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#c0fc02

a balanced, electric green · warm · closest name: Green Yellow

Token name suggestion: Signal Fern

RGB
192, 252, 2
HSL
74°, 98%, 50%
CMYK
24, 0, 99, 1
Luminance
0.8083

#c0fc02 is a balanced electric green, 74° on the wheel and 37/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.17:1). As text it scores 1.22:1 on white — use #607D01 instead. Nearest name is Green Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(74 98% 50%)rgb(192 252 2)Base step 600AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c0fc02 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c0fc02
Hue
74°
green
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
50%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8083
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
37/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.17:1
Closest name
Green Yellow
ΔE2000 3.7
Chroma
99.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.916
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 12.4
Web-safe
#CCFF00
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue74° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness50%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c0fc02.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool37% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red14%
Green86%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#c0fc02
HEX (8-digit)#c0fc02ff
RGBrgb(192, 252, 2)
RGBArgba(192, 252, 2, 1)
HSLhsl(74, 98%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(74, 99%, 99%)
HWBhwb(74 1% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(24%, 0%, 99%, 1%)
LABlab(92.1 -45.2 88.6)
LCHlch(92.1 99.5 117.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.916 0.231 125.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(56.56, 80.83, 12.68)
Decimal12647426
Display P3color(display-p3 0.753 0.988 0.008)
Web-safe#CCFF00

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c0fc02;
background-color: #c0fc02;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c0fc02;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c0fc02] bg-[#c0fc02]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c0fc02;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.753, green: 0.988, blue: 0.008)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.753, green: 0.988, blue: 0.008, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C0FC02</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC0FC02)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC0FC02)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(2, 252, 192)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(192, 252, 2)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(192, 252, 2)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 252, 2)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7529f, 0.9882f, 0.0078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{192,252,2}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c0fc02 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c0fc02 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#607E01, #E8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c0fc02 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: #FBFEF1;
  --brand-100: #F6FCE3;
  --brand-200: #EDFBC1;
  --brand-300: #E4FE90;
  --brand-400: #D6FE58;
  --brand-500: #C8FD20;
  --brand-600: #c0fc02;
  --brand-700: #9ACA02;
  --brand-800: #7BA201;
  --brand-900: #5A7506;
  --brand-950: #384904;
  --brand: #c0fc02;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E2EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #A5D902;
  --brand-pressed: #8AB501;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #202414;
    --brand-ink: #E8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBFEF1',
        100: '#F6FCE3',
        200: '#EDFBC1',
        300: '#E4FE90',
        400: '#D6FE58',
        500: '#C8FD20',
        600: '#c0fc02',
        700: '#9ACA02',
        800: '#7BA201',
        900: '#5A7506',
        950: '#384904',
        DEFAULT: '#c0fc02',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBFEF1,
  '100': #F6FCE3,
  '200': #EDFBC1,
  '300': #E4FE90,
  '400': #D6FE58,
  '500': #C8FD20,
  '600': #c0fc02,
  '700': #9ACA02,
  '800': #7BA201,
  '900': #5A7506,
  '950': #384904,
);
$brand-base: #c0fc02;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBFEF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6FCE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDFBC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E4FE90", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D6FE58", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C8FD20", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#c0fc02", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9ACA02", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7BA201", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5A7506", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#384904", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c0fc02 · 17.17:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.22:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.17:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c0fc02 as text scores 1.22:1 on white and 17.17:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #607E01 at 3.83:1.

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
#607D01 · 4.74:1
AA on white−25% L
#607D01
The quick fox
#485F01 · 7.21:1
AAA on white−31% L
#485F01
The quick fox
#c0fc02 · 17.17:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c0fc02
The quick fox
#c0fc02 · 17.17:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c0fc02

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7BA101 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
#c0fc02 on white: 1.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c0fc02 on black: 17.17:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c0fc02 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c0fc02.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.22:1AaAa
Slate 501.17:1AaAa
Slate 1001.12:1AaAa
Slate 2001.01:1AaAa
Slate 3001.21:1AaAa
Slate 4002.10:1AaAa
Slate 5003.89:1AaAa
Slate 6006.19:1AaAa
Slate 7008.46:1AaAa
Slate 80011.96:1AaAa
Slate 90014.59:1AaAa
Black17.17:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFEA00
deuteranopia · #FFE735
tritanopia · #C9EFD6

