HEX atlas value

#025A22

#025A22 is a cool green HEX color close to British Racing Green. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 2, 90, 34, HSL 142, 96%, 18%, has luminance 0.0744, and belongs to the dark and jewel tone groups.

green cool dark jewel-tone

#025A22 Sample readable text

HEX #025A22

RGB rgb(2, 90, 34)

HSL hsl(142 96% 18%)

CMYK cmyk(98, 0, 62, 65)

Luminance 0.0744

Contrast Black 2.49:1White 8.44:1

CSS

--color-025a22: #025A22;
.background-025a22 { background-color: #025A22; }
.text-025a22 { color: #025A22; }

Luminance0.0744

Black text2.49:1AA Fail

White text8.44:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#025A22","rgb":[2,90,34],"hsl":[142,96,18],"cmyk":[98,0,62,65],"luminance":0.0744,"contrast":{"black":2.49,"white":8.44}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.49,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":8.44,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Black","hex":"#000000","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1,"contrastWhite":21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#5A023A","hex":"#5A023A","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.5,"contrastWhite":13.96,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"British Racing Green","hex":"#004225","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.81,"contrastWhite":11.63,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#0C5025","hex":"#0C5025","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.19,"contrastWhite":9.59,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#0E5A02","hex":"#0E5A02","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.48,"contrastWhite":8.46,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","dark","jewel tone","dark green","jewel tone green","British Racing Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","rich accent palettes","dark theme accents","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/025a22.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/british-racing-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/emerald-dark.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#5A023A","analogous":["#0E5A02","#025A4E"],"triadic":["#22025A","#5A2202"],"tetradic":["#020E5A","#5A023A","#5A4E02"],"splitComplementary":["#4E025A","#5A020E"],"monochromatic":["#04B444","#025A22","#000000"]}

Variants

{"light":"#04B444","dark":"#000000","saturated":"#005C22","desaturated":"#0C5025","pastel":"#15C656","neon":"#008531"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"british-racing-green","name":"British Racing Green","hex":"#004225","distance":24.269322199023193},{"slug":"emerald-dark","name":"Emerald Dark","hex":"#046307","distance":28.53068523537421},{"slug":"dark-green","name":"Dark Green","hex":"#006400","distance":35.4964786985977},{"slug":"bottle-green","name":"Bottle Green","hex":"#006A4E","distance":46.861498055439924},{"slug":"green","name":"Green","hex":"#008000","distance":51.02940328869229}]

HEX meaning and use

About #025A22

#025A22 is classified as a cool green value with dark and jewel tone visual character. #025A22 is visually closest to British Racing Green, a named green color with HEX #004225.

The RGB channels are 2, 90, and 34, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 142deg with 96% saturation and 18% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and rich accent palettes. Its luminance is 0.0744, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 24.27, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.49:1AA Fail

White text8.44:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #025A22 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.49:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF8.44:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

Black#FFFFFF text · best 21:1#000000

#5A023A#FFFFFF text · best 13.96:1#5A023A

British Racing Green#FFFFFF text · best 11.63:1#004225

#0C5025#FFFFFF text · best 9.59:1#0C5025

#0E5A02#FFFFFF text · best 8.46:1#0E5A02

Generated Palette

#025A22#025A22

#5A023A#5A023A

#0E5A02#0E5A02

#025A4E#025A4E

#04B444#04B444

Black#000000

Color Harmonies

#5A023A#5A023A

#0E5A02#0E5A02

#025A4E#025A4E

#22025A#22025A

#5A2202#5A2202

Variants

#04B444#04B444

Black#000000

#005C22#005C22

#0C5025#0C5025

#15C656#15C656

#008531#008531

Nearest Named Colors

British Racing Green#004225

Emerald Dark#046307

Dark Green#006400

Bottle Green#006A4E

Green#008000

#025A22

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #025A22

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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