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Recognised as Colour

#3B591E

  • #3B591E
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#3B591E is a green with RGB values 59, 89, 30 and HSL 91°, 50%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#3B591E#3B591E
HEX#3B591E
RGBrgb(59, 89, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.349, 0.1176
RGB percentages23.1%, 34.9%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(90.5, 49.6%, 23.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90.5, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CMYK33.7%, 0%, 66.3%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,889,438
CSS custom property--colour: #3B591E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#C4A6E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D5217no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#595022no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#3C554Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 8.6Dark green · ΔE 24.3Sea green · ΔE 26.4Olivedrab · ΔE 29Olive · ΔE 33.4Forest green · ΔE 35.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C1E59
Analogous#59591E, #1E591E
Triadic#1E3B59, #591E3B
Split complementary#1E1E59, #591E59
Tetradic#1E5959, #3C1E59, #591E1E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A1D073
Lighter +30%#87C34D
Lighter +20%#6EA538
Lighter +10%#547F2B
Darker −10%#223311
Darker −20%#080D04
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3B680F
Less saturated −25%#3B4A2D

Channel breakdown

R59
G89
B30
Red59 (23.1%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue90.51°
Saturation (HSL)49.58%
Lightness23.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G 59 · B 1E

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