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#2c6945

a dark, soft green · cool · closest name: Dark Olive Green

Token name suggestion: Shadow Moss

RGB
44, 105, 69
HSL
145°, 41%, 29%
CMYK
58, 0, 34, 59
Luminance
0.1107

#2c6945 is a dark soft green, 145° on the wheel and 73/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.53:1). As text it scores 6.53:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Olive Green, nearest Tailwind family is neutral.

hsl(145 41% 29%)rgb(44 105 69)Base step 800AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2c6945 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2c6945
Hue
145°
green
Saturation
41%
soft
Lightness
29%
dark
Brightness
41%
HSV value
Perceived
34%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1107
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
73/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
6.53:1
Closest name
Dark Olive Green
ΔE2000 11.4
Chroma
32.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.470
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
neutral
500 · ΔE 23.3
Web-safe
#336633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue145° of 360°
Saturation41%
Lightness29%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2c6945.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool73% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red5%
Green91%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#2c6945
HEX (8-digit)#2c6945ff
RGBrgb(44, 105, 69)
RGBArgba(44, 105, 69, 1)
HSLhsl(145, 41%, 29%)
HSV / HSBhsv(145, 58%, 41%)
HWBhwb(145 17% 59%)
CMYKcmyk(58%, 0%, 34%, 59%)
LABlab(39.7 -28.9 14.4)
LCHlch(39.7 32.3 153.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.470 0.087 155.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(7.16, 11.07, 7.39)
Decimal2910533
Display P3color(display-p3 0.173 0.412 0.271)
Web-safe#336633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2c6945;
background-color: #2c6945;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2c6945;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2c6945] bg-[#2c6945]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2c6945;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.173, green: 0.412, blue: 0.271)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.173, green: 0.412, blue: 0.271, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2C6945</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2C6945)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2C6945)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(69, 105, 44)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(44, 105, 69)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(44, 105, 69)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 44, 105, 69)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1725f, 0.4118f, 0.2706f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{44,105,69}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2c6945 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2c6945 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#265A3B, #D4EDDE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2c6945 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5FAF7;
  --brand-100: #EBF5EF;
  --brand-200: #D2EADC;
  --brand-300: #B0DEC3;
  --brand-400: #88CDA5;
  --brand-500: #61BD87;
  --brand-600: #48AC71;
  --brand-700: #3C905E;
  --brand-800: #2c6945;
  --brand-900: #265439;
  --brand-950: #183524;
  --brand: #2c6945;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C6E7D3;
  --brand-hover: #215034;
  --brand-pressed: #173724;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241B;
    --brand-ink: #D4EDDE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF7',
        100: '#EBF5EF',
        200: '#D2EADC',
        300: '#B0DEC3',
        400: '#88CDA5',
        500: '#61BD87',
        600: '#48AC71',
        700: '#3C905E',
        800: '#2c6945',
        900: '#265439',
        950: '#183524',
        DEFAULT: '#2c6945',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF7,
  '100': #EBF5EF,
  '200': #D2EADC,
  '300': #B0DEC3,
  '400': #88CDA5,
  '500': #61BD87,
  '600': #48AC71,
  '700': #3C905E,
  '800': #2c6945,
  '900': #265439,
  '950': #183524,
);
$brand-base: #2c6945;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF5EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D2EADC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B0DEC3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#88CDA5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#61BD87", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#48AC71", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3C905E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2c6945", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#265439", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#183524", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #2c6945 · 6.53:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.53:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.21:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #2c6945 as text scores 6.53:1 on white and 3.21:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EDF7F1 at 5.97:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#2c6945 · 6.53:1
AA on whitealready passes
#2c6945
The quick fox
#296240 · 7.20:1
AAA on white−2% L
#296240
The quick fox
#388658 · 4.72:1
AA on black+8% L
#388658
The quick fox
#47AA6F · 7.25:1
AAA on black+18% L
#47AA6F

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #2C6945 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2c6945 on white: 6.53:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2c6945 on black: 3.21:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2c6945 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2c6945.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.53:1AaAa
Slate 506.25:1AaAa
Slate 1005.96:1AaAa
Slate 2005.30:1AaAa
Slate 3004.40:1AaAa
Slate 4002.55:1AaAa
Slate 5001.37:1AaAa
Slate 6001.16:1AaAa
Slate 7001.58:1AaAa
Slate 8002.24:1AaAa
Slate 9002.73:1AaAa
Black3.21:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #696143
deuteranopia · #605B47
tritanopia · #1A6860

