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Recognised as Colour

#38FF55

  • #38FF55
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Spring green

#38FF55 is a green with RGB values 56, 255, 85 and HSL 129°, 100%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Spring green.

Colour values

#38FF55#38FF55
HEX#38FF55
RGBrgb(56, 255, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.2196, 1, 0.3333
RGB percentages22%, 100%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(128.7, 100%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(128.7, 78%, 100%)
CMYK78%, 0%, 66.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,735,381
CSS custom property--colour: #38FF55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.6:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#C700AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE73Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#EED865no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00F8DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Spring green · ΔE 18.3Lime · ΔE 19.5Limegreen · ΔE 19.9Lawn green · ΔE 22.5Chartreuse · ΔE 23.1Green yellow · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourSpring green (#00FF7F)ΔE 18.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF38E2
Analogous#7FFF38, #38FFB8
Triadic#5538FF, #FF5538
Split complementary#B838FF, #FF387F
Tetradic#387FFF, #FF38E2, #FFB838

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D1FFD8
Lighter +20%#9EFFAC
Lighter +10%#6BFF81
Darker −10%#05FF29
Darker −20%#00D11E
Darker −30%#009E17
Darker −40%#006B10
More saturated +25%#38FF55
Less saturated −25%#51E667

Channel breakdown

R56
G255
B85
Red56 (22%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue128.74°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 38 · G FF · B 55

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