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Recognised as Colour

#38DE36

  • #38DE36
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#38DE36 is a green with RGB values 56, 222, 54 and HSL 119°, 72%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#38DE36#38DE36
HEX#38DE36
RGBrgb(56, 222, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8706, 0.2118
RGB percentages22%, 87.1%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(119.3, 71.8%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(119.3, 75.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK74.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,726,902
CSS custom property--colour: #38DE36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#C721C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3C90Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BC49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 8Spring green · ΔE 22Lawn green · ΔE 22.4Chartreuse · ΔE 23.6Lime · ΔE 25.1Green yellow · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 7.96, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC36DE
Analogous#8CDE36, #36DE88
Triadic#3638DE, #DE3638
Split complementary#8836DE, #DE368C
Tetradic#368CDE, #DC36DE, #DE8836

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5FBE5
Lighter +30%#BAF4B9
Lighter +20%#8FEC8E
Lighter +10%#63E562
Darker −10%#22C120
Darker −20%#1A9519
Darker −30%#126A11
Darker −40%#0B3E0A
More saturated +25%#1BFB19
Less saturated −25%#55C153

Channel breakdown

R56
G222
B54
Red56 (22%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue119.29°
Saturation (HSL)71.79%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G DE · B 36

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