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Recognised as Colour

#388B4F

  • #388B4F
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#388B4F is a green with RGB values 56, 139, 79 and HSL 137°, 43%, 38%. 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

#388B4F#388B4F
HEX#388B4F
RGBrgb(56, 139, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.5451, 0.3098
RGB percentages22%, 54.5%, 31%
HSLhsl(136.6, 42.6%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(136.6, 59.7%, 54.5%)
CMYK59.7%, 0%, 43.2%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,705,679
CSS custom property--colour: #388B4F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19871WCAG 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 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#C774B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C804Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#817853no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#22897Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 4.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.4Forest green · ΔE 22.9Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.1Dark green · ΔE 23.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 4.75, a close match
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B3874
Analogous#4A8B38, #388B79
Triadic#4F388B, #8B4F38
Split complementary#79388B, #8B384A
Tetradic#384A8B, #8B3874, #8B7938

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0DFBD
Lighter +30%#8CD09F
Lighter +20%#67C280
Lighter +10%#47AF64
Darker −10%#29673A
Darker −20%#1B4226
Darker −30%#0C1E11
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#20A344
Less saturated −25%#50735A

Channel breakdown

R56
G139
B79
Red56 (22%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue136.63°
Saturation (HSL)42.56%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G 8B · B 4F

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