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Colour

#257C40

  • #257C40
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#257C40 is a green with RGB values 37, 124, 64 and HSL 139°, 54%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#257C40#257C40
HEX#257C40
RGBrgb(37, 124, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.4863, 0.251
RGB percentages14.5%, 48.6%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(138.6, 54%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(138.6, 70.2%, 48.6%)
CMYK70.2%, 0%, 48.4%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,456,640
CSS custom property--colour: #257C40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.2:1
Contrast with white5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#DA83BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D713Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#726A44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007A6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 7.8Dark green · ΔE 19.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.8Forest green · ΔE 22.5Green · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C2561
Analogous#357C25, #257C6C
Triadic#40257C, #7C4025
Split complementary#6C257C, #7C2535
Tetradic#25357C, #7C2561, #7C6C25

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8FDEA8
Lighter +30%#68D289
Lighter +20%#41C66A
Lighter +10%#31A354
Darker −10%#19552C
Darker −20%#0E2D17
Darker −30%#020603
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#119038
Less saturated −25%#396848

Channel breakdown

R37
G124
B64
Red37 (14.5%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue138.62°
Saturation (HSL)54.04%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 25 · G 7C · B 40

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