#2B8B59#2B8B59

#2B8B59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.118 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8B59
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(149, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(149, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, -39.88, 18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 44.12, 154.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% -0.1081 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.118 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0309, 19.6988, 12.6175)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8B59 #8B2B5D

analogous

#2D8B2B #2B8B59 #2B8B89

triadic

#2B8B59 #592B8B #8B592B

tetradic

#2B8B59 #2B2D8B #8B2B5D #8B892B

square

#2B8B59 #2B2D8B #8B2B5D #8B892B

split-complementary

#2B8B59 #892B8B #8B2B2D

monochromatic

#0E2E1D #1D5C3B #2B8B59 #39BA77 #62CE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#2B8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#2B8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8B59

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8B59	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.118 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ae88',
    500: '#2b8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8b59;
$custom-light: #71ae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56811,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8B59

secondary

#B55D8B

accent

#4C97DC

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8B59

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

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