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Fortified Greenroom

#2e840b
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Fortified Greenroom (#2E840B) is a deep green 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 (103°, 85%, 28%) 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 violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#2e840b
RGB
rgb(46, 132, 11)
HSL
hsl(103, 85%, 28%)
HWB
hwb(103 4% 48%)
OKLCH
oklch(54.0% 0.167 139.4)
HSV
hsv(103, 92%, 52%)
LAB
lab(48.39% -46.03 49.82)
LCH
lch(48.39% 67.82 132.74)
CMYK
cmyk(65%, 0%, 92%, 48%)

Etymology

Fortified
adjective

Latin fortificāre, to make strong — past-participle of fortify. As a color modifier, fortified implies a saturated-and-strengthened-and-defensive quality, the deep-rich color of Vauban-style military-fortification stone-and-earth rampart-and-bastion architecture. Sits at the bold-and-fortified end of the grid, parallel to bastioned and armored.

Greenroom
noun

A theatrical waiting room for performers off-stage — traditionally painted green to rest the eyes after stage lighting. Greenroom color refers to the saturated green-painted plaster walls of a London West End greenroom: a saturated, slightly muted deep green with the matte finish of distemper paint.

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.

#2e840b
Original
#887700
Protanopia
#7e701e
Deuteranopia
#227f70
Tritanopia
#696969
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
4.75:1
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
4.42:1

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