#2E8B59#2E8B59

#2E8B59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.117 H 155.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B59
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(148, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(148, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, -39.31, 18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 43.65, 154.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% -0.1066 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.117 155.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1614, 19.7661, 12.6236)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B59 #8B2E60

analogous

#328B2E #2E8B59 #2E8B88

triadic

#2E8B59 #592E8B #8B592E

tetradic

#2E8B59 #2E328B #8B2E60 #8B882E

square

#2E8B59 #2E328B #8B2E60 #8B882E

split-complementary

#2E8B59 #882E8B #8B2E32

monochromatic

#102F1E #1F5D3C #2E8B59 #3DB976 #67CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#2E8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#2E8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B59

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B59	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	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: #2e8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.117 155.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72ae88',
    500: '#2e8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b59;
$custom-light: #72ae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.742,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56896,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 155.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B59

secondary

#B3618D

accent

#4E99DA

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#09100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B59

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

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