#2E8A57#2E8A57

#2E8A57 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.117 H 155.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A57
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(147, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(147, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, -39.30, 19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 43.92, 153.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% -0.1065 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.117 155.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9344, 19.4447, 12.1392)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A57 #8A2E61

analogous

#338A2E #2E8A57 #2E8A85

triadic

#2E8A57 #572E8A #8A572E

tetradic

#2E8A57 #2E338A #8A2E61 #8A852E

square

#2E8A57 #2E338A #8A2E61 #8A852E

split-complementary

#2E8A57 #852E8A #8A2E33

monochromatic

#0F2E1D #1F5C3A #2E8A57 #3DB874 #66CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#2E8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#2E8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A57

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A57	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.117 155.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ad86',
    500: '#2e8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a57;
$custom-light: #72ad86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.739,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56581,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 155.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A57

secondary

#B3618E

accent

#4E9BDA

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#09100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A57

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

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