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#2f552c

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

Token name suggestion: Dusk Moss

RGB
47, 85, 44
HSL
116°, 32%, 25%
CMYK
45, 0, 48, 67
Luminance
0.0728

#2f552c is a dark soft green, 116° on the wheel and 60/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (8.55:1). As text it scores 8.55:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Green, nearest Tailwind family is neutral.

hsl(116 32% 25%)rgb(47 85 44)Base step 900AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2f552c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2f552c
Hue
116°
green
Saturation
32%
soft
Lightness
25%
dark
Brightness
33%
HSV value
Perceived
28%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0728
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
60/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
8.55:1
Closest name
Dark Green
ΔE2000 10.4
Chroma
30.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.410
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
neutral
500 · ΔE 24.9
Web-safe
#336633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue116° of 360°
Saturation32%
Lightness25%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2f552c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool60% 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
Red8%
Green89%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#2f552c
HEX (8-digit)#2f552cff
RGBrgb(47, 85, 44)
RGBArgba(47, 85, 44, 1)
HSLhsl(116, 32%, 25%)
HSV / HSBhsv(116, 48%, 33%)
HWBhwb(116 17% 67%)
CMYKcmyk(45%, 0%, 48%, 67%)
LABlab(32.4 -23.0 19.7)
LCHlch(32.4 30.3 139.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.410 0.079 142.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(4.88, 7.28, 3.53)
Decimal3101996
Display P3color(display-p3 0.184 0.333 0.173)
Web-safe#336633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2f552c;
background-color: #2f552c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2f552c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2f552c] bg-[#2f552c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2f552c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.184, green: 0.333, blue: 0.173)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.184, green: 0.333, blue: 0.173, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2F552C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2F552C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2F552C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(44, 85, 47)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(47, 85, 44)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(47, 85, 44)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 47, 85, 44)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1843f, 0.3333f, 0.1725f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{47,85,44}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2f552c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2f552c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2E542B, #D8EAD7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2f552c 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: #F6F9F5;
  --brand-100: #ECF3EC;
  --brand-200: #D6E7D5;
  --brand-300: #B8D9B5;
  --brand-400: #94C690;
  --brand-500: #70B26B;
  --brand-600: #59A153;
  --brand-700: #4A8646;
  --brand-800: #3B6C38;
  --brand-900: #2f552c;
  --brand-950: #1D311B;
  --brand: #2f552c;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF5;
  --brand-border: #CBE3C9;
  --brand-hover: #223E20;
  --brand-pressed: #152614;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #152414;
    --brand-ink: #D8EAD7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F9F5',
        100: '#ECF3EC',
        200: '#D6E7D5',
        300: '#B8D9B5',
        400: '#94C690',
        500: '#70B26B',
        600: '#59A153',
        700: '#4A8646',
        800: '#3B6C38',
        900: '#2f552c',
        950: '#1D311B',
        DEFAULT: '#2f552c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F9F5,
  '100': #ECF3EC,
  '200': #D6E7D5,
  '300': #B8D9B5,
  '400': #94C690,
  '500': #70B26B,
  '600': #59A153,
  '700': #4A8646,
  '800': #3B6C38,
  '900': #2f552c,
  '950': #1D311B,
);
$brand-base: #2f552c;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F9F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF3EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D6E7D5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B8D9B5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#94C690", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#70B26B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#59A153", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4A8646", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#3B6C38", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2f552c", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1D311B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #2f552c · 8.55:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 8.55:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.46:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #2f552c as text scores 8.55:1 on white and 2.46:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EFF6EE at 7.77:1.

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
#2f552c · 8.55:1
AA on whitealready passes
#2f552c
The quick fox
#2f552c · 8.55:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#2f552c
The quick fox
#498444 · 4.67:1
AA on black+14% L
#498444
The quick fox
#5CA656 · 7.04:1
AAA on black+24% L
#5CA656

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #2F552C 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
#2f552c on white: 8.55:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2f552c on black: 2.46:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2f552c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2f552c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White8.55:1AaAa
Slate 508.17:1AaAa
Slate 1007.80:1AaAa
Slate 2006.93:1AaAa
Slate 3005.76:1AaAa
Slate 4003.33:1AaAa
Slate 5001.80:1AaAa
Slate 6001.13:1AaAa
Slate 7001.21:1AaAa
Slate 8001.71:1AaAa
Slate 9002.09:1AaAa
Black2.46:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #574E29
deuteranopia · #514B2F
tritanopia · #2B534B

