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Recognised as Colour

#2A8A43

  • #2A8A43
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2A8A43 is a green with RGB values 42, 138, 67 and HSL 136°, 53%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2A8A43#2A8A43
HEX#2A8A43
RGBrgb(42, 138, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.5412, 0.2627
RGB percentages16.5%, 54.1%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(135.6, 53.3%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(135.6, 69.6%, 54.1%)
CMYK69.6%, 0%, 51.4%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,787,907
CSS custom property--colour: #2A8A43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#D575BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B7E3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#807648no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Tritanopia#008779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 10.7Forest green · ΔE 16.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.2Dark green · ΔE 18.8Green · ΔE 21.9Olivedrab · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A2A71
Analogous#418A2A, #2A8A73
Triadic#432A8A, #8A432A
Split complementary#732A8A, #8A2A41
Tetradic#2A418A, #8A2A71, #8A732A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9EE2B0
Lighter +30%#77D690
Lighter +20%#50CA70
Lighter +10%#36B156
Darker −10%#1E6330
Darker −20%#123C1D
Darker −30%#06150A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#13A138
Less saturated −25%#41744E

Channel breakdown

R42
G138
B67
Red42 (16.5%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue135.63°
Saturation (HSL)53.33%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G 8A · B 43

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