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Recognised as Colour

#288B16

  • #288B16
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#288B16 is a green with RGB values 40, 139, 22 and HSL 111°, 73%, 32%. 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

#288B16#288B16
HEX#288B16
RGBrgb(40, 139, 22)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.5451, 0.0863
RGB percentages15.7%, 54.5%, 8.6%
HSLhsl(110.8, 72.7%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(110.8, 84.2%, 54.5%)
CMYK71.2%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,657,046
CSS custom property--colour: #288B16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#D774E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F7D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#837625no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#118676no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 4.1Green · ΔE 5.1Dark green · ΔE 17.2Olivedrab · ΔE 21.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 28.8Sea green · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 4.1, a close match
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79168B
Analogous#628B16, #168B3F
Triadic#16288B, #8B1628
Split complementary#3E168B, #8B1663
Tetradic#16638B, #79168B, #8B3F16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#92EB82
Lighter +30%#6CE456
Lighter +20%#45DD2A
Lighter +10%#35B71D
Darker −10%#1B5F0F
Darker −20%#0F3308
Darker −30%#020701
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1A9F02
Less saturated −25%#36772A

Channel breakdown

R40
G139
B22
Red40 (15.7%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue22 (8.6%)
Hue110.77°
Saturation (HSL)72.67%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 28 · G 8B · B 16

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