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#c2f89d

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

Token name suggestion: Linen Fern

RGB
194, 248, 157
HSL
96°, 87%, 79%
CMYK
22, 0, 37, 3
Luminance
0.8104

#c2f89d is a light electric green, 96° on the wheel and 52/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.21:1). As text it scores 1.22:1 on white — use #3D870A instead. Nearest name is Pale Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(96 87% 79%)rgb(194 248 157)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c2f89d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c2f89d
Hue
96°
green
Saturation
87%
electric
Lightness
79%
light
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8104
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
52/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.21:1
Closest name
Pale Green
ΔE2000 6
Chroma
50.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.921
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 14.9
Web-safe
#CCFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue96° of 360°
Saturation87%
Lightness79%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c2f89d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool52% 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
Red14%
Green83%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#c2f89d
HEX (8-digit)#c2f89dff
RGBrgb(194, 248, 157)
RGBArgba(194, 248, 157, 1)
HSLhsl(96, 87%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(96, 37%, 97%)
HWBhwb(96 62% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 0%, 37%, 3%)
LABlab(92.2 -32.8 38.3)
LCHlch(92.2 50.4 130.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.921 0.130 133.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(61.90, 81.04, 44.27)
Decimal12777629
Display P3color(display-p3 0.761 0.973 0.616)
Web-safe#CCFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c2f89d;
background-color: #c2f89d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c2f89d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c2f89d] bg-[#c2f89d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c2f89d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.761, green: 0.973, blue: 0.616)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.761, green: 0.973, blue: 0.616, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C2F89D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC2F89D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC2F89D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(157, 248, 194)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(194, 248, 157)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(194, 248, 157)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 194, 248, 157)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7608f, 0.9725f, 0.6157f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{194,248,157}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c2f89d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c2f89d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#357708, #DEEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c2f89d 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: #F6FDF2;
  --brand-100: #EEFAE5;
  --brand-200: #D9F7C4;
  --brand-300: #c2f89d;
  --brand-400: #9DF462;
  --brand-500: #7DF02E;
  --brand-600: #67E510;
  --brand-700: #55BE0E;
  --brand-800: #44980B;
  --brand-900: #346E0C;
  --brand-950: #214508;
  --brand: #c2f89d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D2EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #ADF67C;
  --brand-pressed: #98F35A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A2414;
    --brand-ink: #DEEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FDF2',
        100: '#EEFAE5',
        200: '#D9F7C4',
        300: '#c2f89d',
        400: '#9DF462',
        500: '#7DF02E',
        600: '#67E510',
        700: '#55BE0E',
        800: '#44980B',
        900: '#346E0C',
        950: '#214508',
        DEFAULT: '#c2f89d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FDF2,
  '100': #EEFAE5,
  '200': #D9F7C4,
  '300': #c2f89d,
  '400': #9DF462,
  '500': #7DF02E,
  '600': #67E510,
  '700': #55BE0E,
  '800': #44980B,
  '900': #346E0C,
  '950': #214508,
);
$brand-base: #c2f89d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FDF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEFAE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9F7C4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#c2f89d", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9DF462", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#7DF02E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#67E510", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#55BE0E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#44980B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#346E0C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#214508", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c2f89d · 17.21:1
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 · 17.21:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c2f89d as text scores 1.22:1 on white and 17.21:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #357708 at 4.54:1.

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
#3D870A · 4.50:1
AA on white−51% L
#3D870A
The quick fox
#2C6107 · 7.45:1
AAA on white−59% L
#2C6107
The quick fox
#c2f89d · 17.21:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c2f89d
The quick fox
#c2f89d · 17.21:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c2f89d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4CA90C 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
#c2f89d on white: 1.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c2f89d on black: 17.21:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c2f89d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c2f89d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.22:1AaAa
Slate 501.17:1AaAa
Slate 1001.11:1AaAa
Slate 2001.01:1AaAa
Slate 3001.22:1AaAa
Slate 4002.10:1AaAa
Slate 5003.90:1AaAa
Slate 6006.21:1AaAa
Slate 7008.48:1AaAa
Slate 80011.99:1AaAa
Slate 90014.63:1AaAa
Black17.21:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFEB97
deuteranopia · #F7E7A2
tritanopia · #C3F1E1

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. #c2f89d 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.

