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#2FA900 — Vivid Green

#2FA900 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 #2FA900 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.

#2FA900 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 #7900A8; it also sits naturally between #84A800 and #00A824. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#2FA900 · RGB 47, 169, 0

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Color values

HEX#2FA900
RGB47, 169, 0
HSL103°, 100%, 33%
HSV103°, 100%, 66%
CMYK72%, 0%, 100%, 34%
XYZ15.36, 28.98, 4.78
Yxy28.98, 0.3127, 0.5899
CIE-Lab60.76, -58.53, 61.78
Hunter Lab53.83, -41.04, 30.62

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 18% · Green 66% · Blue 0%

Cyan 72% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 34%

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

Previews

Sample text in #2FA900 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #2FA900 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #2FA900

.text { color: #2FA900; }
.background { background-color: #2FA900; }
.border { border: 3px solid #2FA900; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(47, 169, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(103, 100%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #2FA900; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(47, 169, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #2FA900; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(47, 169, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#2FA900">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#2FA900">Div content here</div>

Shades of #2FA900

#2B9900#278A00#237A00#1E6B00#1B6100#175200#134200#0E3300#0A2400#061400

Tints of #2FA900

#38C700#42EB00#50FF0A#65FF29#7FFF4D#95FF6B#ABFF8A#C1FFA8#DAFFCC#F0FFEB

Tones of #2FA900

#359D0C#3A9018#3F8424#447830#4A6D3C#4F6048

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7900A8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.09:1 AA large only
Against black text6.80:1 AA

Best text color on #2FA900: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #2FA900

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 #2FA900: ·

How #2FA900 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #646529Deuteranopia · #5D5433Tritanopia · #354950

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 #2FA900 rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Rustic Ruby Lagoon
#E1833E · #85740B · #6A900D · #38A10F
Honey Ruby Monsoon
#33AF14 · #29E753 · #5EEDBB · #ACF0F6
Dusty Ruby Saffron
#28AC15 · #9EEE74 · #D754EA · #EB98EB
Vintage Meadow
#BD4417 · #94720F · #A4CE0F · #39990F
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6

Similar colors

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

#36AE0F#38A10F#33AF14#28AC15#39990F#37B911#399716#33B81A#399918#2DAF1E#48A111#3B9C1A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #2FA8FF  ·  #2FA901 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #2FA900?

#2FA900 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 47, 169, 0). Its closest standard named color is ForestGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #2FA900?

#2FA900 is RGB 47, 169, 0 — HSL 103°, 100%, 33% — CMYK 72%, 0%, 100%, 34%.

What colors go with #2FA900?

Its complement is #7900A8; analogous partners are #84A800 and #00A824. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #2FA900 for text?

Black text on #2FA900 has a contrast ratio of 6.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.09:1.