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Recognised as Colour

#168A42

  • #168A42
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#168A42 is a green with RGB values 22, 138, 66 and HSL 143°, 72%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#168A42#168A42
HEX#168A42
RGBrgb(22, 138, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.5412, 0.2588
RGB percentages8.6%, 54.1%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(142.8, 72.5%, 31.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(142.8, 84.1%, 54.1%)
CMYK84.1%, 0%, 52.2%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,477,186
CSS custom property--colour: #168A42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1
Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#E975BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B7D3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E7447no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#008779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 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 text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 12.3Forest green · ΔE 15.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 16Dark green · ΔE 18.9Green · ΔE 21Olivedrab · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A165E
Analogous#248A16, #168A7C
Triadic#42168A, #8A4216
Split complementary#7C168A, #8A1624
Tetradic#16248A, #8A165E, #8A7C16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#81EBA9
Lighter +30%#55E48B
Lighter +20%#29DD6D
Lighter +10%#1DB657
Darker −10%#0F5E2D
Darker −20%#083218
Darker −30%#010603
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#029E3D
Less saturated −25%#2A7647

Channel breakdown

R22
G138
B66
Red22 (8.6%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue142.76°
Saturation (HSL)72.5%
Lightness31.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G 8A · B 42

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