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#02CA02 — Vivid Green

#02CA02 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color Lime (#00FF00). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lime (#00FF00) — not an exact match. CSS lime gives you #00FF00, a different color; use #02CA02 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#02CA02 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CA02CA; it also sits naturally between #66CA02 and #02CA66. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#02CA02 · RGB 2, 202, 2

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Color values

HEX#02CA02
RGB2, 202, 2
HSL120°, 98%, 40%
HSV120°, 99%, 79%
CMYK99%, 0%, 99%, 21%
XYZ21.16, 42.26, 7.10
Yxy42.26, 0.3000, 0.5993
CIE-Lab71.05, -72.19, 69.59
Hunter Lab65.01, -53.03, 36.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 1% · Green 79% · Blue 1%

Cyan 99% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 21%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #02CA02 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #02CA02 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #02CA02

.text { color: #02CA02; }
.background { background-color: #02CA02; }
.border { border: 3px solid #02CA02; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(2, 202, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(120, 98%, 40%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #02CA02; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(2, 202, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #02CA02; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(2, 202, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#02CA02">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#02CA02">Div content here</div>

Shades of #02CA02

#02B602#02A702#019201#018301#016F01#015B01#014C01#013801#002800#001400

Tints of #02CA02

#02E802#08FD08#26FD26#3FFD3F#5DFD5D#7CFE7C#95FE95#B3FEB3#CDFECD#EBFFEB

Tones of #02CA02

#10BC10#1FAD1F#2D9F2D#3B913B#498349#587458

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CA02CA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.22:1 Fails
Against black text9.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #02CA02: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #02CA02

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #02CA02: ·

How #02CA02 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #595A32Deuteranopia · #4D3E3ETritanopia · #0C5961

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind green 600 · #16A34ATailwind green 500 · #22C55ETailwind lime 600 · #65A30D

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #02CA02 rather than the exact color:

Palette 08cb00
#08CB00 · #253900 · #000000 · #EEEEEE
Palette 059212
#059212 · #06D001 · #9BEC00 · #F3FF90
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA
Wild Ruby Cinder
#17BC17 · #34E65E · #E73CE7 · #F1B6F1
Crimson Dusk
#C917C9 · #EA42D9 · #1AE019 · #C8F5CA
Misty Tempest
#B115B9 · #E551EB · #21D519 · #A3ED9B

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#08CB00#06D001#10C51F#17BC17#1AE019#21D519#26C616#20C41E#20BE1E#1FB419#1EB21E#19B527

Browse neighbouring colors

← #02CA01  ·  #02CA03 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #02CA02?

#02CA02 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 2, 202, 2). Its closest standard named color is Lime.

What is the RGB and HSL of #02CA02?

#02CA02 is RGB 2, 202, 2 — HSL 120°, 98%, 40% — CMYK 99%, 0%, 99%, 21%.

What colors go with #02CA02?

Its complement is #CA02CA; analogous partners are #66CA02 and #02CA66. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #02CA02 for text?

Black text on #02CA02 has a contrast ratio of 9.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.22:1.