Recognised as Colour

#2C8A00

#2C8A00
Green
Dark
Nearest: Green

#2C8A00 is a green with RGB values 44, 138, 0 and HSL 101°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green.

Colour values

#2C8A00#2C8A00

HEX#2C8A00

RGBrgb(44, 138, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.5412, 0

RGB percentages17.3%, 54.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(100.9, 100%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(100.9, 100%, 54.1%)

CMYK68.1%, 0%, 100%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,918,912

CSS custom property--colour: #2C8A00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.74:1

Contrast with white4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#D375FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E7C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Deuteranopia#83751Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Tritanopia#1D8574no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green · ΔE 6.1 Forest green · ΔE 8.5 Dark green · ΔE 19.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 21.5 Limegreen · ΔE 29.8 Yellow green · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourGreen (#008000)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5E008A

Analogous#718A00, #008A19

Triadic#002C8A, #8A002C

Split complementary#19008A, #8A0071

Tetradic#00718A, #5E008A, #8A1900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#8DFF57

Lighter +30%#6AFF24

Lighter +20%#4DF000

Lighter +10%#3CBD00

Darker −10%#1C5700

Darker −20%#0B2400

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2C8A00

Less saturated −25%#327911

Channel breakdown

R44

G138

Red44 (17.3%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue100.87°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2C · G 8A · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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