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Sturdy Sumatra

#2a6c06
Notes

Sturdy Sumatra (#2A6C06) is a deep lime with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (99°, 89%, 22%) places it in the highly saturated band at a dark lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary indigo. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#2a6c06
RGB
rgb(42, 108, 6)
HSL
hsl(99, 89%, 22%)
HWB
hwb(99 2% 58%)
OKLCH
oklch(47.0% 0.142 138.2)
HSV
hsv(99, 94%, 42%)
LAB
lab(39.97% -38.34 43.68)
LCH
lch(39.97% 58.12 131.28)
CMYK
cmyk(61%, 0%, 94%, 58%)

Etymology

Sturdy
adjective

Old French estourdi, stunned, reckless — drifted in English to mean robust, well-built. Used as a color modifier since the seventeenth century for hues that read as durable and unfussy — the working browns of saddle leather, the working greens of pasture wool. Sits in the bold-and-warm corner alongside robust and solid.

Sumatra
noun

The Indonesian island — home to the Sumatran orangutan, tiger, and rhinoceros — and the deep green of Sumatran rainforest and Coffea arabica coffee plantations. Sumatra color refers to a Sumatran highland coffee plantation: a saturated, slightly cool deep green with the matte finish of broad-leaved coffee shrubs.

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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Accessibility

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.

#2a6c06
Original
#706100
Protanopia
#685c16
Deuteranopia
#24685b
Tritanopia
#575757
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).
AAon White
6.47:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.25:1

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