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Recognised as Colour

#2E5515

  • #2E5515
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#2E5515 is a green with RGB values 46, 85, 21 and HSL 97°, 60%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#2E5515#2E5515
HEX#2E5515
RGBrgb(46, 85, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.3333, 0.0824
RGB percentages18%, 33.3%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(96.6, 60.4%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(96.6, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CMYK45.9%, 0%, 75.3%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,036,437
CSS custom property--colour: #2E5515;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.65:1
Contrast with white8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#D1AAEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#584E0Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#534A1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2D5248no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 12.6Dark green · ΔE 20.3Sea green · ΔE 26.2Olivedrab · ΔE 29Forest green · ΔE 32.6Green · ΔE 34.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C1555
Analogous#4E5515, #15551C
Triadic#152E55, #55152E
Split complementary#1C1555, #55154E
Tetradic#154E55, #3C1555, #551C15

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8ED75F
Lighter +30%#71CD36
Lighter +20%#5AA729
Lighter +10%#447E1F
Darker −10%#182C0B
Darker −20%#020301
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2B6208
Less saturated −25%#314822

Channel breakdown

R46
G85
B21
Red46 (18%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue96.56°
Saturation (HSL)60.38%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 55 · B 15

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