#2A9856#2A9856

#2A9856 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.139 H 152.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9856
RGB	rgb(42, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(144, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(144, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 43.4%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, -45.88, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 52.78, 150.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% -0.1236 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.139 152.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8616, 23.6190, 12.6307)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9856 #982A6C

analogous

#35982A #2A9856 #2A988D

triadic

#2A9856 #562A98 #98562A

tetradic

#2A9856 #2A3598 #982A6C #988D2A

square

#2A9856 #2A3598 #982A6C #988D2A

split-complementary

#2A9856 #8D2A98 #982A35

monochromatic

#103820 #1D683B #2A9856 #37C871 #67D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#2A9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#2A9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9856

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9856	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B825A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.139 152.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b786',
    500: '#2a9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9856;
$custom-light: #73b786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60254,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 152.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9856

secondary

#BB6298

accent

#48A3E0

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9856

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

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