Colour

#008B00

#008B00
Green
Dark
Nearest: Green

#008B00 is a green with RGB values 0, 139, 0 and HSL 120°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green.

Colour values

#008B00#008B00

HEX#008B00

RGBrgb(0, 139, 0)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.5451, 0

RGB percentages0%, 54.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(120, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(120, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 100%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer35,584

CSS custom property--colour: #008B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.69:1

Contrast with white4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#FF74FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E7C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#82741Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Tritanopia#008675no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green · ΔE 5.8 Forest green · ΔE 9.6 Dark green · ΔE 21.2 Limegreen · ΔE 27 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.2 Medium seagreen · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourGreen (#008000)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8B008B

Analogous#468B00, #008B46

Triadic#00008B, #8B0000

Split complementary#46008B, #8B0046

Tetradic#00468B, #8B008B, #8B4600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#58FF58

Lighter +30%#25FF25

Lighter +20%#00F100

Lighter +10%#00BE00

Darker −10%#005800

Darker −20%#002500

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#008B00

Less saturated −25%#117A11

Channel breakdown

G139

Red0 (0%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue120°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 8B · B 00

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#008B00

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else