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#2cc68f

a balanced, vivid green · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Atlas Jade

RGB
44, 198, 143
HSL
159°, 64%, 48%
CMYK
78, 0, 28, 22
Luminance
0.4291

#2cc68f is a balanced vivid green, 159° on the wheel and 79/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.58:1). As text it scores 2.19:1 on white — use #1D835F instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(159 64% 48%)rgb(44 198 143)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2cc68f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2cc68f
Hue
159°
green
Saturation
64%
vivid
Lightness
48%
balanced
Brightness
78%
HSV value
Perceived
63%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4291
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
79/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.58:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
54.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.736
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 3.7
Web-safe
#33CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue159° of 360°
Saturation64%
Lightness48%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2cc68f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool79% 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%
Green94%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#2cc68f
HEX (8-digit)#2cc68fff
RGBrgb(44, 198, 143)
RGBArgba(44, 198, 143, 1)
HSLhsl(159, 64%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159, 78%, 78%)
HWBhwb(159 17% 22%)
CMYKcmyk(78%, 0%, 28%, 22%)
LABlab(71.5 -51.8 16.7)
LCHlch(71.5 54.4 162.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.736 0.148 163.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(26.19, 42.90, 32.88)
Decimal2934415
Display P3color(display-p3 0.173 0.776 0.561)
Web-safe#33CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2cc68f;
background-color: #2cc68f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2cc68f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2cc68f] bg-[#2cc68f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2cc68f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.173, green: 0.776, blue: 0.561)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.173, green: 0.776, blue: 0.561, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2CC68F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2CC68F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2CC68F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(143, 198, 44)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(44, 198, 143)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(44, 198, 143)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 44, 198, 143)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1725f, 0.7765f, 0.5608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{44,198,143}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2cc68f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2cc68f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#17684B, #D3EEE4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2cc68f 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: #F4FBF8;
  --brand-100: #E8F7F2;
  --brand-200: #CBF0E3;
  --brand-300: #A3EBD1;
  --brand-400: #75E0BA;
  --brand-500: #47D6A3;
  --brand-600: #2cc68f;
  --brand-700: #25A779;
  --brand-800: #1E8560;
  --brand-900: #196147;
  --brand-950: #103D2D;
  --brand: #2cc68f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C0EDDD;
  --brand-hover: #26A97A;
  --brand-pressed: #1F8C65;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241E;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF8',
        100: '#E8F7F2',
        200: '#CBF0E3',
        300: '#A3EBD1',
        400: '#75E0BA',
        500: '#47D6A3',
        600: '#2cc68f',
        700: '#25A779',
        800: '#1E8560',
        900: '#196147',
        950: '#103D2D',
        DEFAULT: '#2cc68f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF8,
  '100': #E8F7F2,
  '200': #CBF0E3,
  '300': #A3EBD1,
  '400': #75E0BA,
  '500': #47D6A3,
  '600': #2cc68f,
  '700': #25A779,
  '800': #1E8560,
  '900': #196147,
  '950': #103D2D,
);
$brand-base: #2cc68f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F7F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CBF0E3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A3EBD1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#75E0BA", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#47D6A3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2cc68f", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#25A779", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1E8560", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#196147", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#103D2D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #2cc68f · 9.58:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.19:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.58:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #2cc68f as text scores 2.19:1 on white and 9.58:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #17684B at 3.07:1.

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
#1D835F · 4.70:1
AA on white−16% L
#1D835F
The quick fox
#166247 · 7.31:1
AAA on white−24% L
#166247
The quick fox
#2cc68f · 9.58:1
AA on blackalready passes
#2cc68f
The quick fox
#2cc68f · 9.58:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#2cc68f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #25A577 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
#2cc68f on white: 2.19:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2cc68f on black: 9.58:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2cc68f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2cc68f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.19:1AaAa
Slate 502.09:1AaAa
Slate 1002.00:1AaAa
Slate 2001.78:1AaAa
Slate 3001.48:1AaAa
Slate 4001.17:1AaAa
Slate 5002.17:1AaAa
Slate 6003.46:1AaAa
Slate 7004.72:1AaAa
Slate 8006.67:1AaAa
Slate 9008.15:1AaAa
Black9.58:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C2B78C
deuteranopia · #B0AA93
tritanopia · #00C6B7

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. #2cc68f 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.

