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Recognised as Colour

#2E7942

  • #2E7942
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2E7942 is a green with RGB values 46, 121, 66 and HSL 136°, 45%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2E7942#2E7942
HEX#2E7942
RGBrgb(46, 121, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.4745, 0.2588
RGB percentages18%, 47.5%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(136, 44.9%, 32.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(136, 62%, 47.5%)
CMYK62%, 0%, 45.5%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,045,698
CSS custom property--colour: #2E7942;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1
Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#D186BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A6F3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#706846no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Tritanopia#19776Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 8.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19Dark green · ΔE 21.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.5Forest green · ΔE 26Olivedrab · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#792E65
Analogous#40792E, #2E7967
Triadic#422E79, #79422E
Split complementary#672E79, #792E40
Tetradic#2E4079, #792E65, #79672E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9AD9AB
Lighter +30%#75CB8C
Lighter +20%#50BD6D
Lighter +10%#3C9E56
Darker −10%#20542E
Darker −20%#122F1A
Darker −30%#040A06
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#198E38
Less saturated −25%#43644C

Channel breakdown

R46
G121
B66
Red46 (18%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue136°
Saturation (HSL)44.91%
Lightness32.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 79 · B 42

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