Recognised as Colour

#38FC42

#38FC42
Green
Light
Nearest: Lime

#38FC42 is a green with RGB values 56, 252, 66 and HSL 123°, 97%, 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 Lime.

Colour values

#38FC42#38FC42

HEX#38FC42

RGBrgb(56, 252, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.9882, 0.2588

RGB percentages22%, 98.8%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(123.1, 97%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(123.1, 77.8%, 98.8%)

CMYK77.8%, 0%, 73.8%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,734,594

CSS custom property--colour: #38FC42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.17:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#C703BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE41Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD556no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00F5D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.8 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 text15.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 14.1 Lawn green · ΔE 18.2 Chartreuse · ΔE 18.8 Limegreen · ΔE 21.4 Spring green · ΔE 24 Green yellow · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 14.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FC38F2

Analogous#90FC38, #38FCA4

Triadic#4238FC, #FC4238

Split complementary#A438FC, #FC3890

Tetradic#3890FC, #FC38F2, #FCA438

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#CFFED1

Lighter +20%#9CFEA1

Lighter +10%#6AFD72

Darker −10%#06FB12

Darker −20%#03CB0D

Darker −30%#02990A

Darker −40%#026607

More saturated +25%#35FF3F

Less saturated −25%#51E359

Channel breakdown

R56

G252

B66

Red56 (22%)

Green252 (98.8%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue123.06°

Saturation (HSL)97.03%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 38 · G FC · B 42

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