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#2AAA07 — Vivid Green

#2AAA07 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color ForestGreen (#228B22). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: forestgreen (#228B22) — not an exact match. CSS forestgreen gives you #228B22, a different color; use #2AAA07 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.

#2AAA07 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 #8807AB; it also sits naturally between #7DAB07 and #07AB36. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2AAA07 · RGB 42, 170, 7

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Color values

HEX#2AAA07
RGB42, 170, 7
HSL107°, 92%, 35%
HSV107°, 96%, 67%
CMYK75%, 0%, 96%, 33%
XYZ15.37, 29.26, 5.04
Yxy29.26, 0.3094, 0.5891
CIE-Lab61.01, -59.54, 60.97
Hunter Lab54.09, -41.71, 30.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 16% · Green 67% · Blue 3%

Cyan 75% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 96% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #2AAA07 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2AAA07 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2AAA07

.text { color: #2AAA07; }
.background { background-color: #2AAA07; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2AAA07; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(42, 170, 7); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(107, 92%, 35%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2AAA07; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(42, 170, 7, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2AAA07; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(42, 170, 7, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2AAA07">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2AAA07">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2AAA07

#279D07#238E06#207F05#1C7105#186204#144E03#104003#0C3102#092201#051401

Tints of #2AAA07

#32C908#39E60A#49F519#60F736#7BF859#92F976#AAFB93#C1FCB1#D8FDCE#EFFEEB

Tones of #2AAA07

#31A013#38941E#3E892A#467C36#4C7042#53654E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8807AB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.07:1 AA large only
Against black text6.85:1 AA

Best text color on #2AAA07: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2AAA07

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 #2AAA07: ·

How #2AAA07 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #61632EDeuteranopia · #5A5038Tritanopia · #304E54

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 lime 600 · #65A30DTailwind green 600 · #16A34AMaterial Green 500 · #4CAF50

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #2AAA07 rather than the exact color:

Dusty Ruby Saffron
#28AC15 · #9EEE74 · #D754EA · #EB98EB
Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Honey Ruby Monsoon
#33AF14 · #29E753 · #5EEDBB · #ACF0F6
Rustic Ruby Lagoon
#E1833E · #85740B · #6A900D · #38A10F
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Honey Harbor
#496E19 · #1FB419 · #1EBD6B · #20999B

Similar colors

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

#28AC15#36AE0F#33AF14#38A10F#37B911#1FB419#2DAF1E#39990F#33B81A#22A720#29AB22#1EB21E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2AAA06  ·  #2AAA08 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2AAA07?

#2AAA07 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 42, 170, 7). Its closest standard named color is ForestGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2AAA07?

#2AAA07 is RGB 42, 170, 7 — HSL 107°, 92%, 35% — CMYK 75%, 0%, 96%, 33%.

What colors go with #2AAA07?

Its complement is #8807AB; analogous partners are #7DAB07 and #07AB36. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2AAA07 for text?

Black text on #2AAA07 has a contrast ratio of 6.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.07:1.