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#178E50

#178e50 ≈ Sea Green

  • green
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#178e50 is a color from the green family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 55.69% green and 31.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 43.66% yellow and 44.31% black. Its hue angle is 148.74°, with 72.12% saturation and 32.35% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with nature, health and balance. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.02:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Sea Green (#2e8b57), ΔE 2.44.

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Web safe#009966
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Relative luminance0.2011

Complementary

  1. #178e50
  2. #8e1755

Split complementary

  1. #178e50
  2. #8b178e
  3. #8e1719

Analogous

  1. #198e17
  2. #178e50
  3. #178e8b

Triadic

  1. #178e50
  2. #50178e
  3. #8e5017

Tetradic

  1. #178e50
  2. #17558e
  3. #8e1755
  4. #8e5017

Square

  1. #178e50
  2. #17198e
  3. #8e1755
  4. #8e8b17

Monochromatic

  1. #03120a
  2. #0c4c2b
  3. #178e50
  4. #22d075
  5. #5ae49c

Shades

#178e50 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178e50
  2. #158048
  3. #127240
  4. #106338
  5. #0e5530
  6. #0c4728
  7. #093920
  8. #072b18
  9. #051c10
  10. #020e08
  11. #000000

Tints

#178e50 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178e50
  2. #2e9962
  3. #45a573
  4. #5db085
  5. #74bb96
  6. #8bc7a8
  7. #a2d2b9
  8. #b9ddcb
  9. #d1e8dc
  10. #e8f4ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178e50 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178e50
  2. #228d55
  3. #2c8b5a
  4. #378a5e
  5. #418863
  6. #4c8768
  7. #56866d
  8. #618472
  9. #6b8376
  10. #76817b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #63836d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e824c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #807854 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008c7f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71874d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #668153 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008d6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178e50 {
  color: #178e50;
}
Background
.bg-178e50 {
  background-color: #178e50;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178e50 {
  border: 2px solid #178e50;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178e50;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 142 80;
  --color-primary-hsl: 149 72% 32%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178e50 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178e50, #178e8b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178e50 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 142 80 / 0.35);
}

#2e8b57 Sea Green ΔE 2.44 #009e60 Shamrock Green ΔE 5.47 #228b22 Forest Green ΔE 7.81 #00a86b Jade ΔE 8.66 #138808 India Green ΔE 9.73 #4f7942 Fern Green ΔE 9.91 #009000 Islamic Green ΔE 10.07 #e871af Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Sea Green
#178e50  rgb(23, 142, 80)  hsl(149, 72%, 32%)  Sea Green
#8e1755  rgb(142, 23, 85)  hsl(329, 72%, 32%)  Jazzberry Jam
#50178e  rgb(80, 23, 142)  hsl(269, 72%, 32%)  Indigo
#8e5017  rgb(142, 80, 23)  hsl(29, 72%, 32%)  Saddle Brown