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#cff2a2

a light, electric green · neutral · closest name: Pale Green

Token name suggestion: Drift Jade

RGB
207, 242, 162
HSL
86°, 76%, 79%
CMYK
15, 0, 33, 5
Luminance
0.7938

#cff2a2 is a light electric green, 86° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.88:1). As text it scores 1.24:1 on white — use #518312 instead. Nearest name is Pale Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(86 76% 79%)rgb(207 242 162)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cff2a2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cff2a2
Hue
86°
green
Saturation
76%
electric
Lightness
79%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7938
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.88:1
Closest name
Pale Green
ΔE2000 9.1
Chroma
42.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.917
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 15.6
Web-safe
#CCFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue86° of 360°
Saturation76%
Lightness79%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cff2a2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool47% 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
Red17%
Green80%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#cff2a2
HEX (8-digit)#cff2a2ff
RGBrgb(207, 242, 162)
RGBArgba(207, 242, 162, 1)
HSLhsl(86, 76%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86, 33%, 95%)
HWBhwb(86 64% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 0%, 33%, 5%)
LABlab(91.4 -24.7 35.0)
LCHlch(91.4 42.8 125.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.917 0.110 127.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(64.00, 79.38, 46.12)
Decimal13628066
Display P3color(display-p3 0.812 0.949 0.635)
Web-safe#CCFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cff2a2;
background-color: #cff2a2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cff2a2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cff2a2] bg-[#cff2a2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cff2a2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.812, green: 0.949, blue: 0.635)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.812, green: 0.949, blue: 0.635, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CFF2A2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCFF2A2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCFF2A2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(162, 242, 207)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(207, 242, 162)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(207, 242, 162)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 207, 242, 162)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8118f, 0.9490f, 0.6353f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{207,242,162}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cff2a2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cff2a2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#467010, #E2EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cff2a2 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: #F8FCF3;
  --brand-100: #F1F9E7;
  --brand-200: #E1F4C8;
  --brand-300: #cff2a2;
  --brand-400: #B3EA6B;
  --brand-500: #99E43A;
  --brand-600: #86D71E;
  --brand-700: #6FB319;
  --brand-800: #598F14;
  --brand-900: #426813;
  --brand-950: #2A410C;
  --brand: #cff2a2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #BFEE83;
  --brand-pressed: #AFE963;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D2414;
    --brand-ink: #E2EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FCF3',
        100: '#F1F9E7',
        200: '#E1F4C8',
        300: '#cff2a2',
        400: '#B3EA6B',
        500: '#99E43A',
        600: '#86D71E',
        700: '#6FB319',
        800: '#598F14',
        900: '#426813',
        950: '#2A410C',
        DEFAULT: '#cff2a2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FCF3,
  '100': #F1F9E7,
  '200': #E1F4C8,
  '300': #cff2a2,
  '400': #B3EA6B,
  '500': #99E43A,
  '600': #86D71E,
  '700': #6FB319,
  '800': #598F14,
  '900': #426813,
  '950': #2A410C,
);
$brand-base: #cff2a2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F1F9E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E1F4C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#cff2a2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B3EA6B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#99E43A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#86D71E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#6FB319", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#598F14", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#426813", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2A410C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cff2a2 · 16.88:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.24:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.88:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cff2a2 as text scores 1.24:1 on white and 16.88:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #467010 at 4.71:1.

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
#518312 · 4.56:1
AA on white−50% L
#518312
The quick fox
#3E630E · 7.01:1
AAA on white−57% L
#3E630E
The quick fox
#cff2a2 · 16.88:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cff2a2
The quick fox
#cff2a2 · 16.88:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cff2a2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #65A217 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
#cff2a2 on white: 1.24:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cff2a2 on black: 16.88:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cff2a2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cff2a2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.24:1AaAa
Slate 501.19:1AaAa
Slate 1001.14:1AaAa
Slate 2001.01:1AaAa
Slate 3001.19:1AaAa
Slate 4002.06:1AaAa
Slate 5003.82:1AaAa
Slate 6006.09:1AaAa
Slate 7008.32:1AaAa
Slate 80011.76:1AaAa
Slate 90014.35:1AaAa
Black16.88:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FAE89D
deuteranopia · #F5E6A6
tritanopia · #D3EBDD

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. #cff2a2 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.

