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Recognised as Colour

#38551B

  • #38551B
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#38551B is a green with RGB values 56, 85, 27 and HSL 90°, 52%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#38551B#38551B
HEX#38551B
RGBrgb(56, 85, 27)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.3333, 0.1059
RGB percentages22%, 33.3%, 10.6%
HSLhsl(90, 51.8%, 22%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CMYK34.1%, 0%, 68.2%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,691,803
CSS custom property--colour: #38551B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.46:1
Contrast with white8.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#C7AAE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#594E14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#554C1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#395149no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 10Dark green · ΔE 25.1Sea green · ΔE 27.7Olivedrab · ΔE 30.5Olive · ΔE 34.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 10, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#381B55
Analogous#55551B, #1B551B
Triadic#1B3855, #551B38
Split complementary#1B1B55, #551B55
Tetradic#1B5555, #381B55, #551B1B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9ED06C
Lighter +30%#85C445
Lighter +20%#6BA234
Lighter +10%#527C27
Darker −10%#1F2E0F
Darker −20%#050802
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#38630D
Less saturated −25%#384729

Channel breakdown

R56
G85
B27
Red56 (22%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue27 (10.6%)
Hue90°
Saturation (HSL)51.79%
Lightness21.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G 55 · B 1B

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