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Recognised as Colour

#38DE38

  • #38DE38
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#38DE38 is a green with RGB values 56, 222, 56 and HSL 120°, 72%, 55%. 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

#38DE38#38DE38
HEX#38DE38
RGBrgb(56, 222, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8706, 0.2196
RGB percentages22%, 87.1%, 22%
HSLhsl(120, 71.6%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120, 74.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK74.8%, 0%, 74.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,726,904
CSS custom property--colour: #38DE38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.9 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#C721C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3C913no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BC4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.5 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 7.6Spring green · ΔE 21.5Lawn green · ΔE 23Chartreuse · ΔE 24.1Lime · ΔE 25.6Green yellow · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 7.58, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE38DE
Analogous#8BDE38, #38DE8B
Triadic#3838DE, #DE3838
Split complementary#8B38DE, #DE388B
Tetradic#388BDE, #DE38DE, #DE8B38

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7FBE7
Lighter +30%#BBF4BB
Lighter +20%#8FED8F
Lighter +10%#64E564
Darker −10%#20C320
Darker −20%#199719
Darker −30%#126B12
Darker −40%#0B3F0B
More saturated +25%#1BFB1B
Less saturated −25%#55C155

Channel breakdown

R56
G222
B56
Red56 (22%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue120°
Saturation (HSL)71.55%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G DE · B 38

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