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Recognised as Colour

#279C33

  • #279C33
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#279C33 is a green with RGB values 39, 156, 51 and HSL 126°, 60%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#279C33#279C33
HEX#279C33
RGBrgb(39, 156, 51)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 0.6118, 0.2
RGB percentages15.3%, 61.2%, 20%
HSLhsl(126.2, 60%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(126.2, 75%, 61.2%)
CMYK75%, 0%, 67.3%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,595,891
CSS custom property--colour: #279C33;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.89:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#D863CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F8D25no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#92843Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009886no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 6.8Green · ΔE 11.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.4Dark green · ΔE 22.6Olivedrab · ΔE 25.3Limegreen · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C2790
Analogous#559C27, #279C6E
Triadic#33279C, #9C3327
Split complementary#6E279C, #9C2755
Tetradic#27559C, #9C2790, #9C6E27

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A6E9AD
Lighter +30%#7DDF87
Lighter +20%#55D462
Lighter +10%#31C540
Darker −10%#1D7326
Darker −20%#134A18
Darker −30%#08220B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0FB420
Less saturated −25%#3F8446

Channel breakdown

R39
G156
B51
Red39 (15.3%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue51 (20%)
Hue126.15°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 27 · G 9C · B 33

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