Recognised as Colour

#008B1B

#008B1B
Green
Dark
Nearest: Forest green

#008B1B is a green with RGB values 0, 139, 27 and HSL 132°, 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 Forest green.

Colour values

#008B1B#008B1B

HEX#008B1B

RGBrgb(0, 139, 27)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.5451, 0.1059

RGB percentages0%, 54.5%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(131.7, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(131.7, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 80.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer35,611

CSS custom property--colour: #008B1B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.71:1

Contrast with white4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#FF74E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E7D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#817429no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Tritanopia#008776no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 4.5 Green · ΔE 5.3 Dark green · ΔE 18 Olivedrab · ΔE 26 Medium seagreen · ΔE 27.7 Limegreen · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 4.51, a close match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B0070

Analogous#2A8B00, #008B61

Triadic#1B008B, #8B1B00

Split complementary#61008B, #8B002A

Tetradic#002A8B, #8B0070, #8B6100

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#58FF78

Lighter +30%#25FF4F

Lighter +20%#00F12F

Lighter +10%#00BE25

Darker −10%#005811

Darker −20%#002507

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#008B1B

Less saturated −25%#117A26

Channel breakdown

G139

B27

Red0 (0%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue131.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 8B · B 1B

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