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Recognised as Colour

#38EE39

  • #38EE39
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#38EE39 is a green with RGB values 56, 238, 57 and HSL 120°, 84%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#38EE39#38EE39
HEX#38EE39
RGBrgb(56, 238, 57)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9333, 0.2235
RGB percentages22%, 93.3%, 22.4%
HSLhsl(120.3, 84.3%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120.3, 76.5%, 93.3%)
CMYK76.5%, 0%, 76.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,731,001
CSS custom property--colour: #38EE39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.46:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#C711C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3D706no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFCA4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E7CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 15.8Lime · ΔE 17.8Lawn green · ΔE 18.3Chartreuse · ΔE 19.3Spring green · ΔE 23.1Green yellow · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 15.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE38ED
Analogous#92EE38, #38EE94
Triadic#3938EE, #EE3938
Split complementary#9438EE, #EE3892
Tetradic#3892EE, #EE38ED, #EE9438

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4FEF4
Lighter +30%#C5FAC5
Lighter +20%#96F696
Lighter +10%#67F268
Darker −10%#13E014
Darker −20%#0FB110
Darker −30%#0B820C
Darker −40%#075307
More saturated +25%#27FF28
Less saturated −25%#53D354

Channel breakdown

R56
G238
B57
Red56 (22%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue57 (22.4%)
Hue120.33°
Saturation (HSL)84.26%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G EE · B 39

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