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Organized Comfrey

#2a6424
Notes

Organized Comfrey (#2A6424) is a deep green with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (114°, 47%, 27%) places it in the balanced band at a dark lightness. It works well as a headline, icon, or deep background in an otherwise light layout, pairing cleanly with cream, bone, and warm neutrals. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#2a6424
RGB
rgb(42, 100, 36)
HSL
hsl(114, 47%, 27%)
HWB
hwb(114 14% 61%)
OKLCH
oklch(44.9% 0.114 141.8)
HSV
hsv(114, 64%, 39%)
LAB
lab(37.36% -32.81 30.02)
LCH
lch(37.36% 44.47 137.54)
CMYK
cmyk(58%, 0%, 64%, 61%)

Etymology

Organized
adjective

Greek órganon, instrument / tool — past-participle of organize. As a color modifier, organized implies a clear-and-coordinated-and-systematic quality where the hue carries the visual register of well-coordinated-and-classified arrangement. Sits at the crisp-and-orderly end of the grid, parallel to orderly and methodical in usage.

Comfrey
noun

Symphytum officinale, the European medicinal plant whose green leaves and root were used in traditional European bone-setting and wound treatment — also known as boneset or knitbone. Comfrey color refers to fresh comfrey leaves on a hedge bank: a soft, slightly muted gray-green with the matte finish of pubescent leaf surface. Cooler than nettle.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#2a6424
Original
#665b1d
Protanopia
#5f5629
Deuteranopia
#226156
Tritanopia
#535353
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon White
7.13:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
2.95:1

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