Recognised as Colour

#38F017

#38F017
Green
Light
Nearest: Lime

#38F017 is a green with RGB values 56, 240, 23 and HSL 111°, 88%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#38F017#38F017

HEX#38F017

RGBrgb(56, 240, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9412, 0.0902

RGB percentages22%, 94.1%, 9%

HSLhsl(110.9, 87.9%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(110.9, 90.4%, 94.1%)

CMYK76.7%, 0%, 90.4%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,731,479

CSS custom property--colour: #38F017;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.64:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#C70FE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CB3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00E8CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 10.8 Lawn green · ΔE 13.5 Chartreuse · ΔE 14.2 Limegreen · ΔE 22.4 Green yellow · ΔE 27.1 Spring green · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 10.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CF17F0

Analogous#A4F017, #17F063

Triadic#1738F0, #F01738

Split complementary#6317F0, #F017A4

Tetradic#17A4F0, #CF17F0, #F06317

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCFCD7

Lighter +30%#B3F9A7

Lighter +20%#8AF677

Lighter +10%#61F347

Darker −10%#29C70D

Darker −20%#1F970A

Darker −30%#156707

Darker −40%#0B3704

More saturated +25%#2EFF08

Less saturated −25%#4DD136

Channel breakdown

R56

G240

B23

Red56 (22%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue110.88°

Saturation (HSL)87.85%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 38 · G F0 · B 17

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