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#33a721

a dark, vivid green · cool · closest name: Forest Green

Token name suggestion: Shadow Basil

RGB
51, 167, 33
HSL
112°, 67%, 39%
CMYK
70, 0, 80, 35
Luminance
0.2845

#33a721 is a dark vivid green, 112° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.69:1). As text it scores 3.14:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Forest Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(112 67% 39%)rgb(51 167 33)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #33a721 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#33a721
Hue
112°
green
Saturation
67%
vivid
Lightness
39%
dark
Brightness
65%
HSV value
Perceived
52%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2845
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
6.69:1
Closest name
Forest Green
ΔE2000 9.6
Chroma
78.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.639
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 10.1
Web-safe
#339933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue112° of 360°
Saturation67%
Lightness39%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #33a721.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% 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
Red2%
Green97%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#33a721
HEX (8-digit)#33a721ff
RGBrgb(51, 167, 33)
RGBArgba(51, 167, 33, 1)
HSLhsl(112, 67%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(112, 80%, 65%)
HWBhwb(112 13% 35%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 80%, 35%)
LABlab(60.3 -55.9 55.0)
LCHlch(60.3 78.4 135.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.639 0.196 141.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(15.46, 28.45, 6.12)
Decimal3385121
Display P3color(display-p3 0.200 0.655 0.129)
Web-safe#339933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #33a721;
background-color: #33a721;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #33a721;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#33a721] bg-[#33a721]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #33a721;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.200, green: 0.655, blue: 0.129)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.200, green: 0.655, blue: 0.129, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#33A721</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF33A721)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF33A721)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(33, 167, 51)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(51, 167, 33)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(51, 167, 33)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 51, 167, 33)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2000f, 0.6549f, 0.1294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{51,167,33}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #33a721 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #33a721 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#216A15, #D6EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #33a721 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: #F4FBF3;
  --brand-100: #EAF8E8;
  --brand-200: #D0F1CA;
  --brand-300: #ABECA1;
  --brand-400: #82E372;
  --brand-500: #58DA44;
  --brand-600: #3FCC28;
  --brand-700: #33a721;
  --brand-800: #2A881B;
  --brand-900: #226317;
  --brand-950: #153E0F;
  --brand: #33a721;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C6EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #2A891B;
  --brand-pressed: #216B15;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #162414;
    --brand-ink: #D6EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF3',
        100: '#EAF8E8',
        200: '#D0F1CA',
        300: '#ABECA1',
        400: '#82E372',
        500: '#58DA44',
        600: '#3FCC28',
        700: '#33a721',
        800: '#2A881B',
        900: '#226317',
        950: '#153E0F',
        DEFAULT: '#33a721',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF3,
  '100': #EAF8E8,
  '200': #D0F1CA,
  '300': #ABECA1,
  '400': #82E372,
  '500': #58DA44,
  '600': #3FCC28,
  '700': #33a721,
  '800': #2A881B,
  '900': #226317,
  '950': #153E0F,
);
$brand-base: #33a721;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAF8E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D0F1CA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ABECA1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#82E372", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#58DA44", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3FCC28", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#33a721", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2A881B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#226317", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#153E0F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #33a721 · 6.69:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.14:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.69:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #33a721 as text scores 3.14:1 on white and 6.69:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #216A15 at 2.13:1.

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
#29851A · 4.70:1
AA on white−8% L
#29851A
The quick fox
#1E6314 · 7.37:1
AAA on white−16% L
#1E6314
The quick fox
#33a721 · 6.69:1
AA on blackalready passes
#33a721
The quick fox
#36AF23 · 7.31:1
AAA on black+2% L
#36AF23

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #33A721 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
#33a721 on white: 3.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#33a721 on black: 6.69:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #33a721 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #33a721.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.14:1AaAa
Slate 503.00:1AaAa
Slate 1002.87:1AaAa
Slate 2002.55:1AaAa
Slate 3002.11:1AaAa
Slate 4001.22:1AaAa
Slate 5001.52:1AaAa
Slate 6002.41:1AaAa
Slate 7003.30:1AaAa
Slate 8004.66:1AaAa
Slate 9005.69:1AaAa
Black6.69:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #AB9700
deuteranopia · #9E8E31
tritanopia · #18A28E

