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Recognised as Colour

#38894B

  • #38894B
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#38894B is a green with RGB values 56, 137, 75 and HSL 134°, 42%, 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 Sea green.

Colour values

#38894B#38894B
HEX#38894B
RGBrgb(56, 137, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.5373, 0.2941
RGB percentages22%, 53.7%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(134.1, 42%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(134.1, 59.1%, 53.7%)
CMYK59.1%, 0%, 45.3%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,705,163
CSS custom property--colour: #38894B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#C776B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A7E46no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F764Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#24867Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 6Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.2Forest green · ΔE 21.8Dark green · ΔE 22.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.4Olivedrab · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#893876
Analogous#4E8938, #388974
Triadic#4B3889, #894B38
Split complementary#743889, #89384D
Tetradic#384D89, #893876, #897438

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AFDEBA
Lighter +30%#8BCF9B
Lighter +20%#66C17C
Lighter +10%#47AD5F
Darker −10%#296537
Darker −20%#1A4123
Darker −30%#0C1C10
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#20A13E
Less saturated −25%#507158

Channel breakdown

R56
G137
B75
Red56 (22%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue134.07°
Saturation (HSL)41.97%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G 89 · B 4B

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