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Recognised as Colour

#38FB72

  • #38FB72
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Spring green

#38FB72 is a green with RGB values 56, 251, 114 and HSL 138°, 96%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Spring green.

Colour values

#38FB72#38FB72
HEX#38FB72
RGBrgb(56, 251, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9843, 0.4471
RGB percentages22%, 98.4%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(137.8, 96.1%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(137.8, 77.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK77.7%, 0%, 54.6%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,734,386
CSS custom property--colour: #38FB72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.21:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#C7048D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FEE565no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8D57Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00F6DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Spring green · ΔE 5.7Limegreen · ΔE 19Medium spring green · ΔE 19.8Pale green · ΔE 29.3Light green · ΔE 31.6Lime · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourSpring green (#00FF7F)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB38C1
Analogous#60FB38, #38FBD3
Triadic#7238FB, #FB7238
Split complementary#D338FB, #FB3860
Tetradic#3860FB, #FB38C1, #FBD338

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CEFEDC
Lighter +20%#9CFDB9
Lighter +10%#6AFC95
Darker −10%#06FA4F
Darker −20%#04C93F
Darker −30%#03972F
Darker −40%#02651F
More saturated +25%#34FF70
Less saturated −25%#51E27C

Channel breakdown

R56
G251
B114
Red56 (22%)
Green251 (98.4%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue137.85°
Saturation (HSL)96.06%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G FB · B 72

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