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. #33a721 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FBF3
#EAF8E8
#D0F1CA
#ABECA1
#82E372
#58DA44
#3FCC28
#33a721
#2A881B
#226317
#153E0F
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF3Darkest = 950 · #153E0FText 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 0.049 141.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.078 141.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.117 141.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.153 141.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.180 141.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.196 141.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.196 141.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.184 141.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.164 141.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.137 141.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.108 141.3);
}

Colors that work with #33a721

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#C6EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#559B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#741DAB
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#216A15
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECFBEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#162414
Dark-mode background
Hover#2A891B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#216B15
Two steps down
Disabled#8CB286
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#30C319
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 #33a721

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

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • 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
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • 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
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #216A15
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
  • Weight61/100
  • 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#9521A7
Analogous left#76A721
Analogous right#21A752
Split-complement 1#5221A7
Split-complement 2#A72176
Triadic 1#2133A7
Triadic 2#A72133
Tetradic#2176A7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°112°

#33a721 sits at 112°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red20.0%
Green65.5%
Blue12.9%
R · 0–255
51
0x33
G · 0–255
167
0xa7
B · 0–255
33
0x21

CMYK percentages

Cyan69.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow80.2%
Key (black)34.5%

Total ink coverage is 184%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#33a721 text on a black background

contrast 6.69:1

Card sample

#33a721 text on a white background

contrast 3.14:1

Card sample

#33a721 on grey

2.87:1

#33a721 on its own surface

2.97:1

#33a721 on its dark surface

5.16:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #33a721;
Background color
Panel with #33a721 background
background-color: #33a721;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #33a721;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(51, 167, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(51, 167, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #33a721;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33a721, #21A768);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #33a721, #21A78A);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #33a721;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #33a721;
caret-color: #33a721;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #33a721;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECFBEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #33a721;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#33a721 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #33a721 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(51, 167, 33, 0.5)
rgb(51 167 33 / 50%)
#33a72180
hsl(112 67% 39% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #33a721 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#33a7211a#EBF6E9
20%#33a72133#D6EDD3
40%#33a72166#ADDCA6
60%#33a72199#85CA7A
80%#33a721cc#5CB94D

Gradients from #33a721

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, #46D62F, #33a721 45%, #216A15);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #33a721, #1C8D62);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #33a721, #9521A7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #5CDB49 0%, #33a721 45%, #216A15 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%, #A2D229 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #26C06B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #216A15 0%, transparent 65%), #33a721;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #33a721

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.

#33a721 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 6.69:1.

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.

#33a721, answered

What color is #33a721?

#33a721 is a dark vivid green, closest to Forest Green (ΔE2000 9.6). It sits at 112° on the hue wheel with 67% saturation and 39% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #33a721?

rgb(51, 167, 33) — 51 red, 167 green and 33 blue out of 255, or 20% / 65.5% / 12.9% by channel.

What is #33a721 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(112, 67%, 39%) and hsv(112, 80%, 65%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #33a721 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2845 and perceived brightness is 52%, so black text on it reaches 6.69:1.

Should I use black or white text on #33a721?

Black. It scores 6.69:1 against #33a721, versus 3.14:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #33a721 accessible on a white background?

#33a721 on white scores 3.14:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #29851A to reach 4.5:1, or #1E6314 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #33a721?

#9521A7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #5221A7 and #A72176, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #33a721?

For interface work: #F5FAF4 as the surface, #C6EDC0 for borders, #559B4B for secondary text, #741DAB as an accent and #216A15 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #76A721 and #21A752 stays calm, while #9521A7 is the loudest partner.

What is #33a721 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(70%, 0%, 80%, 35%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #33a721 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #64A721; nudged cooler, #1FA93F.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #33a721?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 10.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #33a721 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #33a721 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#33a721] or text-[#33a721], 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 #33a721 with 50% opacity?

rgba(51, 167, 33, 0.5), or #33a72180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #99D390; over black, #1A5411.

Is #33a721 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #339933, ΔE2000 5.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #33a721 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 #33a721?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #46D62F, #33a721 45%, #216A15). For more colour, a short hue run to #1C8D62 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #33a721 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #33a721 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.