#2A9957#2A9957

#2A9957 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.140 H 152.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9957
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(144, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(144, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 43.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -46.09, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 52.91, 150.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.1242 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.14 152.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0652, 23.9612, 12.8987)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9957 #992A6C

analogous

#35992A #2A9957 #2A998E

triadic

#2A9957 #572A99 #99572A

tetradic

#2A9957 #2A3599 #992A6C #998E2A

square

#2A9957 #2A3599 #992A6C #998E2A

split-complementary

#2A9957 #8E2A99 #992A35

monochromatic

#103920 #1D693C #2A9957 #38C872 #68D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#2A9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#2A9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9957

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9957	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C835B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.140 152.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b887',
    500: '#2a9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9957;
$custom-light: #73b887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.324,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60544,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 152.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9957

secondary

#BC6398

accent

#48A2E0

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6EF

border

#C8D0CA

text

#09110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9957

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

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