HEX Color #2C8A57 (Seagreen)

About #2C8A57

The hex code #2C8A57 represents a beautifully specific shade of green. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Seagreen. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(44, 138, 87).

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 68% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 147.4° hue, 51.6% saturation, and 35.7% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#2C8A57

RGB44, 138, 87

HSL147.4°, 51.6%, 35.7%

CMYK68%, 0%, 37%, 46%

HSV147.4°, 68.1%, 54.1%

LAB51.2, -39.7, 19.5

XYZ11.8, 19.4, 12.1

Decimal2918999

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#2C8A57 #892C5E

Analogous

#30892C #2C8986

Triadic

#572C89 #89572C

Tetradic

#2C2F89 #892C5E #89862C

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#2C8A57

#439769

#5AA47C

#72B18F

#89BEA1

#A1CBB4

#B8D8C7

#D0E5D9

#E7F2EC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#2C8A57

#277A4D

#226B43

#1D5C3A

#184C30

#133D26

#0E2E1D

#091E13

#040F09

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.30:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

4.88:1

Text on #000000

AA

4.11:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.15:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #2C8A57; }

.text-color { color: #2C8A57; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #2C8A57; }

Similar Colors

Seagreen

#2E8B57