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Recognised as Colour

#38EC08

  • #38EC08
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lime

#38EC08 is a green with RGB values 56, 236, 8 and HSL 107°, 93%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#38EC08#38EC08
HEX#38EC08
RGBrgb(56, 236, 8)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9255, 0.0314
RGB percentages22%, 92.5%, 3.1%
HSLhsl(107.4, 93.4%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(107.4, 96.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK76.3%, 0%, 96.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,730,440
CSS custom property--colour: #38EC08;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.17:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#C713F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2D500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFC837no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 11.7Lawn green · ΔE 13.1Chartreuse · ΔE 13.9Limegreen · ΔE 21.9Green yellow · ΔE 26.6Spring green · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 11.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC08EC
Analogous#AAEC08, #08EC4A
Triadic#0838EC, #EC0838
Split complementary#4A08EC, #EC08AA
Tetradic#08AAEC, #BC08EC, #EC4A08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFFDC3
Lighter +30%#A8FB92
Lighter +20%#81FA60
Lighter +10%#59F82F
Darker −10%#2CBB06
Darker −20%#218905
Darker −30%#155803
Darker −40%#092701
More saturated +25%#33F400
Less saturated −25%#4ACE26

Channel breakdown

R56
G236
B8
Red56 (22%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue8 (3.1%)
Hue107.37°
Saturation (HSL)93.44%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G EC · B 08

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