': #11ED07,
  '700': #0EC606,
  '800': #0B9E05,
  '900': #0D7208,
  '950': #084705,
);
$brand-base: #2af821;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F2FDF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E5FBE4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C4FAC2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#97FC92", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#62FA5C", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2af821", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#11ED07", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#0EC606", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#0B9E05", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#0D7208", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#084705", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #2af821 · 14.55:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.44:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.55:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #2af821 as text scores 1.44:1 on white and 14.55:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #097C04 at 3.73:1.

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
#0A8604 · 4.75:1
AA on white−28% L
#0A8604
The quick fox
#076803 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−34% L
#076803
The quick fox
#2af821 · 14.55:1
AA on blackalready passes
#2af821
The quick fox
#2af821 · 14.55:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#2af821

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #0CA905 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
#2af821 on white: 1.44:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2af821 on black: 14.55:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2af821 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2af821.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.44:1AaAa
Slate 501.38:1AaAa
Slate 1001.32:1AaAa
Slate 2001.17:1AaAa
Slate 3001.03:1AaAa
Slate 4001.78:1AaAa
Slate 5003.30:1AaAa
Slate 6005.25:1AaAa
Slate 7007.17:1AaAa
Slate 80010.13:1AaAa
Slate 90012.37:1AaAa
Black14.55:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FEE000
deuteranopia · #E9D142
tritanopia · #00F0D3

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. #2af821 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2FDF2
#E5FBE4
#C4FAC2
#97FC92
#62FA5C
#2af821
#11ED07
#0EC606
#0B9E05
#0D7208
#084705
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F2FDF2Darkest = 950 · #084705Text 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 0.070 142.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.112 142.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.168 142.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.218 142.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.257 142.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.279 142.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.279 142.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.263 142.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.235 142.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.196 142.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.154 142.4);
}

Colors that work with #2af821

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#BB1CFD
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#097C04
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E7FEE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142414
Dark-mode background
Hover#11EE07
One step down in lightness
Pressed#0FCB06
Two steps down
Disabled#B9D1B8
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#37FF2E
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 #2af821

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 #097C04
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #0CA905

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 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight45/100
  • 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#EF21F8
Analogous left#95F821
Analogous right#21F884
Split-complement 1#8421F8
Split-complement 2#F82195
Triadic 1#212AF8
Triadic 2#F8212A
Tetradic#2195F8
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°118°

#2af821 sits at 118°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green97.3%
Blue12.9%
R · 0–255
42
0x2a
G · 0–255
248
0xf8
B · 0–255
33
0x21

CMYK percentages

Cyan83.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow86.7%
Key (black)2.7%

Total ink coverage is 173%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2af821 text on a black background

contrast 14.55:1

Card sample

#2af821 text on a white background

contrast 1.44:1

Card sample

#2af821 on grey

1.32:1

#2af821 on its own surface

1.37:1

#2af821 on its dark surface

11.26:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2af821;
Background color
Panel with #2af821 background
background-color: #2af821;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2af821;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 248, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 248, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2af821;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2af821, #21F8A7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2af821, #21F8DD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2af821;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2af821;
caret-color: #2af821;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2af821;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E7FEE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2af821;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2af821 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2af821 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, 248, 33, 0.5)
rgb(42 248 33 / 50%)
#2af82180
hsl(118 94% 55% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2af821 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2af8211a#EAFEE9
20%#2af82133#D4FED3
40%#2af82166#AAFCA6
60%#2af82199#7FFB7A
80%#2af821cc#55F94D

Gradients from #2af821

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, #63FA5C, #2af821 45%, #097C04);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2af821, #08F3AE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2af821, #EF21F8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #7FFB7A 0%, #2af821 45%, #097C04 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%, #BBFA52 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #3FF9A4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #097C04 0%, transparent 65%), #2af821;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2af821

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.

#2af821 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 14.55:1.

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.

#2af821, answered

What color is #2af821?

#2af821 is a balanced electric green, closest to Lime (ΔE2000 1.7). It sits at 118° on the hue wheel with 94% saturation and 55% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2af821?

rgb(42, 248, 33) — 42 red, 248 green and 33 blue out of 255, or 16.5% / 97.3% / 12.9% by channel.

What is #2af821 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(118, 94%, 55%) and hsv(117, 87%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2af821 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6774 and perceived brightness is 75%, so black text on it reaches 14.55:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2af821?

Black. It scores 14.55:1 against #2af821, versus 1.44:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #2af821 accessible on a white background?

#2af821 on white scores 1.44:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #0A8604 to reach 4.5:1, or #076803 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #2af821?

#EF21F8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8421F8 and #F82195, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2af821?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C2EDC0 for borders, #4E9B4B for secondary text, #BB1CFD as an accent and #097C04 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #95F821 and #21F884 stays calm, while #EF21F8 is the loudest partner.

What is #2af821 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(83%, 0%, 87%, 3%). 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 #2af821 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 #79F821; nudged cooler, #1FFA66.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2af821?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 11.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2af821 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2af821 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2af821] or text-[#2af821], 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 #2af821 with 50% opacity?

rgba(42, 248, 33, 0.5), or #2af82180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #95FC90; over black, #157C11.

Is #2af821 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33FF33, ΔE2000 1.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2af821 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 #2af821?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #63FA5C, #2af821 45%, #097C04). For more colour, a short hue run to #08F3AE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2af821 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2af821 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.