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Recognised as Colour

#2A8358

  • #2A8358
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2A8358 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 131, 88 and HSL 151°, 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

#2A8358#2A8358
HEX#2A8358
RGBrgb(42, 131, 88)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.5137, 0.3451
RGB percentages16.5%, 51.4%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(151, 51.4%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151, 67.9%, 51.4%)
CMYK67.9%, 0%, 32.8%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,786,136
CSS custom property--colour: #2A8358;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#D57CA7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#827955no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#76715Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#008278no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 5.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.3Teal · ΔE 25.5Dark cyan · ΔE 25.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 5.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#832A55
Analogous#2A832B, #2A8183
Triadic#582A83, #83582A
Split complementary#832A81, #832B2A
Tetradic#2C2A83, #832A55, #81832A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9ADFBE
Lighter +30%#74D2A5
Lighter +20%#4DC68C
Lighter +10%#36AA72
Darker −10%#1E5C3E
Darker −20%#113624
Darker −30%#050F0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#149959
Less saturated −25%#406D57

Channel breakdown

R42
G131
B88
Red42 (16.5%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue151.01°
Saturation (HSL)51.45%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G 83 · B 58

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