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Colour

#008B3B

  • #008B3B
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#008B3B is a green with RGB values 0, 139, 59 and HSL 145°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#008B3B#008B3B
HEX#008B3B
RGBrgb(0, 139, 59)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5451, 0.2314
RGB percentages0%, 54.5%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(145.5, 100%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(145.5, 100%, 54.5%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 57.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer35,643
CSS custom property--colour: #008B3B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#FF74C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C7E33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F7441no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Tritanopia#008879no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 11.5Green · ΔE 17Sea green · ΔE 17.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.6Dark green · ΔE 17.8Olivedrab · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B0050
Analogous#0B8B00, #008B81
Triadic#3B008B, #8B3B00
Split complementary#81008B, #8B000A
Tetradic#000A8B, #8B0050, #8B8000

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#58FF9F
Lighter +30%#25FF82
Lighter +20%#00F166
Lighter +10%#00BE51
Darker −10%#005825
Darker −20%#002510
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008B3B
Less saturated −25%#117A3E

Channel breakdown

R0
G139
B59
Red0 (0%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue145.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8B · B 3B

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