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Recognised as Colour

#2A8B19

  • #2A8B19
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#2A8B19 is a green with RGB values 42, 139, 25 and HSL 111°, 70%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#2A8B19#2A8B19
HEX#2A8B19
RGBrgb(42, 139, 25)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.5451, 0.098
RGB percentages16.5%, 54.5%, 9.8%
HSLhsl(111.1, 69.5%, 32.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(111.1, 82%, 54.5%)
CMYK69.8%, 0%, 82%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,788,121
CSS custom property--colour: #2A8B19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#D574E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F7D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#837627no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#158676no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 3.4Green · ΔE 5.6Dark green · ΔE 16.8Olivedrab · ΔE 20.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 28.1Sea green · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 3.39, a close match
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7A198B
Analogous#638B19, #198B41
Triadic#192A8B, #8B192A
Split complementary#41198B, #8B1963
Tetradic#19638B, #7A198B, #8B4119

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#95E987
Lighter +30%#6FE25B
Lighter +20%#49DA30
Lighter +10%#37B621
Darker −10%#1D6011
Darker −20%#103509
Darker −30%#030902
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1CA004
Less saturated −25%#38762D

Channel breakdown

R42
G139
B25
Red42 (16.5%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue25 (9.8%)
Hue111.05°
Saturation (HSL)69.51%
Lightness32.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G 8B · B 19

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