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Recognised as Colour

#37893B

  • #37893B
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#37893B is a green with RGB values 55, 137, 59 and HSL 123°, 43%, 38%. 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

#37893B#37893B
HEX#37893B
RGBrgb(55, 137, 59)
RGB (0–1)0.2157, 0.5373, 0.2314
RGB percentages21.6%, 53.7%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(122.9, 42.7%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(122.9, 59.9%, 53.7%)
CMYK59.9%, 0%, 56.9%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,639,611
CSS custom property--colour: #37893B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#C876C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B7D34no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#817641no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Tritanopia#288578no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 13.5Sea green · ΔE 14.2Dark green · ΔE 16.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.8Green · ΔE 19.3Olivedrab · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 13.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#893785
Analogous#5C8937, #378964
Triadic#3B3789, #893B37
Split complementary#643789, #89375C
Tetradic#375C89, #893785, #896437

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AEDEB0
Lighter +30%#89D08D
Lighter +20%#65C169
Lighter +10%#46AD4B
Darker −10%#28652B
Darker −20%#1A401C
Darker −30%#0B1C0C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1FA125
Less saturated −25%#4F7151

Channel breakdown

R55
G137
B59
Red55 (21.6%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue122.93°
Saturation (HSL)42.71%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 37 · G 89 · B 3B

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