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #2c6945 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FAF7
#EBF5EF
#D2EADC
#B0DEC3
#88CDA5
#61BD87
#48AC71
#3C905E
#2c6945
#265439
#183524
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF7Darkest = 950 · #183524Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.022 155.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.035 155.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.052 155.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.068 155.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.080 155.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.087 155.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.087 155.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.081 155.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.073 155.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.061 155.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.048 155.1);
}

Colors that work with #2c6945

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F4FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C6E7D3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6C
Captions on the surface
Accent#6C2961
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#265A3B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF7F1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241B
Dark-mode background
Hover#215034
One step down in lightness
Pressed#173724
Two steps down
Disabled#679E7E
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#2A804D
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #2c6945

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight71/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#692C50
Analogous left#31692C
Analogous right#2C6963
Split-complement 1#632C69
Split-complement 2#692C31
Triadic 1#452C69
Triadic 2#69452C
Tetradic#2C3169
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°145°

#2c6945 sits at 145°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red17.3%
Green41.2%
Blue27.1%
R · 0–255
44
0x2c
G · 0–255
105
0x69
B · 0–255
69
0x45

CMYK percentages

Cyan58.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow34.3%
Key (black)58.8%

Total ink coverage is 151%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2c6945 text on a black background

contrast 3.21:1

Card sample

#2c6945 text on a white background

contrast 6.53:1

Card sample

#2c6945 on grey

5.96:1

#2c6945 on its own surface

6.18:1

#2c6945 on its dark surface

2.48:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2c6945;
Background color
Panel with #2c6945 background
background-color: #2c6945;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2c6945;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(44, 105, 69, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(44, 105, 69, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2c6945;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2c6945, #2C6469);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2c6945, #2C5569);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2c6945;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2c6945;
caret-color: #2c6945;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2c6945;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF7F1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2c6945;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2c6945 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2c6945 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(44, 105, 69, 0.5)
rgb(44 105 69 / 50%)
#2c694580
hsl(145 41% 29% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2c6945 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2c69451a#EAF0EC
20%#2c694533#D5E1DA
40%#2c694566#ABC3B5
60%#2c694599#80A58F
80%#2c6945cc#56876A

Gradients from #2c6945

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3E9461, #2c6945 45%, #265A3B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2c6945, #234C53);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2c6945, #692C50);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #47AA6F 0%, #2c6945 45%, #265A3B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #498D3B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #357E7E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #265A3B 0%, transparent 65%), #2c6945;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2c6945

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#2c6945 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.21:1 — lift it to #388658 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#2c6945, answered

What color is #2c6945?

#2c6945 is a dark soft green, closest to Dark Olive Green (ΔE2000 11.4). It sits at 145° on the hue wheel with 41% saturation and 29% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2c6945?

rgb(44, 105, 69) — 44 red, 105 green and 69 blue out of 255, or 17.3% / 41.2% / 27.1% by channel.

What is #2c6945 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(145, 41%, 29%) and hsv(145, 58%, 41%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2c6945 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1107 and perceived brightness is 34%, so white text on it reaches 6.53:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2c6945?

White. It scores 6.53:1 against #2c6945, versus 3.21:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #2c6945 accessible on a white background?

#2c6945 on white scores 6.53:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #2c6945?

#692C50 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #632C69 and #692C31, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2c6945?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C6E7D3 for borders, #4B9B6C for secondary text, #6C2961 as an accent and #265A3B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #31692C and #2C6963 stays calm, while #692C50 is the loudest partner.

What is #2c6945 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(58%, 0%, 34%, 59%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #2c6945 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 73 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #2C692F; nudged cooler, #2B6A5C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2c6945?

The neutral family — its 500 step is #737373, ΔE2000 23.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2c6945 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2c6945 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2c6945] or text-[#2c6945], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #2c6945 with 50% opacity?

rgba(44, 105, 69, 0.5), or #2c694580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #96B4A2; over black, #163523.

Is #2c6945 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #336633, ΔE2000 4.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2c6945 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #2c6945?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #3E9461, #2c6945 45%, #265A3B). For more colour, a short hue run to #234C53 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2c6945 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2c6945 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.