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Recognised as Colour

#2C5B17

  • #2C5B17
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#2C5B17 is a green with RGB values 44, 91, 23 and HSL 101°, 60%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#2C5B17#2C5B17
HEX#2C5B17
RGBrgb(44, 91, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.3569, 0.0902
RGB percentages17.3%, 35.7%, 9%
HSLhsl(101.5, 59.6%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(101.5, 74.7%, 35.7%)
CMYK51.6%, 0%, 74.7%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,906,903
CSS custom property--colour: #2C5B17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0808WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.03:1
Contrast with white8.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#D3A4E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E530Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#584F1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#29584Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 13.7Dark green · ΔE 16.6Sea green · ΔE 23.8Olivedrab · ΔE 26.6Forest green · ΔE 28.6Green · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 13.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#46175B
Analogous#4E5B17, #175B24
Triadic#172C5B, #5B172C
Split complementary#24175B, #5B174E
Tetradic#174E5B, #46175B, #5B2417

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89D866
Lighter +30%#6ACE3D
Lighter +20%#53AC2C
Lighter +10%#408421
Darker −10%#18320D
Darker −20%#050A02
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#276909
Less saturated −25%#314D25

Channel breakdown

R44
G91
B23
Red44 (17.3%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue101.47°
Saturation (HSL)59.65%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G 5B · B 17

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