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#c2ecb7

a light, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Light Green

Token name suggestion: Meadow Fern

RGB
194, 236, 183
HSL
108°, 58%, 82%
CMYK
18, 0, 23, 8
Luminance
0.7488

#c2ecb7 is a light vivid green, 108° on the wheel and 57/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.98:1). As text it scores 1.31:1 on white — use #388623 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(108 58% 82%)rgb(194 236 183)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c2ecb7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c2ecb7
Hue
108°
green
Saturation
58%
vivid
Lightness
82%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7488
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
57/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.98:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 9.4
Chroma
31.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.900
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 18.6
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue108° of 360°
Saturation58%
Lightness82%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c2ecb7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool57% 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
Red15%
Green80%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#c2ecb7
HEX (8-digit)#c2ecb7ff
RGBrgb(194, 236, 183)
RGBArgba(194, 236, 183, 1)
HSLhsl(108, 58%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(108, 22%, 93%)
HWBhwb(108 72% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 0%, 23%, 8%)
LABlab(89.3 -23.2 21.3)
LCHlch(89.3 31.5 137.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.900 0.083 139.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(60.79, 74.88, 56.04)
Decimal12774583
Display P3color(display-p3 0.761 0.925 0.718)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c2ecb7;
background-color: #c2ecb7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c2ecb7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c2ecb7] bg-[#c2ecb7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c2ecb7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.761, green: 0.925, blue: 0.718)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.761, green: 0.925, blue: 0.718, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C2ECB7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC2ECB7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC2ECB7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(183, 236, 194)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(194, 236, 183)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(194, 236, 183)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 194, 236, 183)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7608f, 0.9255f, 0.7176f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{194,236,183}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c2ecb7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c2ecb7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2A651B, #D8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c2ecb7 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: #F5FBF4;
  --brand-100: #ECF7E9;
  --brand-200: #D4EFCD;
  --brand-300: #c2ecb7;
  --brand-400: #8EDC7A;
  --brand-500: #69D04D;
  --brand-600: #51C233;
  --brand-700: #43A12B;
  --brand-800: #368122;
  --brand-900: #2A5E1C;
  --brand-950: #1A3B12;
  --brand: #c2ecb7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #C9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #AAE59B;
  --brand-pressed: #92DD7F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #172414;
    --brand-ink: #D8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FBF4',
        100: '#ECF7E9',
        200: '#D4EFCD',
        300: '#c2ecb7',
        400: '#8EDC7A',
        500: '#69D04D',
        600: '#51C233',
        700: '#43A12B',
        800: '#368122',
        900: '#2A5E1C',
        950: '#1A3B12',
        DEFAULT: '#c2ecb7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FBF4,
  '100': #ECF7E9,
  '200': #D4EFCD,
  '300': #c2ecb7,
  '400': #8EDC7A,
  '500': #69D04D,
  '600': #51C233,
  '700': #43A12B,
  '800': #368122,
  '900': #2A5E1C,
  '950': #1A3B12,
);
$brand-base: #c2ecb7;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF7E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D4EFCD", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#c2ecb7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8EDC7A", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#69D04D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#51C233", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#43A12B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#368122", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2A5E1C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1A3B12", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c2ecb7 · 15.98:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.31:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.98:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c2ecb7 as text scores 1.31:1 on white and 15.98:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2A651B at 5.37:1.

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
#388623 · 4.56:1
AA on white−49% L
#388623
The quick fox
#29621A · 7.35:1
AAA on white−58% L
#29621A
The quick fox
#c2ecb7 · 15.98:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c2ecb7
The quick fox
#c2ecb7 · 15.98:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c2ecb7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #45A62C 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
#c2ecb7 on white: 1.31:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c2ecb7 on black: 15.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c2ecb7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c2ecb7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.31:1AaAa
Slate 501.26:1AaAa
Slate 1001.20:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.95:1AaAa
Slate 5003.62:1AaAa
Slate 6005.76:1AaAa
Slate 7007.88:1AaAa
Slate 80011.13:1AaAa
Slate 90013.58:1AaAa
Black15.98:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F0E3B4
deuteranopia · #E9DFBA
tritanopia · #C0E8DD

