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Recognised as Colour

#2E8D50

  • #2E8D50
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2E8D50 is a green with RGB values 46, 141, 80 and HSL 141°, 51%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2E8D50#2E8D50
HEX#2E8D50
RGBrgb(46, 141, 80)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.5529, 0.3137
RGB percentages18%, 55.3%, 31.4%
HSLhsl(141.5, 50.8%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(141.5, 67.4%, 55.3%)
CMYK67.4%, 0%, 43.3%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,050,832
CSS custom property--colour: #2E8D50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#D172AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D814Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#817954no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Tritanopia#008B7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 5.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 14.6Forest green · ΔE 21.8Dark green · ΔE 23.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.8Green · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 5.11, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D2E6B
Analogous#3B8D2E, #2E8D80
Triadic#502E8D, #8D502E
Split complementary#802E8D, #8D2E3B
Tetradic#2E3B8D, #8D2E6B, #8D802E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5E2BB
Lighter +30%#7FD59E
Lighter +20%#58C981
Lighter +10%#3BB366
Darker −10%#21673A
Darker −20%#154024
Darker −30%#081A0F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#17A449
Less saturated −25%#457657

Channel breakdown

R46
G141
B80
Red46 (18%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue80 (31.4%)
Hue141.47°
Saturation (HSL)50.8%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 8D · B 50

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