#2F9C19

sRGB · 47 / 156 / 25

#2F9C19 belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 47 red, 156 green and 25 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 109.9° lands in the green region. Its 72.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 35.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.89:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 47, 156, 25
HSL: 109.92°, 72.38%, 35.49%
HSV / HSB: 109.92°, 83.97%, 61.18%
CMYK (approx.): 69.87%, 0.00%, 83.97%, 38.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 13.236, 24.451, 4.942
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 56.536, -53.492, 53.727
WCAG relative luminance: 0.24451
24-bit decimal: 3120153

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #2F9C19 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 5.89:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.57:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#86199C sits half a turn (180°) from #2F9C19 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#2F9C19 #86199C

Analogous

#719C19 and #199C44 sit 30° to either side of #2F9C19. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#719C19 #2F9C19 #199C44

Triadic

#2F9C19, #192F9C and #9C192F are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#2F9C19 #192F9C #9C192F

Split complementary

Start at #2F9C19 and look across the wheel. #44199C and #9C1971 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#2F9C19 #44199C #9C1971

Square

Starting with #2F9C19, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #19719C, #86199C, then #9C4419. Across the square, #2F9C19 pairs with #86199C, and #19719C with #9C4419.

#2F9C19 #19719C #86199C #9C4419

Tetradic

#2F9C19 and #86199C are opposites, as are #199C86 and #9C192F. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#2F9C19 #199C86 #86199C #9C192F

Tints

Mixing #2F9C19 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #59B047, keeps 80% of the original. By #D5EBD1, the mixture is 80% white.

#2F9C19 #59B047 #82C475 #ACD7A3 #D5EBD1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #2F9C19 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #267D14, keeps 80% of the original. By #091F05, the mixture is 80% black.

#2F9C19 #267D14 #1C5E0F #133E0A #091F05 #000000

Tones

Mixing #2F9C19 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3F962E, keeps 80% of the original. By #70866B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#2F9C19 #3F962E #4F9142 #608B57 #70866B #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#2F9C19

RGB

rgb(47 156 25)

HSL

hsl(109.924 72.376% 35.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #2F9C19;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#2F9C19 uses 47 red, 156 green and 25 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 18.4%

Green 61.2%

Blue 9.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #2F9C19 is 69.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 84.0% yellow and 38.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 69.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 84.0%

Black 38.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #339911. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #391 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #2F9C19 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #339900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #339911 Nearest web-safe · #339900

Gradient to complement

#2F9C19 #3E862F #4C7045 #5B5B5B #694570 #782F86 #86199C

Color vision previews

Compare how #2F9C19 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#A08D00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#94842A

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#179785

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#86910D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#808D25

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#369955

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#888888

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#679264

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.02843 G 0.33245 B 0.00972

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.31787 G 0.60326 B 0.20096

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.08240 G 0.32236 B 0.03341

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.310 y 0.574 Y 24.451

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 81.569 M % 38.824 Y % 90.196

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00101111 10011100 00011001