#2E8A59#2E8A59

#2E8A59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.115 H 156.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A59
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(148, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(148, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 35.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, -38.88, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 43.07, 154.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% -0.1055 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.115 156.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0173, 19.4778, 12.5755)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A59 #8A2E5F

analogous

#318A2E #2E8A59 #2E8A87

triadic

#2E8A59 #592E8A #8A592E

tetradic

#2E8A59 #2E318A #8A2E5F #8A872E

square

#2E8A59 #2E318A #8A2E5F #8A872E

split-complementary

#2E8A59 #872E8A #8A2E31

monochromatic

#0F2E1E #1F5C3B #2E8A59 #3DB877 #66CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#2E8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#2E8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A59

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A59	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00897D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.115 156.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ad88',
    500: '#2e8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a59;
$custom-light: #72ad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.043,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56625,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 156.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A59

secondary

#B3618D

accent

#4E98DA

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#09100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A59

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

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