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Recognised as Colour

#38CA01

  • #38CA01
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#38CA01 is a green with RGB values 56, 202, 1 and HSL 104°, 99%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#38CA01#38CA01
HEX#38CA01
RGBrgb(56, 202, 1)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.7922, 0.0039
RGB percentages22%, 79.2%, 0.4%
HSLhsl(103.6, 99%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(103.6, 99.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK72.3%, 0%, 99.5%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,721,729
CSS custom property--colour: #38CA01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#C735FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0B600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAB2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.5 from the original
Tritanopia#0EC3ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 9Lawn green · ΔE 22.6Chartreuse · ΔE 23.9Green yellow · ΔE 27.6Lime · ΔE 28Yellow green · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9301CA
Analogous#9DCA01, #01CA2F
Triadic#0138CA, #CA0138
Split complementary#2F01CA, #CA019C
Tetradic#019DCA, #9301CA, #CA2F01

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4FE99
Lighter +30%#8FFE66
Lighter +20%#6BFE33
Lighter +10%#46FD01
Darker −10%#2A9701
Darker −20%#1C6500
Darker −30%#0E3200
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#38CB00
Less saturated −25%#43B11A

Channel breakdown

R56
G202
B1
Red56 (22%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue1 (0.4%)
Hue103.58°
Saturation (HSL)99.01%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G CA · B 01

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