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Recognised as Colour

#38FB5A

  • #38FB5A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Spring green

#38FB5A is a green with RGB values 56, 251, 90 and HSL 130°, 96%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Spring green.

Colour values

#38FB5A#38FB5A
HEX#38FB5A
RGBrgb(56, 251, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9843, 0.3529
RGB percentages22%, 98.4%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(130.5, 96.1%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(130.5, 77.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK77.7%, 0%, 64.1%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,734,362
CSS custom property--colour: #38FB5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#C704A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#FFE446no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAD569no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00F5DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourSpring green (#00FF7F)ΔE 15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#FB38D9
Analogous#78FB38, #38FBBB
Triadic#5A38FB, #FB5A38
Split complementary#BC38FB, #FB3877
Tetradic#3878FB, #FB38D9, #FBBB38

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CEFED6
Lighter +20%#9CFDAD
Lighter +10%#6AFC83
Darker −10%#06FA31
Darker −20%#04C926
Darker −30%#03971D
Darker −40%#026513
More saturated +25%#34FF57
Less saturated −25%#51E26B

Channel breakdown

R56
G251
B90
Red56 (22%)
Green251 (98.4%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue130.46°
Saturation (HSL)96.06%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G FB · B 5A

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