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. #c0fc02 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBFEF1
#F6FCE3
#EDFBC1
#E4FE90
#D6FE58
#C8FD20
#c0fc02
#9ACA02
#7BA201
#5A7506
#384904
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FBFEF1Darkest = 950 · #384904Text 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 0.058 125.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.092 125.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.138 125.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.180 125.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.212 125.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.231 125.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.231 125.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.217 125.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.194 125.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.161 125.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.127 125.2);
}

Colors that work with #c0fc02

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#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E2EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#889B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0003FE
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#607E01
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9FFE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#202414
Dark-mode background
Hover#A5D902
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8AB501
Two steps down
Disabled#BFC7A7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C6FF13
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 #c0fc02

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 #607E01
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7BA101

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
  • Weight50/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

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#3E02FC
Analogous left#FCBB02
Analogous right#43FC02
Split-complement 1#0243FC
Split-complement 2#BB02FC
Triadic 1#02C0FC
Triadic 2#FC02C0
Tetradic#02FCBB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°74°

#c0fc02 sits at 74°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red75.3%
Green98.8%
Blue0.8%
R · 0–255
192
0xc0
G · 0–255
252
0xfc
B · 0–255
2
0x02

CMYK percentages

Cyan23.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow99.2%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 124%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c0fc02 text on a black background

contrast 17.17:1

Card sample

#c0fc02 text on a white background

contrast 1.22:1

Card sample

#c0fc02 on grey

1.12:1

#c0fc02 on its own surface

1.17:1

#c0fc02 on its dark surface

12.97:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c0fc02;
Background color
Panel with #c0fc02 background
background-color: #c0fc02;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c0fc02;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(192, 252, 2, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(192, 252, 2, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c0fc02;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c0fc02, #19FC02);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c0fc02, #02FC29);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c0fc02;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c0fc02;
caret-color: #c0fc02;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c0fc02;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9FFE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c0fc02;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c0fc02 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c0fc02 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(192, 252, 2, 0.5)
rgb(192 252 2 / 50%)
#c0fc0280
hsl(74 98% 50% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c0fc02 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c0fc021a#F9FFE6
20%#c0fc0233#F2FECC
40%#c0fc0266#E6FE9A
60%#c0fc0299#D9FD67
80%#c0fc02cc#CDFD35

Gradients from #c0fc02

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, #CFFD3E, #c0fc02 45%, #607E01);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c0fc02, #04DE02);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c0fc02, #3E02FC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D7FE5C 0%, #c0fc02 45%, #607E01 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FDB834 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #47FD1F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #607E01 0%, transparent 65%), #c0fc02;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c0fc02

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.

#c0fc02 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 17.17:1.

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.

#c0fc02, answered

What color is #c0fc02?

#c0fc02 is a balanced electric green, closest to Green Yellow (ΔE2000 3.7). It sits at 74° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 50% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #c0fc02?

rgb(192, 252, 2) — 192 red, 252 green and 2 blue out of 255, or 75.3% / 98.8% / 0.8% by channel.

What is #c0fc02 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(74, 98%, 50%) and hsv(74, 99%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c0fc02 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8083 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 17.17:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c0fc02?

Black. It scores 17.17:1 against #c0fc02, versus 1.22:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c0fc02 accessible on a white background?

#c0fc02 on white scores 1.22:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #607D01 to reach 4.5:1, or #485F01 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c0fc02?

#3E02FC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #0243FC and #BB02FC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c0fc02?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E2EDC0 for borders, #889B4B for secondary text, #0003FE as an accent and #607E01 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FCBB02 and #43FC02 stays calm, while #3E02FC is the loudest partner.

What is #c0fc02 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(24%, 0%, 99%, 1%). 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 #c0fc02 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 37 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FCDC02; nudged cooler, #64FE00.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c0fc02?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 12.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c0fc02 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c0fc02 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c0fc02] or text-[#c0fc02], 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 #c0fc02 with 50% opacity?

rgba(192, 252, 2, 0.5), or #c0fc0280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E0FE81; over black, #607E01.

Is #c0fc02 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF00, ΔE2000 1.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c0fc02 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 #c0fc02?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #CFFD3E, #c0fc02 45%, #607E01). For more colour, a short hue run to #04DE02 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c0fc02 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c0fc02 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.