#F4FBF8
#E8F7F2
#CBF0E3
#A3EBD1
#75E0BA
#47D6A3
#2cc68f
#25A779
#1E8560
#196147
#103D2D
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF8Darkest = 950 · #103D2DText 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 0.037 163.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.059 163.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.089 163.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.115 163.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.136 163.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.148 163.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.148 163.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.139 163.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.124 163.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.104 163.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.081 163.3);
}

Colors that work with #2cc68f

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#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDDD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B7E
Captions on the surface
Accent#CB278B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#17684B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFAF5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241E
Dark-mode background
Hover#26A97A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#1F8C65
Two steps down
Disabled#A0C2B6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#28DE9D
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

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #2cc68f

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 #17684B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #25A577

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
  • Weight53/100
  • 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#C62C63
Analogous left#2CC642
Analogous right#2CB0C6
Split-complement 1#C62CB0
Split-complement 2#C6422C
Triadic 1#8F2CC6
Triadic 2#C68F2C
Tetradic#422CC6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°159°

#2cc68f sits at 159°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red17.3%
Green77.6%
Blue56.1%
R · 0–255
44
0x2c
G · 0–255
198
0xc6
B · 0–255
143
0x8f

CMYK percentages

Cyan77.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow27.8%
Key (black)22.4%

Total ink coverage is 128%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2cc68f text on a black background

contrast 9.58:1

Card sample

#2cc68f text on a white background

contrast 2.19:1

Card sample

#2cc68f on grey

2.00:1

#2cc68f on its own surface

2.07:1

#2cc68f on its dark surface

7.37:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2cc68f;
Background color
Panel with #2cc68f background
background-color: #2cc68f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2cc68f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(44, 198, 143, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(44, 198, 143, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2cc68f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2cc68f, #2C96C6);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2cc68f, #2C70C6);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2cc68f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2cc68f;
caret-color: #2cc68f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2cc68f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFAF5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2cc68f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2cc68f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2cc68f 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, 198, 143, 0.5)
rgb(44 198 143 / 50%)
#2cc68f80
hsl(159 64% 48% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2cc68f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2cc68f1a#EAF9F4
20%#2cc68f33#D5F4E9
40%#2cc68f66#ABE8D2
60%#2cc68f99#80DDBC
80%#2cc68fcc#56D1A5

Gradients from #2cc68f

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, #56D9AB, #2cc68f 45%, #17684B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2cc68f, #2778AD);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2cc68f, #C62C63);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #6FDFB7 0%, #2cc68f 45%, #17684B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #4ED856 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #3DB2D4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #17684B 0%, transparent 65%), #2cc68f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2cc68f

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.

#2cc68f 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 9.58:1.

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.

#2cc68f, answered

What color is #2cc68f?

#2cc68f is a balanced vivid green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 159° on the hue wheel with 64% saturation and 48% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2cc68f?

rgb(44, 198, 143) — 44 red, 198 green and 143 blue out of 255, or 17.3% / 77.6% / 56.1% by channel.

What is #2cc68f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(159, 64%, 48%) and hsv(159, 78%, 78%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2cc68f a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4291 and perceived brightness is 63%, so black text on it reaches 9.58:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2cc68f?

Black. It scores 9.58:1 against #2cc68f, versus 2.19:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #2cc68f accessible on a white background?

#2cc68f on white scores 2.19:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1D835F to reach 4.5:1, or #166247 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #2cc68f?

#C62C63 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C62CB0 and #C6422C, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2cc68f?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDDD for borders, #4B9B7E for secondary text, #CB278B as an accent and #17684B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #2CC642 and #2CB0C6 stays calm, while #C62C63 is the loudest partner.

What is #2cc68f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(78%, 0%, 28%, 22%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #2cc68f warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 79 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #2CC657; nudged cooler, #2AC7C9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2cc68f?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 3.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2cc68f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2cc68f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2cc68f] or text-[#2cc68f], 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 #2cc68f with 50% opacity?

rgba(44, 198, 143, 0.5), or #2cc68f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #96E3C7; over black, #166348.

Is #2cc68f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CC99, ΔE2000 2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2cc68f 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 #2cc68f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #56D9AB, #2cc68f 45%, #17684B). For more colour, a short hue run to #2778AD keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2cc68f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2cc68f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.