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. #c2ecb7 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FBF4
#ECF7E9
#D4EFCD
#c2ecb7
#8EDC7A
#69D04D
#51C233
#43A12B
#368122
#2A5E1C
#1A3B12
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F5FBF4Darkest = 950 · #1A3B12Text 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 0.021 139.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.033 139.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.050 139.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.065 139.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.077 139.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.083 139.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.083 139.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.078 139.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.070 139.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.058 139.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.046 139.2);
}

Colors that work with #c2ecb7

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#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#C9EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5B9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6C26A6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2A651B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEFAEB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#172414
Dark-mode background
Hover#AAE59B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#92DD7F
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CEF4C4
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 #c2ecb7

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
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White 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
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #2A651B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #45A62C

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 lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight18/100
  • 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#E1B7EC
Analogous left#DDECB7
Analogous right#B7ECC7
Split-complement 1#C7B7EC
Split-complement 2#ECB7DD
Triadic 1#B7C2EC
Triadic 2#ECB7C2
Tetradic#B7DDEC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°108°

#c2ecb7 sits at 108°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red76.1%
Green92.5%
Blue71.8%
R · 0–255
194
0xc2
G · 0–255
236
0xec
B · 0–255
183
0xb7

CMYK percentages

Cyan17.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow22.5%
Key (black)7.5%

Total ink coverage is 48%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c2ecb7 text on a black background

contrast 15.98:1

Card sample

#c2ecb7 text on a white background

contrast 1.31:1

Card sample

#c2ecb7 on grey

1.20:1

#c2ecb7 on its own surface

1.25:1

#c2ecb7 on its dark surface

12.30:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c2ecb7;
Background color
Panel with #c2ecb7 background
background-color: #c2ecb7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c2ecb7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(194, 236, 183, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(194, 236, 183, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c2ecb7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2ecb7, #B7ECCF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c2ecb7, #B7ECDD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c2ecb7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c2ecb7;
caret-color: #c2ecb7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c2ecb7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEFAEB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c2ecb7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c2ecb7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c2ecb7 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(194, 236, 183, 0.5)
rgb(194 236 183 / 50%)
#c2ecb780
hsl(108 58% 82% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c2ecb7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c2ecb71a#F9FDF8
20%#c2ecb733#F3FBF1
40%#c2ecb766#E7F7E2
60%#c2ecb799#DAF4D4
80%#c2ecb7cc#CEF0C5

Gradients from #c2ecb7

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, #EBF9E8, #c2ecb7 45%, #2A651B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c2ecb7, #9FE6C5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c2ecb7, #E1B7EC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5FCF3 0%, #c2ecb7 45%, #2A651B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F2F7E0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CFF2DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2A651B 0%, transparent 65%), #c2ecb7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c2ecb7

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.

#c2ecb7 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
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
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 15.98:1.

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.

#c2ecb7, answered

What color is #c2ecb7?

#c2ecb7 is a light vivid green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 9.4). It sits at 108° on the hue wheel with 58% saturation and 82% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #c2ecb7?

rgb(194, 236, 183) — 194 red, 236 green and 183 blue out of 255, or 76.1% / 92.5% / 71.8% by channel.

What is #c2ecb7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(108, 58%, 82%) and hsv(108, 22%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c2ecb7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7488 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 15.98:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c2ecb7?

Black. It scores 15.98:1 against #c2ecb7, versus 1.31:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c2ecb7 accessible on a white background?

#c2ecb7 on white scores 1.31:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #388623 to reach 4.5:1, or #29621A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c2ecb7?

#E1B7EC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C7B7EC and #ECB7DD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c2ecb7?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #C9EDC0 for borders, #5B9B4B for secondary text, #6C26A6 as an accent and #2A651B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DDECB7 and #B7ECC7 stays calm, while #E1B7EC is the loudest partner.

What is #c2ecb7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(18%, 0%, 23%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c2ecb7 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 57 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D6ECB7; nudged cooler, #B6EDBF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c2ecb7?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 18.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c2ecb7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c2ecb7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c2ecb7] or text-[#c2ecb7], 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 #c2ecb7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(194, 236, 183, 0.5), or #c2ecb780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E1F6DB; over black, #61765C.

Is #c2ecb7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 4.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c2ecb7 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 #c2ecb7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBF9E8, #c2ecb7 45%, #2A651B). For more colour, a short hue run to #9FE6C5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c2ecb7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c2ecb7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.