Closest web-safe match: #33CC33

Color Details and Palettes for #2AB338

Details about the color Try Your Luck#2AB338

Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.

Emerald family Cool WCAG ink: dark
HEX #2AB338 RGB rgb(42, 179, 56) HSL hsl(126, 62%, 43%) CMYK cmyk(77%, 0%, 69%, 30%)

Color profile

About Color Hex #2AB338

#2AB338 is a cool color from the Emerald family, closest in name to “Try Your Luck”. In RGB it is rgb(42, 179, 56); in HSL, hsl(126, 62%, 43%).

The color Try Your Luck, with hexadecimal code #2ab338, resides within the green color family, the hue most connected to nature, growth, and renewal. Green soothes the eye more than any other color, making it ideal for wellness, sustainability, and financial brands. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Nature, Healing, Balance, Stability and Calmness. Green is often linked to nature and growth universally, and in some cultures, it symbolizes fertility, renewal, and even immortality. In Islam, green holds significant religious meaning. At 62% saturation, this color is clearly chromatic yet balanced—colorful enough to be distinctive without overwhelming adjacent content. With a mid-range lightness of 43%, it offers excellent versatility—readable as text on light backgrounds and visible as an element on dark ones. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Nature, Healing, Balance, Stability, or Calmness. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.

Key facts

RGB 42, 179, 56 red · green · blue HSL 126° 62% 43% hue · sat · light HSV 126° 77% 70% design-app pickers CMYK 77 0 69 30 print inks, % Luminance 0.330 0 dark → 1 light On black 7.60:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio On white 2.76:1 ✕ AA contrast ratio Web-safe #33CC33 closest web-safe Best text black ideal foreground Character Vivid cool · emerald family

The story of this color

History, Usage, Psychology & Design Ideas for #2AB338

Try Your Luck (#2AB338) belongs to the Emerald color family.

This vivid mid-tone strikes the ideal balance between intensity and readability, making it a strong candidate for primary brand colors, interactive UI elements, and logo design where immediate recognition is essential.

Historical Background

Emerald green takes its name from the precious gemstone revered since at least 330 BC, when Cleopatra's emerald mines supplied the ancient world. Pantone named Emerald its Color of the Year for 2013, citing its associations with sophistication and renewal. Art Nouveau designers like Alphonse Mucha used emerald tones extensively, pairing them with gold to create their signature opulent aesthetic.

Design & Usage Tips

Emerald green conveys upscale elegance and is ideal for luxury brands, jewelry companies, and high-end hospitality. It pairs naturally with gold, brass, and cream for a rich, timeless palette. In web design, emerald buttons on a white background combine trust (green) with premium appeal.

Sitting on the cool side of the spectrum (hue 126°), it promotes a feeling of calm distance and intellectual clarity, which is why cool hues dominate corporate identities, healthcare design, and productivity tools. With 62% saturation, it occupies a comfortable middle ground: colorful enough to be distinctive, yet restrained enough for extended reading or large surface areas.

Psychological Impact

Emerald feels aspirational and abundant—it suggests growth coupled with achievement. Unlike casual greens, emerald carries an air of refinement that makes it suitable for formal invitations, gala events, and exclusive product lines.

With a mid-range lightness of 43%, this tone is highly versatile: dark enough to serve as body text on white, yet light enough to stand out on charcoal or navy backgrounds.

Creative Design Ideas

Use emerald as a dark background for product photography, allowing gold or white products to shine. Combine emerald tiles with marble textures for luxury real-estate branding. In fashion e-commerce, emerald category headers signal the premium collection.

Every format

#2AB338 Color Conversions

Every way to write Try Your Luck — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.

12 formats
HEX Web
#2AB338

Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.

RGB Screen
rgb(42, 179, 56)

RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.

HSL Web
hsl(126, 62%, 43%)

HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.

HSV HSB Design
hsv(126, 77%, 70%)

HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.

HWB CSS 4
hwb(126 16% 30%)

HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.

CMYK Print
cmyk(77%, 0%, 69%, 30%)

CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.

OKLCH Modern
oklch(67.15% 0.199 144.21)

OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.

OKLab Modern
oklab(67.15% -0.161 0.116)

OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.

CIELAB L*a*b* Perceptual
L: 64.18, a: -59.58, b: 50.55

CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.

LCH Perceptual
L: 64.18, C: 78.13, H: 139.69

LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.

