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Recognised as Colour

#38F90C

  • #38F90C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lime

#38F90C is a green with RGB values 56, 249, 12 and HSL 109°, 95%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#38F90C#38F90C
HEX#38F90C
RGBrgb(56, 249, 12)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9765, 0.0471
RGB percentages22%, 97.6%, 4.7%
HSLhsl(108.9, 95.2%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(108.9, 95.2%, 97.6%)
CMYK77.5%, 0%, 95.2%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,733,772
CSS custom property--colour: #38F90C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.72:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#C706F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBD33Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74 from the original
Tritanopia#00F1D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 6Lawn green · ΔE 13.6Chartreuse · ΔE 13.9Limegreen · ΔE 27.7Green yellow · ΔE 28.8Spring green · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD0CF9
Analogous#AEF90C, #0CF957
Triadic#0C38F9, #F90C38
Split complementary#570CF9, #F90CAE
Tetradic#0CAEF9, #CD0CF9, #F9570C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBFED3
Lighter +30%#B2FDA1
Lighter +20%#8AFB70
Lighter +10%#61FA3E
Darker −10%#2ACD05
Darker −20%#209B04
Darker −30%#166903
Darker −40%#0B3801
More saturated +25%#34FF06
Less saturated −25%#4CDA2B

Channel breakdown

R56
G249
B12
Red56 (22%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue12 (4.7%)
Hue108.86°
Saturation (HSL)95.18%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G F9 · B 0C

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