Recognised as Colour

#2A3C16

#2A3C16
Green
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#2A3C16 is a green with RGB values 42, 60, 22 and HSL 88°, 46%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#2A3C16

RGBrgb(42, 60, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.2353, 0.0863

RGB percentages16.5%, 23.5%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(88.4, 46.3%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(88.4, 63.3%, 23.5%)

CMYK30%, 0%, 63.3%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,767,894

CSS custom property--colour: #2A3C16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.96:1

Contrast with white11.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#D5C3E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3812no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C3619no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Tritanopia#2B3934no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.2 Dim grey · ΔE 33.5 Black · ΔE 34.5 Dark green · ΔE 37.7 Sea green · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#28163C

Analogous#3C3B16, #173C16

Triadic#162A3C, #3C162A

Split complementary#16173C, #3B163C

Tetradic#163C3B, #28163C, #3C1617

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#92C35B

Lighter +30%#78AC3F

Lighter +20%#5E8731

Lighter +10%#446124

Darker −10%#101708

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2B460C

Less saturated −25%#293220

Channel breakdown

R42

G60

B22

Red42 (16.5%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue88.42°

Saturation (HSL)46.34%

Lightness16.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G 3C · B 16

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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