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. #2f552c is pinned to step 900; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F9F5
#ECF3EC
#D6E7D5
#B8D9B5
#94C690
#70B26B
#59A153
#4A8646
#3B6C38
#2f552c
#1D311B
Base = 900Lightest = 50 · #F6F9F5Darkest = 950 · #1D311BText 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 0.020 142.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.032 142.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.048 142.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.062 142.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.073 142.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.079 142.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.079 142.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.074 142.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.067 142.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.055 142.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.044 142.4);
}

Colors that work with #2f552c

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#F5FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#CBE3C9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#54974E
Captions on the surface
Accent#492958
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2E542B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFF6EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#152414
Dark-mode background
Hover#223E20
One step down in lightness
Pressed#152614
Two steps down
Disabled#62935E
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#306A2B
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #2f552c

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
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • 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
  • Weight75/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#522C55
Analogous left#44552C
Analogous right#2C553E
Split-complement 1#3E2C55
Split-complement 2#552C44
Triadic 1#2C2F55
Triadic 2#552C2F
Tetradic#2C4455
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°116°

#2f552c sits at 116°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red18.4%
Green33.3%
Blue17.3%
R · 0–255
47
0x2f
G · 0–255
85
0x55
B · 0–255
44
0x2c

CMYK percentages

Cyan44.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow48.2%
Key (black)66.7%

Total ink coverage is 160%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2f552c text on a black background

contrast 2.46:1

Card sample

#2f552c text on a white background

contrast 8.55:1

Card sample

#2f552c on grey

7.80:1

#2f552c on its own surface

8.09:1

#2f552c on its dark surface

1.90:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2f552c;
Background color
Panel with #2f552c background
background-color: #2f552c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2f552c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(47, 85, 44, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(47, 85, 44, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2f552c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2f552c, #2C5544);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2f552c, #2C554F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2f552c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2f552c;
caret-color: #2f552c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2f552c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFF6EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2f552c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2f552c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2f552c 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(47, 85, 44, 0.5)
rgb(47 85 44 / 50%)
#2f552c80
hsl(116 32% 25% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2f552c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2f552c1a#EAEEEA
20%#2f552c33#D5DDD5
40%#2f552c66#ACBBAB
60%#2f552c99#829980
80%#2f552ccc#597756

Gradients from #2f552c

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, #457D41, #2f552c 45%, #2E542B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2f552c, #224137);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2f552c, #522C55);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #50924B 0%, #2f552c 45%, #2E542B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #63773D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #366950 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2E542B 0%, transparent 65%), #2f552c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2f552c

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.

#2f552c 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 2.46:1 — lift it to #498444 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.

#2f552c, answered

What color is #2f552c?

#2f552c is a dark soft green, closest to Dark Green (ΔE2000 10.4). It sits at 116° on the hue wheel with 32% saturation and 25% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2f552c?

rgb(47, 85, 44) — 47 red, 85 green and 44 blue out of 255, or 18.4% / 33.3% / 17.3% by channel.

What is #2f552c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(116, 32%, 25%) and hsv(116, 48%, 33%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2f552c a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0728 and perceived brightness is 28%, so white text on it reaches 8.55:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2f552c?

White. It scores 8.55:1 against #2f552c, versus 2.46:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #2f552c accessible on a white background?

#2f552c on white scores 8.55:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #2f552c?

#522C55 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #3E2C55 and #552C44, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2f552c?

For interface work: #F5FAF5 as the surface, #CBE3C9 for borders, #54974E for secondary text, #492958 as an accent and #2E542B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #44552C and #2C553E stays calm, while #522C55 is the loudest partner.

What is #2f552c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(45%, 0%, 48%, 67%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #2f552c warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 60 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #3E552C; nudged cooler, #2B5638.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2f552c?

The neutral family — its 500 step is #737373, ΔE2000 24.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2f552c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2f552c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2f552c] or text-[#2f552c], 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 #2f552c with 50% opacity?

rgba(47, 85, 44, 0.5), or #2f552c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #97AA96; over black, #182B16.

Is #2f552c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #336633, ΔE2000 5.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2f552c 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 #2f552c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #457D41, #2f552c 45%, #2E542B). For more colour, a short hue run to #224137 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2f552c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2f552c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.