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Recognised as Colour

#398A39

  • #398A39
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#398A39 is a green with RGB values 57, 138, 57 and HSL 120°, 42%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#398A39#398A39
HEX#398A39
RGBrgb(57, 138, 57)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.5412, 0.2235
RGB percentages22.4%, 54.1%, 22.4%
HSLhsl(120, 41.5%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120, 58.7%, 54.1%)
CMYK58.7%, 0%, 58.7%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,770,937
CSS custom property--colour: #398A39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.87:1
Contrast with white4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#C675C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D7E31no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#82773Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Tritanopia#2B8678no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 12.3Sea green · ΔE 15.6Dark green · ΔE 16.2Green · ΔE 18.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.2Olivedrab · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A398A
Analogous#628A39, #398A62
Triadic#39398A, #8A3939
Split complementary#62398A, #8A3962
Tetradic#39628A, #8A398A, #8A6239

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0DFB0
Lighter +30%#8CD08C
Lighter +20%#68C168
Lighter +10%#48AE48
Darker −10%#2A662A
Darker −20%#1B421B
Darker −30%#0C1E0C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#21A221
Less saturated −25%#517251

Channel breakdown

R57
G138
B57
Red57 (22.4%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue57 (22.4%)
Hue120°
Saturation (HSL)41.54%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 39 · G 8A · B 39

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