#F6FDF2
#EEFAE5
#D9F7C4
#c2f89d
#9DF462
#7DF02E
#67E510
#55BE0E
#44980B
#346E0C
#214508
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F6FDF2Darkest = 950 · #214508Text 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 0.033 133.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.052 133.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.078 133.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.102 133.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.120 133.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.130 133.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.130 133.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.123 133.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.110 133.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.091 133.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.072 133.4);
}

Colors that work with #c2f89d

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#D2EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6B9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4A0AC2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#357708
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0FDE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#ADF67C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#98F35A
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CDFEAC
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 #c2f89d

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 #357708
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #4CA90C

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#D39DF8
Analogous left#F0F89D
Analogous right#9DF8A5
Split-complement 1#A59DF8
Split-complement 2#F89DF0
Triadic 1#9DC2F8
Triadic 2#F89DC2
Tetradic#9DF0F8
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°96°

#c2f89d sits at 96°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red76.1%
Green97.3%
Blue61.6%
R · 0–255
194
0xc2
G · 0–255
248
0xf8
B · 0–255
157
0x9d

CMYK percentages

Cyan21.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow36.7%
Key (black)2.7%

Total ink coverage is 61%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c2f89d text on a black background

contrast 17.21:1

Card sample

#c2f89d text on a white background

contrast 1.22:1

Card sample

#c2f89d on grey

1.11:1

#c2f89d on its own surface

1.16:1

#c2f89d on its dark surface

13.17:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c2f89d;
Background color
Panel with #c2f89d background
background-color: #c2f89d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c2f89d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(194, 248, 157, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(194, 248, 157, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c2f89d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2f89d, #9DF8B5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c2f89d, #9DF8CB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c2f89d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c2f89d;
caret-color: #c2f89d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c2f89d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0FDE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c2f89d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c2f89d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c2f89d 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, 248, 157, 0.5)
rgb(194 248 157 / 50%)
#c2f89d80
hsl(96 87% 79% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c2f89d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c2f89d1a#F9FEF5
20%#c2f89d33#F3FEEB
40%#c2f89d66#E7FCD8
60%#c2f89d99#DAFBC4
80%#c2f89dcc#CEF9B1

Gradients from #c2f89d

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, #E6FCD6, #c2f89d 45%, #357708);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c2f89d, #80F6A9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c2f89d, #D39DF8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6FEF1 0%, #c2f89d 45%, #357708 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%, #FBFBCD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B9FAC5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #357708 0%, transparent 65%), #c2f89d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c2f89d

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.

#c2f89d 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 17.21:1.

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.

#c2f89d, answered

What color is #c2f89d?

#c2f89d is a light electric green, closest to Pale Green (ΔE2000 6). It sits at 96° on the hue wheel with 87% saturation and 79% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #c2f89d?

rgb(194, 248, 157) — 194 red, 248 green and 157 blue out of 255, or 76.1% / 97.3% / 61.6% by channel.

What is #c2f89d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(96, 87%, 79%) and hsv(96, 37%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c2f89d a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8104 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 17.21:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c2f89d?

Black. It scores 17.21:1 against #c2f89d, versus 1.22:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c2f89d accessible on a white background?

#c2f89d on white scores 1.22:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3D870A to reach 4.5:1, or #2C6107 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c2f89d?

#D39DF8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A59DF8 and #F89DF0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c2f89d?

For interface work: #F7FAF4 as the surface, #D2EDC0 for borders, #6B9B4B for secondary text, #4A0AC2 as an accent and #357708 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F0F89D and #9DF8A5 stays calm, while #D39DF8 is the loudest partner.

What is #c2f89d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(22%, 0%, 37%, 3%). 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 #c2f89d warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 52 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E3F89D; nudged cooler, #A0F99C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c2f89d?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 14.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c2f89d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c2f89d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c2f89d] or text-[#c2f89d], 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 #c2f89d with 50% opacity?

rgba(194, 248, 157, 0.5), or #c2f89d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E1FCCE; over black, #617C4F.

Is #c2f89d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF99, ΔE2000 2.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c2f89d 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 #c2f89d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E6FCD6, #c2f89d 45%, #357708). For more colour, a short hue run to #80F6A9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c2f89d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c2f89d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.