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#72ec2c

a balanced, electric green · neutral · closest name: Lawn Green

Token name suggestion: True Fern

RGB
114, 236, 44
HSL
98°, 84%, 55%
CMYK
52, 0, 81, 8
Luminance
0.6375

#72ec2c is a balanced electric green, 98° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.75:1). As text it scores 1.53:1 on white — use #39870C instead. Nearest name is Lawn Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(98 84% 55%)rgb(114 236 44)Base step 500AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #72ec2c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#72ec2c
Hue
98°
green
Saturation
84%
electric
Lightness
55%
balanced
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
75%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6375
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
13.75:1
Closest name
Lawn Green
ΔE2000 4
Chroma
98.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.840
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 8
Web-safe
#66FF33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue98° of 360°
Saturation84%
Lightness55%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #72ec2c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% 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%
Green94%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#72ec2c
HEX (8-digit)#72ec2cff
RGBrgb(114, 236, 44)
RGBArgba(114, 236, 44, 1)
HSLhsl(98, 84%, 55%)
HSV / HSBhsv(98, 81%, 93%)
HWBhwb(98 17% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(52%, 0%, 81%, 8%)
LABlab(83.8 -64.0 74.4)
LCHlch(83.8 98.1 130.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.840 0.242 137.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(37.39, 63.75, 12.72)
Decimal7531564
Display P3color(display-p3 0.447 0.925 0.173)
Web-safe#66FF33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #72ec2c;
background-color: #72ec2c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #72ec2c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#72ec2c] bg-[#72ec2c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #72ec2c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.447, green: 0.925, blue: 0.173)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.447, green: 0.925, blue: 0.173, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#72EC2C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF72EC2C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF72EC2C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(44, 236, 114)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(114, 236, 44)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(114, 236, 44)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 114, 236, 44)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4471f, 0.9255f, 0.1725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{114,236,44}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #72ec2c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #72ec2c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#31750B, #DDEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #72ec2c 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: #F6FCF2;
  --brand-100: #EDFAE6;
  --brand-200: #D7F6C5;
  --brand-300: #BAF698;
  --brand-400: #98F165;
  --brand-500: #72ec2c;
  --brand-600: #5FE114;
  --brand-700: #4FBB11;
  --brand-800: #3F960D;
  --brand-900: #316C0E;
  --brand-950: #1E4409;
  --brand: #72ec2c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D0EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #5FE014;
  --brand-pressed: #51BF11;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A2414;
    --brand-ink: #DDEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FCF2',
        100: '#EDFAE6',
        200: '#D7F6C5',
        300: '#BAF698',
        400: '#98F165',
        500: '#72ec2c',
        600: '#5FE114',
        700: '#4FBB11',
        800: '#3F960D',
        900: '#316C0E',
        950: '#1E4409',
        DEFAULT: '#72ec2c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FCF2,
  '100': #EDFAE6,
  '200': #D7F6C5,
  '300': #BAF698,
  '400': #98F165,
  '500': #72ec2c,
  '600': #5FE114,
  '700': #4FBB11,
  '800': #3F960D,
  '900': #316C0E,
  '950': #1E4409,
);
$brand-base: #72ec2c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FCF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDFAE6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D7F6C5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BAF698", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#98F165", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#72ec2c", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5FE114", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4FBB11", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3F960D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#316C0E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1E4409", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #72ec2c · 13.75:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.53:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.75:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #72ec2c as text scores 1.53:1 on white and 13.75:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #31750B at 3.74:1.

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
#39870C · 4.52:1
AA on white−26% L
#39870C
The quick fox
#296209 · 7.38:1
AAA on white−34% L
#296209
The quick fox
#72ec2c · 13.75:1
AA on blackalready passes
#72ec2c
The quick fox
#72ec2c · 13.75:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#72ec2c

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #47A80F 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
#72ec2c on white: 1.53:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#72ec2c on black: 13.75:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #72ec2c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #72ec2c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.53:1AaAa
Slate 501.46:1AaAa
Slate 1001.39:1AaAa
Slate 2001.24:1AaAa
Slate 3001.03:1AaAa
Slate 4001.68:1AaAa
Slate 5003.12:1AaAa
Slate 6004.96:1AaAa
Slate 7006.78:1AaAa
Slate 8009.58:1AaAa
Slate 90011.69:1AaAa
Black13.75:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F4D700
deuteranopia · #E4CD44
tritanopia · #69E3CA

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. #72ec2c 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.

