Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#28AE4C

  • #28AE4C
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#28AE4C is a green with RGB values 40, 174, 76 and HSL 136°, 63%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#28AE4C#28AE4C
HEX#28AE4C
RGBrgb(40, 174, 76)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.6824, 0.298
RGB percentages15.7%, 68.2%, 29.8%
HSLhsl(136.1, 62.6%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(136.1, 77%, 68.2%)
CMYK77%, 0%, 56.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,666,060
CSS custom property--colour: #28AE4C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#D751B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B09E43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19454no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00AA98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 14.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.6Green · ΔE 19.7Light green · ΔE 25.8Limegreen · ΔE 26.2Sea green · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 14.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE288A
Analogous#47AE28, #28AE8F
Triadic#4C28AE, #AE4C28
Split complementary#8F28AE, #AE2847
Tetradic#2847AE, #AE288A, #AE8F28

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4EEC4
Lighter +30%#8BE4A3
Lighter +20%#61DB82
Lighter +10%#38D161
Darker −10%#1E853A
Darker −20%#155B28
Darker −30%#0B3216
Darker −40%#020804
More saturated +25%#0DC940
Less saturated −25%#439358

Channel breakdown

R40
G174
B76
Red40 (15.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue76 (29.8%)
Hue136.12°
Saturation (HSL)62.62%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 28 · G AE · B 4C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “28ae4c” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.