#2EB97F colour

#2EB97F is a green cyan close to CSS mediumseagreen. RGB 46, 185, 127, HSL 155, 60%, 45%. Black text passes AAA (8.36:1), white fails (2.51:1).

#2EB97F

Nearest CSS name: mediumseagreen #3cb371 (not an exact match)
Described as: a green cyan
Red, green, blue: 46, 185, 127
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.3681 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#2eb97f`
RGB	`rgb(46, 185, 127)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(18% 72.5% 49.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(155, 60.2%, 45.3%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(155, 75.1%, 72.5%)`
HWB	`hwb(155 18% 27.5%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(75%, 0%, 31%, 27%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(67.03% -48.2 18.66)`
OKLCH	`oklch(69.94% 0.1443 160.25)`
Decimal	`3062143`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.51:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 8.36:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.51:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	8.36:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #2EB97F (8.36:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#41bf8b 18%#54c696 27%#67cca2 36%#7ad2ae 45%#8dd9b9 55%#a0dfc5 64%#b3e6d0 73%#c6ecdc 82%#d9f2e8 91%#ecf9f3

9%#2aa873 18%#269768 27%#21875c 36%#1d7651 45%#196545 55%#15543a 64%#11432e 73%#0d3223 82%#082217 91%#04110c

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#2eb97f #b92e68

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#2eb93a #2eb97f #2eaeb9

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#2eb97f #7f2eb9 #b97f2e

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#2eb97f #b92eae #b93a2e

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#2eb97f #3a2eb9 #b92e68 #aeb92e

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#2eb97f Protanopia#b7ab7c Deuteranopia#a69e83 Tritanopia#00b8aa Achromatopsia#a3a3a3

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #2eb97f;`
Background	`background-color: #2eb97f;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #2eb97f;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(46 185 127 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #2eb97f;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eb97f, #1c6f4c);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #82d5b2, #2eb97f);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #2eb97f; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.