Colour

#38DE74

#38DE74
Green
Light
Nearest: Medium spring green

#38DE74 is a green with RGB values 56, 222, 116 and HSL 142°, 72%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

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HEX#38DE74

RGBrgb(56, 222, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.8706, 0.4549

RGB percentages22%, 87.1%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(141.7, 71.6%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(141.7, 74.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK74.8%, 0%, 47.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,726,964

CSS custom property--colour: #38DE74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.87:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#C7218B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFCB6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCBD7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00DAC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 13.3 Spring green · ΔE 17.5 Light green · ΔE 19.8 Pale green · ΔE 20 Limegreen · ΔE 22.3 Medium seagreen · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 13.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DE38A2

Analogous#4FDE38, #38DEC7

Triadic#7438DE, #DE7438

Split complementary#C738DE, #DE384F

Tetradic#384FDE, #DE38A2, #DEC738

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E7FBEE

Lighter +30%#BBF4D0

Lighter +20%#8FEDB1

Lighter +10%#64E593

Darker −10%#20C35B

Darker −20%#199747

Darker −30%#126B32

Darker −40%#0B3F1E

More saturated +25%#1BFB6C

Less saturated −25%#55C17C

Channel breakdown

R56

G222

B116

Red56 (22%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue141.69°

Saturation (HSL)71.55%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 38 · G DE · B 74

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