Recognised as Colour

#228D17

#228D17
Green
Dark
Nearest: Forest green

#228D17 is a green with RGB values 34, 141, 23 and HSL 114°, 72%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

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HEX#228D17

RGBrgb(34, 141, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.5529, 0.0902

RGB percentages13.3%, 55.3%, 9%

HSLhsl(114.4, 72%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(114.4, 83.7%, 55.3%)

CMYK75.9%, 0%, 83.7%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,264,343

CSS custom property--colour: #228D17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#DD72E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#917F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#857726no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Tritanopia#008878no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 4.5 Green · ΔE 5.1 Dark green · ΔE 18.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.1 Medium seagreen · ΔE 28.8 Limegreen · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 4.54, a close match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#82178D

Analogous#5D8D17, #178D47

Triadic#17228D, #8D1722

Split complementary#47178D, #8D175D

Tetradic#175D8D, #82178D, #8D4717

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8EEB85

Lighter +30%#66E459

Lighter +20%#3EDD2D

Lighter +10%#2DB91E

Darker −10%#176110

Darker −20%#0D3509

Darker −30%#020902

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#11A203

Less saturated −25%#33792B

Channel breakdown

R34

G141

B23

Red34 (13.3%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue114.41°

Saturation (HSL)71.95%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 22 · G 8D · B 17

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