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Recognised as Colour

#38DD38

  • #38DD38
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#38DD38 is a green with RGB values 56, 221, 56 and HSL 120°, 71%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#38DD38#38DD38
HEX#38DD38
RGBrgb(56, 221, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8667, 0.2196
RGB percentages22%, 86.7%, 22%
HSLhsl(120, 70.8%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120, 74.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK74.7%, 0%, 74.7%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,726,648
CSS custom property--colour: #38DD38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#C722C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2C813no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BB4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D6BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 7.1Spring green · ΔE 21.5Lawn green · ΔE 23.4Chartreuse · ΔE 24.5Lime · ΔE 26.1Green yellow · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD38DD
Analogous#8BDD38, #38DD8B
Triadic#3838DD, #DD3838
Split complementary#8B38DD, #DD388B
Tetradic#388BDD, #DD38DD, #DD8B38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6FBE6
Lighter +30%#BBF3BB
Lighter +20%#8FEC8F
Lighter +10%#64E464
Darker −10%#21C121
Darker −20%#1A951A
Darker −30%#126A12
Darker −40%#0B3E0B
More saturated +25%#1BFA1B
Less saturated −25%#55C055

Channel breakdown

R56
G221
B56
Red56 (22%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue120°
Saturation (HSL)70.82%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G DD · B 38

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