#2BEE2E colour

#2BEE2E is a green close to CSS lime: RGB 43, 238, 46, HSL 121, 85%, 55%. Black text passes AAA (13.37:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#2BEE2E

Nearest CSS name: lime #00ff00 (not an exact match)
Described as: a green
Red, green, blue: 43, 238, 46
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.6186 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#2bee2e`
RGB	`rgb(43, 238, 46)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(16.9% 93.3% 18%)`
HSL	`hsl(120.9, 85.2%, 55.1%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120.9, 81.9%, 93.3%)`
HWB	`hwb(120.9 16.9% 6.7%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(82%, 0%, 81%, 7%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(82.91% -71.82 70.62)`
OKLCH	`oklch(82.67% 0.2654 142.82)`
Decimal	`2879022`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.57:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 13.37:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.57:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	13.37:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #2BEE2E (13.37:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#3ef041 18%#52f154 27%#65f367 36%#78f47a 45%#8bf68d 55%#9ff7a0 64%#b2f9b3 73%#c5fac6 82%#d8fcd9 91%#ecfdec

9%#27d82a 18%#23c326 27%#1fad21 36%#1b971d 45%#178219 55%#146c15 64%#105711 73%#0c410d 82%#082b08 91%#041604

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#2bee2e #ee2beb

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#8aee2b #2bee2e #2bee90

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#2bee2e #2e2bee #ee2e2b

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#2bee2e #902bee #ee2b8a

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#2bee2e #2b8aee #ee2beb #ee902b

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#2bee2e Protanopia#f3d700 Deuteranopia#dfc947 Tritanopia#00e7cb Achromatopsia#cecece

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #2bee2e;`
Background	`background-color: #2bee2e;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #2bee2e;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(43 238 46 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #2bee2e;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2bee2e, #1a8f1c);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #80f582, #2bee2e);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #2bee2e; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.