Colour

#228B22

#228B22
Green
Dark
Named: Forest green

#228B22 is the CSS colour green with RGB values 34, 139, 34 and HSL 120°, 61%, 34%. 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

#228B22#228B22

HEX#228B22

RGBrgb(34, 139, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.5451, 0.1333

RGB percentages13.3%, 54.5%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(120, 60.7%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(120, 75.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK75.5%, 0%, 75.5%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,263,842

CSS custom property--colour: #228B22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18921WCAG 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 4.78:1

Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#DD74DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E7D0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#82752Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Tritanopia#008777no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 0 Green · ΔE 6.9 Dark green · ΔE 16 Olivedrab · ΔE 22.2 Medium seagreen · ΔE 25.4 Sea green · ΔE 26.9

This is a named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)exact match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableforestgreen

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B228B

Analogous#568B22, #228B56

Triadic#22228B, #8B2222

Split complementary#56228B, #8B2256

Tetradic#22568B, #8B228B, #8B5622

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#94E594

Lighter +30%#6BDB6B

Lighter +20%#42D142

Lighter +10%#2CB42C

Darker −10%#186218

Darker −20%#0E390E

Darker −30%#041004

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0CA10C

Less saturated −25%#387538

Channel breakdown

R34

G139

B34

Red34 (13.3%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue120°

Saturation (HSL)60.69%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 22 · G 8B · B 22

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Colour values

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