Recognised as Colour

#298D55

#298D55
Green
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#298D55 is a green with RGB values 41, 141, 85 and HSL 146°, 55%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

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HEX#298D55

RGBrgb(41, 141, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.5529, 0.3333

RGB percentages16.1%, 55.3%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(146.4, 54.9%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(146.4, 70.9%, 55.3%)

CMYK70.9%, 0%, 39.7%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,723,157

CSS custom property--colour: #298D55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.04:1

Contrast with white4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#D672AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D8151no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#807959no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Tritanopia#008B7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 2.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 14.9 Forest green · ΔE 24.5 Dark green · ΔE 25.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 2.84, a close match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D2961

Analogous#2F8D29, #298D87

Triadic#55298D, #8D5529

Split complementary#87298D, #8D292F

Tetradic#292F8D, #8D2961, #8D8729

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9FE3BD

Lighter +30%#77D8A2

Lighter +20%#50CC87

Lighter +10%#34B56D

Darker −10%#1E653D

Darker −20%#123E25

Darker −30%#07160E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#12A452

Less saturated −25%#407658

Channel breakdown

R41

G141

B85

Red41 (16.1%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue146.4°

Saturation (HSL)54.95%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 29 · G 8D · B 55

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