#2f8b60

Color #2f8b60

A moderately saturated dark green.

Closest named color Sea Green #2e8b57 · ΔE 5.25 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-600 #009966 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#2f8b60

RGB

rgb(47, 139, 96)

HSL

hsl(152, 49.5%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(152, 66.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 30.9%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(51.74, -37.6, 15.25)

LCH

lch(51.74, 40.57, 157.92)

OKLCH

oklch(57.1%, 0.1097, 159.33)

HWB

hwb(152, 18.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b2f5a

Analogous

#2f8b32

#2f8b60

#2f888b

Triadic

#2f8b60

#602f8b

#8b602f

Split-complementary

#2f8b60

#8b2f88

#8b322f

Tetradic

#2f8b60

#2f5a8b

#8b2f5a

#8b602f

Square

#2f8b60

#322f8b

#8b2f5a

#888b2f

Shades

Color #2f8b60 mixed toward black.

#277450

#1f5d40

#184630

#102e20

#081710

Tints

Color #2f8b60 mixed toward white.

#3db37c

#5ec897

#86d6b1

#aee4cb

#d7f1e5

Tones

Color #2f8b60 mixed toward gray.

#378360

#3e7c5f

#46745f

#4e6c5e

#55655e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64656c · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#5f586f · ΔE 34.3

Tritanopia

#387577 · ΔE 17.8

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2f8b60;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2f8b60]

Related colors

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Sea Green #2e8b57

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#2f8b60 (#2f8b60) is rgb(47, 139, 96) in RGB.

No, #2f8b60 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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