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Recognised as Colour

#2C8A52

  • #2C8A52
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2C8A52 is a green with RGB values 44, 138, 82 and HSL 144°, 52%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2C8A52#2C8A52
HEX#2C8A52
RGBrgb(44, 138, 82)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.5412, 0.3216
RGB percentages17.3%, 54.1%, 32.2%
HSLhsl(144.3, 51.6%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(144.3, 68.1%, 54.1%)
CMYK68.1%, 0%, 40.6%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,918,994
CSS custom property--colour: #2C8A52;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#D375AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A7F4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E7656no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00887Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 2.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.2Forest green · ΔE 24.5Dark green · ΔE 24.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 2.41, a close match
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A2C64
Analogous#358A2C, #2C8A81
Triadic#522C8A, #8A522C
Split complementary#812C8A, #8A2C35
Tetradic#2C358A, #8A2C64, #8A812C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A1E1BB
Lighter +30%#7AD59F
Lighter +20%#54C883
Lighter +10%#38B169
Darker −10%#20633B
Darker −20%#133D24
Darker −30%#07160D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#15A14E
Less saturated −25%#437356

Channel breakdown

R44
G138
B82
Red44 (17.3%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue82 (32.2%)
Hue144.26°
Saturation (HSL)51.65%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G 8A · B 52

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