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#2e6721

a dark, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Dark Green

Token name suggestion: Shadow Basil

RGB
46, 103, 33
HSL
109°, 52%, 27%
CMYK
55, 0, 68, 60
Luminance
0.1039

#2e6721 is a dark vivid green, 109° on the wheel and 58/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.82:1). As text it scores 6.82:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Green, nearest Tailwind family is neutral.

hsl(109 52% 27%)rgb(46 103 33)Base step 900AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2e6721 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2e6721
Hue
109°
green
Saturation
52%
vivid
Lightness
27%
dark
Brightness
40%
HSV value
Perceived
33%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1039
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
58/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
6.82:1
Closest name
Dark Green
ΔE2000 4.4
Chroma
46.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.459
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
neutral
500 · ΔE 25.5
Web-safe
#336633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue109° of 360°
Saturation52%
Lightness27%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2e6721.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool58% 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
Red6%
Green93%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#2e6721
HEX (8-digit)#2e6721ff
RGBrgb(46, 103, 33)
RGBArgba(46, 103, 33, 1)
HSLhsl(109, 52%, 27%)
HSV / HSBhsv(109, 68%, 40%)
HWBhwb(109 13% 60%)
CMYKcmyk(55%, 0%, 68%, 60%)
LABlab(38.5 -33.2 32.9)
LCHlch(38.5 46.7 135.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.459 0.119 140.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(6.25, 10.39, 3.11)
Decimal3041057
Display P3color(display-p3 0.180 0.404 0.129)
Web-safe#336633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2e6721;
background-color: #2e6721;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2e6721;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2e6721] bg-[#2e6721]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2e6721;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.180, green: 0.404, blue: 0.129)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.180, green: 0.404, blue: 0.129, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2E6721</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2E6721)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2E6721)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(33, 103, 46)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(46, 103, 33)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(46, 103, 33)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 46, 103, 33)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1804f, 0.4039f, 0.1294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{46,103,33}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2e6721 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2e6721 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2B611F, #D8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2e6721 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: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-100: #ECF6EA;
  --brand-200: #D4EDCF;
  --brand-300: #B5E4AA;
  --brand-400: #90D680;
  --brand-500: #6AC955;
  --brand-600: #53B93B;
  --brand-700: #459B31;
  --brand-800: #377C28;
  --brand-900: #2e6721;
  --brand-950: #1B3814;
  --brand: #2e6721;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C9EBC1;
  --brand-hover: #224C18;
  --brand-pressed: #163110;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #172414;
    --brand-ink: #D8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF4',
        100: '#ECF6EA',
        200: '#D4EDCF',
        300: '#B5E4AA',
        400: '#90D680',
        500: '#6AC955',
        600: '#53B93B',
        700: '#459B31',
        800: '#377C28',
        900: '#2e6721',
        950: '#1B3814',
        DEFAULT: '#2e6721',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF4,
  '100': #ECF6EA,
  '200': #D4EDCF,
  '300': #B5E4AA,
  '400': #90D680,
  '500': #6AC955,
  '600': #53B93B,
  '700': #459B31,
  '800': #377C28,
  '900': #2e6721,
  '950': #1B3814,
);
$brand-base: #2e6721;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF6EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D4EDCF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B5E4AA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#90D680", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6AC955", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#53B93B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#459B31", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#377C28", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2e6721", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1B3814", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$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#ffffff on #2e6721 · 6.82:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.82:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.08:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #2e6721 as text scores 6.82:1 on white and 3.08:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EEF9EC at 6.30:1.

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
#2e6721 · 6.82:1
AA on whitealready passes
#2e6721
The quick fox
#2C6320 · 7.21:1
AAA on white−1% L
#2C6320
The quick fox
#3C862B · 4.64:1
AA on black+8% L
#3C862B
The quick fox
#4BA936 · 7.03:1
AAA on black+17% L
#4BA936

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #2E6721 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
#2e6721 on white: 6.82:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2e6721 on black: 3.08:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2e6721 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2e6721.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.82:1AaAa
Slate 506.52:1AaAa
Slate 1006.23:1AaAa
Slate 2005.53:1AaAa
Slate 3004.59:1AaAa
Slate 4002.66:1AaAa
Slate 5001.43:1AaAa
Slate 6001.11:1AaAa
Slate 7001.52:1AaAa
Slate 8002.14:1AaAa
Slate 9002.62:1AaAa
Black3.08:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #6A5E18
deuteranopia · #625927
tritanopia · #286458

