#2A9857#2A9857

#2A9857 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.138 H 152.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9857
RGB	rgb(42, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(145, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(145, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 42.8%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -45.70, 25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 52.37, 150.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.1232 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.138 152.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9022, 23.6353, 12.8444)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9857 #982A6B

analogous

#34982A #2A9857 #2A988E

triadic

#2A9857 #572A98 #98572A

tetradic

#2A9857 #2A3498 #982A6B #988E2A

square

#2A9857 #2A3498 #982A6B #988E2A

split-complementary

#2A9857 #8E2A98 #982A34

monochromatic

#103820 #1D683C #2A9857 #37C872 #67D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#2A9857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#2A9857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9857

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9857	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B825B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.138 152.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b787',
    500: '#2a9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9857;
$custom-light: #73b787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.545,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60273,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 152.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9857

secondary

#BB6297

accent

#48A2E0

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9857

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

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