XYZ CIE Science
X: 17.79, Y: 33.02, Z: 9.18

CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.

Decimal int Code
2798392

The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.

Channel breakdown

RGB Color Percentages for #2AB338

How much red, green and blue light mixes into Try Your Luck.

Red 42/255 15.2% Green 179/255 64.6% Blue 56/255 20.2%

Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Try Your Luck.

Ink coverage

CMYK Ink Levels & Print Guide for #2AB338

Ink needed to reproduce Try Your Luck in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Cyan.

77% CYAN 0% MAGENTA 69% YELLOW 30% KEY

Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.

Accessibility · WCAG

Luminance & Contrast for #2AB338

How bright Try Your Luck is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.

Relative luminance 0.330
0 · dark1 · light

Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)

Aa Black text 7.60:1 ✓ AA ✓ AAA ✓ Large
Aa White text 2.76:1 ✕ AA ✕ AAA ✕ Large

Developer shortcuts

Quick CSS Snippets for #2AB338

Copy-and-paste CSS for Try Your Luck — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.

try-your-luck.css
background-color: #2AB338;
color: #2AB338;
border: 2px solid #2AB338;
background-color: rgb(42, 179, 56);
background-color: hsl(126, 62%, 43%);
--color: #2AB338;

Shades · light to dark

#2AB338 Monochrome Palette

Lighter and darker steps of Try Your Luck — the color's full brightness range in one strip.

#EAF7EB
#CAECCD
#AAE1AF
#8AD592
#6ACA74
#4ABE56
#2AB338
#249830
#1D7D27
#17621F
#114816
#0B2D0E
#041206

The dot marks the original color. Hover any shade to copy its hex or open its color page.

Harmony · 180° apart

#2AB338 Complementary Palette

Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.

#2AB338
#B22AA4

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Harmony · adjacent hues

#2AB338 Analogic Palette

Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.

#2AB338
#2AB27B
#60B22A
#2AA4B2
#A4B22A
#2A60B2
#B27B2A

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Harmony · 120° apart

#2AB338 Triadic Palette

Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.

#2AB338
#372AB2
#B2372A

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Harmony · 90° apart

#2AB338 Quad Palette

Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.

#2AB338
#2A60B2
#B22AA4
#B27B2A

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Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulation for #2AB338

How Try Your Luck reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.

#2AB338
#5D535D
#656756
#316D72
#8D8D8D
Normal vision full color Deuteranopia green weakness ✕ Not friendly Protanopia red weakness ✕ Not friendly Tritanopia blue-yellow weakness ✕ Not friendly Achromatopsia total color blindness ✕ Not friendly

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Harmony overview

Color Harmonies for #2AB338

The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.

#B22AA4
#2AB27B
#372AB2
#2A60B2
Complementary opposite hue Analogous adjacent hue Triadic 120° apart Tetradic (Quad) 90° apart

Perceptually nearby

#2AB338 Nearby Colors

A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.

Lime Green#44CC44
Hedged Garden#00AA22
Koopa Green Shell#55DD55
Islamic Green#009911
Spring Forth#00BB22
Matt Green#44AA44
Intoxicate#00BB55
Grass#55AA22

From the color-name library

Colors Similar to #2AB338

The closest named colors to #2AB338 — same mood, each with its own character.

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Matt Green#39AD48
Spring Forth#11BB22
Poison Ivy#00AD43
Lush Plains#22BB22
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Hedged Garden#00AA11
Lusty Lizard#00BB11
Hanging Gardens of Babylon#11AA44

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Inspiration

Explore Vibrant Images Featuring Try Your Luck (#2ab338)

Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Try Your Luck — hover any tile to download it or view the original.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions about #2AB338

#2AB338 is a cool color from the Emerald family. Its closest matched name is “Try Your Luck”, matched perceptually with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula. In RGB it is rgb(42, 179, 56); in HSL, hsl(126, 62%, 43%).
In RGB, #2AB338 is rgb(42, 179, 56); in HSL it is hsl(126, 62%, 43%); and in CMYK — the model used for print — it is cmyk(77%, 0%, 69%, 30%).
#2AB338 has a contrast ratio of 7.60:1 against black and 2.76:1 against white. For readability, black body text meets the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 on it, while white does not.
The direct complement of #2AB338 is #B22AA4 (opposite on the color wheel). For ready-made combinations, this page includes monochrome, analogous, triadic and tetradic palettes built from #2AB338 in the palette sections above.