#2aaa78

Color #2aaa78

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Medium Sea Green #3cb371 · ΔE 8.94 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-500 #00bc7d · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2aaa78

RGB

rgb(42, 170, 120)

HSL

hsl(156.6, 60.4%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(156.6, 75.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 29.4%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(62.16, -46.02, 16.2)

LCH

lch(62.16, 48.79, 160.61)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.1322, 161.84)

HWB

hwb(156.6, 16.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa2a5c

Analogous

#2aaa38

#2aaa78

#2a9caa

Triadic

#2aaa78

#782aaa

#aa782a

Split-complementary

#2aaa78

#aa2a9c

#aa382a

Tetradic

#2aaa78

#2a5caa

#aa2a5c

#aa782a

Square

#2aaa78

#382aaa

#aa2a5c

#9caa2a

Shades

Color #2aaa78 mixed toward black.

#238e64

#1c7150

#15553c

#0e3928

#071c14

Tints

Color #2aaa78 mixed toward white.

#38ce93

#60d8a9

#88e2be

#afebd4

#d7f5e9

Tones

Color #2aaa78 mixed toward gray.

#359f76

#3f9573

#4a8a71

#557f6f

#5f756c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787986 · ΔE 30.6

Deuteranopia

#716789 · ΔE 39.1

Tritanopia

#3a9092 · ΔE 18.6

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2aaa78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2aaa78]

Related colors

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#2aaa78 (#2aaa78) is rgb(42, 170, 120) in RGB.

No, #2aaa78 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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