#F8FCF3
#F1F9E7
#E1F4C8
#cff2a2
#B3EA6B
#99E43A
#86D71E
#6FB319
#598F14
#426813
#2A410C
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F8FCF3Darkest = 950 · #2A410CText 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 0.028 127.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.044 127.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.066 127.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.086 127.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.101 127.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.110 127.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.110 127.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.103 127.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.092 127.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.077 127.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.061 127.6);
}

Colors that work with #cff2a2

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#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D9EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#789B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3415B7
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#467010
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3FCE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#BFEE83
One step down in lightness
Pressed#AFE963
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D9F9B0
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 #cff2a2

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 #467010
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #65A217

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 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight21/100
  • 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#C5A2F2
Analogous left#F2EDA2
Analogous right#A7F2A2
Split-complement 1#A2A7F2
Split-complement 2#EDA2F2
Triadic 1#A2CFF2
Triadic 2#F2A2CF
Tetradic#A2F2ED
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°86°

#cff2a2 sits at 86°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.2%
Green94.9%
Blue63.5%
R · 0–255
207
0xcf
G · 0–255
242
0xf2
B · 0–255
162
0xa2

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow33.1%
Key (black)5.1%

Total ink coverage is 53%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cff2a2 text on a black background

contrast 16.88:1

Card sample

#cff2a2 text on a white background

contrast 1.24:1

Card sample

#cff2a2 on grey

1.14:1

#cff2a2 on its own surface

1.18:1

#cff2a2 on its dark surface

12.84:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cff2a2;
Background color
Panel with #cff2a2 background
background-color: #cff2a2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cff2a2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(207, 242, 162, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(207, 242, 162, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cff2a2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cff2a2, #A2F2AA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cff2a2, #A2F2BE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cff2a2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cff2a2;
caret-color: #cff2a2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cff2a2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3FCE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cff2a2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cff2a2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cff2a2 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(207, 242, 162, 0.5)
rgb(207 242 162 / 50%)
#cff2a280
hsl(86 76% 79% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cff2a2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cff2a21a#FAFEF6
20%#cff2a233#F5FCEC
40%#cff2a266#ECFADA
60%#cff2a299#E2F7C7
80%#cff2a2cc#D9F5B5

Gradients from #cff2a2

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, #EBFAD8, #cff2a2 45%, #467010);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cff2a2, #87EE9A);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cff2a2, #C5A2F2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F8FDF2 0%, #cff2a2 45%, #467010 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F8F2CF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #BDF6BE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #467010 0%, transparent 65%), #cff2a2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cff2a2

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.

#cff2a2 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

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 16.88:1.

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.

#cff2a2, answered

What color is #cff2a2?

#cff2a2 is a light electric green, closest to Pale Green (ΔE2000 9.1). It sits at 86° on the hue wheel with 76% saturation and 79% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #cff2a2?

rgb(207, 242, 162) — 207 red, 242 green and 162 blue out of 255, or 81.2% / 94.9% / 63.5% by channel.

What is #cff2a2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(86, 76%, 79%) and hsv(86, 33%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cff2a2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7938 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 16.88:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cff2a2?

Black. It scores 16.88:1 against #cff2a2, versus 1.24:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cff2a2 accessible on a white background?

#cff2a2 on white scores 1.24:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #518312 to reach 4.5:1, or #3E630E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cff2a2?

#C5A2F2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A2A7F2 and #EDA2F2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cff2a2?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D9EDC0 for borders, #789B4B for secondary text, #3415B7 as an accent and #467010 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F2EDA2 and #A7F2A2 stays calm, while #C5A2F2 is the loudest partner.

What is #cff2a2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(15%, 0%, 33%, 5%). 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 #cff2a2 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 47 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #ECF2A2; nudged cooler, #B1F3A1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cff2a2?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 15.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cff2a2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cff2a2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cff2a2] or text-[#cff2a2], 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 #cff2a2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(207, 242, 162, 0.5), or #cff2a280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E7F9D1; over black, #687951.

Is #cff2a2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF99, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cff2a2 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 #cff2a2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBFAD8, #cff2a2 45%, #467010). For more colour, a short hue run to #87EE9A keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cff2a2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cff2a2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.