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Recognised as Colour

#38DA7F

  • #38DA7F
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#38DA7F is a green with RGB values 56, 218, 127 and HSL 146°, 69%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#38DA7F#38DA7F
HEX#38DA7F
RGBrgb(56, 218, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8549, 0.498
RGB percentages22%, 85.5%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(146.3, 68.6%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(146.3, 74.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK74.3%, 0%, 41.7%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,725,951
CSS custom property--colour: #38DA7F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.5:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#C72580

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#DAC878no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7BA85no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 13.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#DA3893
Analogous#42DA38, #38DAD0
Triadic#7F38DA, #DA7F38
Split complementary#D038DA, #DA3842
Tetradic#3842DA, #DA3893, #DAD038

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#E4FAEE
Lighter +30%#B9F2D2
Lighter +20%#8EEAB6
Lighter +10%#63E29B
Darker −10%#23BC66
Darker −20%#1B914F
Darker −30%#136637
Darker −40%#0B3B20
More saturated +25%#1AF87B
Less saturated −25%#56BC83

Channel breakdown

R56
G218
B127
Red56 (22%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue146.3°
Saturation (HSL)68.64%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G DA · B 7F

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