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. #2e6721 is pinned to step 900; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FAF4
#ECF6EA
#D4EDCF
#B5E4AA
#90D680
#6AC955
#53B93B
#459B31
#377C28
#2e6721
#1B3814
Base = 900Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF4Darkest = 950 · #1B3814Text 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 0.030 140.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.047 140.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.071 140.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.093 140.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.109 140.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.119 140.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.119 140.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.112 140.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.100 140.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.083 140.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.065 140.1);
}

Colors that work with #2e6721

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F5FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C9EBC1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#599B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#491E6A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2B611F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEF9EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#172414
Dark-mode background
Hover#224C18
One step down in lightness
Pressed#163110
Two steps down
Disabled#6B9861
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#307E1E
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 #2e6721

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • 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
  • 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
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

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 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
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight73/100
  • 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#5A2167
Analogous left#516721
Analogous right#216737
Split-complement 1#372167
Split-complement 2#672151
Triadic 1#212E67
Triadic 2#67212E
Tetradic#215167
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°109°

#2e6721 sits at 109°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red18.0%
Green40.4%
Blue12.9%
R · 0–255
46
0x2e
G · 0–255
103
0x67
B · 0–255
33
0x21

CMYK percentages

Cyan55.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow68.0%
Key (black)59.6%

Total ink coverage is 183%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2e6721 text on a black background

contrast 3.08:1

Card sample

#2e6721 text on a white background

contrast 6.82:1

Card sample

#2e6721 on grey

6.23:1

#2e6721 on its own surface

6.45:1

#2e6721 on its dark surface

2.37:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2e6721;
Background color
Panel with #2e6721 background
background-color: #2e6721;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2e6721;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(46, 103, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(46, 103, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2e6721;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2e6721, #216743);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2e6721, #216754);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2e6721;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2e6721;
caret-color: #2e6721;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2e6721;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEF9EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2e6721;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2e6721 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2e6721 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(46, 103, 33, 0.5)
rgb(46 103 33 / 50%)
#2e672180
hsl(109 52% 27% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2e6721 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2e67211a#EAF0E9
20%#2e672133#D5E1D3
40%#2e672166#ABC2A6
60%#2e672199#82A47A
80%#2e6721cc#58854D

Gradients from #2e6721

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, #439630, #2e6721 45%, #2B611F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2e6721, #1A5038);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2e6721, #5A2167);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #4DAD37 0%, #2e6721 45%, #2B611F 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%, #778E2D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #287E4B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2B611F 0%, transparent 65%), #2e6721;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2e6721

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.

#2e6721 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

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.08:1 — lift it to #3C862B for body text, or reserve it for fills.

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.

#2e6721, answered

What color is #2e6721?

#2e6721 is a dark vivid green, closest to Dark Green (ΔE2000 4.4). It sits at 109° on the hue wheel with 52% saturation and 27% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #2e6721?

rgb(46, 103, 33) — 46 red, 103 green and 33 blue out of 255, or 18% / 40.4% / 12.9% by channel.

What is #2e6721 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(109, 52%, 27%) and hsv(109, 68%, 40%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2e6721 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1039 and perceived brightness is 33%, so white text on it reaches 6.82:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2e6721?

White. It scores 6.82:1 against #2e6721, versus 3.08:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #2e6721 accessible on a white background?

#2e6721 on white scores 6.82:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #2e6721?

#5A2167 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #372167 and #672151, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2e6721?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C9EBC1 for borders, #599B4B for secondary text, #491E6A as an accent and #2B611F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #516721 and #216737 stays calm, while #5A2167 is the loudest partner.

What is #2e6721 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(55%, 0%, 68%, 60%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #2e6721 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 58 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #486721; nudged cooler, #20692D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2e6721?

The neutral family — its 500 step is #737373, ΔE2000 25.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2e6721 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2e6721 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2e6721] or text-[#2e6721], 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 #2e6721 with 50% opacity?

rgba(46, 103, 33, 0.5), or #2e672180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #97B390; over black, #173411.

Is #2e6721 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #336633, ΔE2000 3.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2e6721 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 #2e6721?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #439630, #2e6721 45%, #2B611F). For more colour, a short hue run to #1A5038 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2e6721 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2e6721 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.