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Recognised as Colour

#165A28

  • #165A28
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#165A28 is a green with RGB values 22, 90, 40 and HSL 136°, 61%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#165A28#165A28
HEX#165A28
RGBrgb(22, 90, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.3529, 0.1569
RGB percentages8.6%, 35.3%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(135.9, 60.7%, 22%)
HSV / HSBhsv(135.9, 75.6%, 35.3%)
CMYK75.6%, 0%, 55.6%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,464,872
CSS custom property--colour: #165A28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.31:1
Contrast with white8.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#E9A5D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B5224no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#534C2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00584Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.5Sea green · ΔE 19.7Dark green · ΔE 21.9Forest green · ΔE 32.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.1Olivedrab · ΔE 34.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A1648
Analogous#265A16, #165A4A
Triadic#28165A, #5A2816
Split complementary#4A165A, #5A1626
Tetradic#16265A, #5A1648, #5A4A16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#63D982
Lighter +30%#3ACF62
Lighter +20%#2AAC4C
Lighter +10%#20833A
Darker −10%#0C3116
Darker −20%#020804
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#086821
Less saturated −25%#244C2F

Channel breakdown

R22
G90
B40
Red22 (8.6%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue135.88°
Saturation (HSL)60.71%
Lightness21.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G 5A · B 28

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