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Recognised as Colour

#2A8355

  • #2A8355
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2A8355 is a green with RGB values 42, 131, 85 and HSL 149°, 51%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2A8355#2A8355
HEX#2A8355
RGBrgb(42, 131, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.5137, 0.3333
RGB percentages16.5%, 51.4%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(149, 51.4%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(149, 67.9%, 51.4%)
CMYK67.9%, 0%, 35.1%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,786,133
CSS custom property--colour: #2A8355;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#D57CAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#827952no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#777058no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#008277no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 4.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.9Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.1Teal · ΔE 27.3Dark cyan · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 4.44, a close match
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#832A58
Analogous#2B832A, #2A8381
Triadic#552A83, #83552A
Split complementary#812A83, #832A2C
Tetradic#2A2C83, #832A58, #83812A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9ADFBB
Lighter +30%#74D2A1
Lighter +20%#4DC687
Lighter +10%#36AA6E
Darker −10%#1E5C3C
Darker −20%#113623
Darker −30%#050F0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#149954
Less saturated −25%#406D56

Channel breakdown

R42
G131
B85
Red42 (16.5%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue148.99°
Saturation (HSL)51.45%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G 83 · B 55

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