Colour

#255F3B

#255F3B
Green
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#255F3B is a green with RGB values 37, 95, 59 and HSL 143°, 44%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#255F3B#255F3B

HEX#255F3B

RGBrgb(37, 95, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.3725, 0.2314

RGB percentages14.5%, 37.3%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(142.8, 43.9%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(142.8, 61.1%, 37.3%)

CMYK61.1%, 0%, 37.9%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,449,211

CSS custom property--colour: #255F3B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.56:1

Contrast with white7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#DAA0C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5739no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#57523Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Tritanopia#135E56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.2 Sea green · ΔE 20.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.4 Teal · ΔE 26.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 29.3 Dark green · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F2549

Analogous#2C5F25, #255F58

Triadic#3B255F, #5F3B25

Split complementary#58255F, #5F252C

Tetradic#252C5F, #5F2549, #5F5825

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#82CE9F

Lighter +30%#5DC083

Lighter +20%#42A869

Lighter +10%#338452

Darker −10%#173A24

Darker −20%#08160D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#157037

Less saturated −25%#364F3F

Channel breakdown

R37

G95

B59

Red37 (14.5%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue142.76°

Saturation (HSL)43.94%

Lightness25.88%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 25 · G 5F · B 3B

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Colour values

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