#2A491B#2A491B

#2A491B is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.081 H 136.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A491B
RGB	rgb(42, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(100, 46%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(100, 63%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 0%, 63%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.67, -21.34, 23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.67, 31.82, 132.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% -0.0589 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.081 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.5351, 5.3363, 1.8804)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 4.26

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 5.00

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A491B #3A1B49

analogous

#41491B #2A491B #1B4923

triadic

#2A491B #1B2A49 #491B2A

tetradic

#2A491B #1B4149 #3A1B49 #49231B

square

#2A491B #1B4149 #3A1B49 #49231B

split-complementary

#2A491B #231B49 #491B41

monochromatic

#0D1608 #101C0A #2A491B #44762C #5DA23C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#2A491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#2A491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A491B

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A491B	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47401E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29463F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.081 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#667c59',
    500: '#2a491b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a491b;
$custom-light: #667c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.435,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36923,
    "c": 0.08102,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A491B

secondary

#6B417F

accent

#52D6AB

background

#F6F7F5

surface

#EBEEE9

border

#C6C9C5

text

#060903

muted

#7A7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A491B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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