#F6FCF2
#EDFAE6
#D7F6C5
#BAF698
#98F165
#72ec2c
#5FE114
#4FBB11
#3F960D
#316C0E
#1E4409
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F6FCF2Darkest = 950 · #1E4409Text 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 0.060 137.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.097 137.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.145 137.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.188 137.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.222 137.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.242 137.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.242 137.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.227 137.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.203 137.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.169 137.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.133 137.3);
}

Colors that work with #72ec2c

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#F7FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D0EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#689B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#7527F1
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#31750B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFFDE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#5FE014
One step down in lightness
Pressed#51BF11
Two steps down
Disabled#C1D1B7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7CF834
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #72ec2c

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 #31750B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #47A80F

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
  • 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#A62CEC
Analogous left#D2EC2C
Analogous right#2CEC46
Split-complement 1#462CEC
Split-complement 2#EC2CD2
Triadic 1#2C72EC
Triadic 2#EC2C72
Tetradic#2CD2EC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°98°

#72ec2c sits at 98°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red44.7%
Green92.5%
Blue17.3%
R · 0–255
114
0x72
G · 0–255
236
0xec
B · 0–255
44
0x2c

CMYK percentages

Cyan51.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow81.4%
Key (black)7.5%

Total ink coverage is 141%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#72ec2c text on a black background

contrast 13.75:1

Card sample

#72ec2c text on a white background

contrast 1.53:1

Card sample

#72ec2c on grey

1.39:1

#72ec2c on its own surface

1.45:1

#72ec2c on its dark surface

10.53:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #72ec2c;
Background color
Panel with #72ec2c background
background-color: #72ec2c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #72ec2c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(114, 236, 44, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(114, 236, 44, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #72ec2c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72ec2c, #2CEC66);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #72ec2c, #2CEC96);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #72ec2c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #72ec2c;
caret-color: #72ec2c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #72ec2c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFFDE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #72ec2c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#72ec2c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #72ec2c 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(114, 236, 44, 0.5)
rgb(114 236 44 / 50%)
#72ec2c80
hsl(98 84% 55% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #72ec2c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#72ec2c1a#F1FDEA
20%#72ec2c33#E3FBD5
40%#72ec2c66#C7F7AB
60%#72ec2c99#AAF480
80%#72ec2ccc#8EF056

Gradients from #72ec2c

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, #98F164, #72ec2c 45%, #31750B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #72ec2c, #15E565);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #72ec2c, #A62CEC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #AAF480 0%, #72ec2c 45%, #31750B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E9F05B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #48EF6C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #31750B 0%, transparent 65%), #72ec2c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #72ec2c

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.

#72ec2c 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 13.75:1.

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.

#72ec2c, answered

What color is #72ec2c?

#72ec2c is a balanced electric green, closest to Lawn Green (ΔE2000 4). It sits at 98° on the hue wheel with 84% saturation and 55% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #72ec2c?

rgb(114, 236, 44) — 114 red, 236 green and 44 blue out of 255, or 44.7% / 92.5% / 17.3% by channel.

What is #72ec2c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(98, 84%, 55%) and hsv(98, 81%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #72ec2c a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6375 and perceived brightness is 75%, so black text on it reaches 13.75:1.

Should I use black or white text on #72ec2c?

Black. It scores 13.75:1 against #72ec2c, versus 1.53:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #72ec2c accessible on a white background?

#72ec2c on white scores 1.53:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #39870C to reach 4.5:1, or #296209 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #72ec2c?

#A62CEC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #462CEC and #EC2CD2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #72ec2c?

For interface work: #F7FAF4 as the surface, #D0EDC0 for borders, #689B4B for secondary text, #7527F1 as an accent and #31750B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D2EC2C and #2CEC46 stays calm, while #A62CEC is the loudest partner.

What is #72ec2c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(52%, 0%, 81%, 8%). 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 #72ec2c warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B8EC2C; nudged cooler, #2AEE2A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #72ec2c?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #72ec2c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #72ec2c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#72ec2c] or text-[#72ec2c], 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 #72ec2c with 50% opacity?

rgba(114, 236, 44, 0.5), or #72ec2c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B9F696; over black, #397616.

Is #72ec2c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66FF33, ΔE2000 4.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #72ec2c 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 #72ec2c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #98F164, #72ec2c 45%, #31750B). For more colour, a short hue run to #15E565 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #72ec2c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #72ec2c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.