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Recognised as Colour

#3B9840

  • #3B9840
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#3B9840 is a green with RGB values 59, 152, 64 and HSL 123°, 44%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#3B9840#3B9840
HEX#3B9840
RGBrgb(59, 152, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.5961, 0.251
RGB percentages23.1%, 59.6%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(123.2, 44.1%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(123.2, 61.2%, 59.6%)
CMYK61.2%, 0%, 57.9%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,905,600
CSS custom property--colour: #3B9840;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#C467BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B8B37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F8347no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Tritanopia#289485no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 9.7Green · ΔE 16.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.6Sea green · ΔE 19.2Dark green · ΔE 20.2Olivedrab · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#983B93
Analogous#64983B, #3B986F
Triadic#403B98, #98403B
Split complementary#6E3B98, #983B65
Tetradic#3B6498, #983B93, #986F3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBE4BD
Lighter +30%#96D699
Lighter +20%#71C876
Lighter +10%#4CBA52
Darker −10%#2D7331
Darker −20%#1E4F21
Darker −30%#102A12
Darker −40%#020502
More saturated +25%#21B228
Less saturated −25%#557E58

Channel breakdown

R59
G152
B64
Red59 (23.1%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue123.23°
Saturation (HSL)44.08%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G 98 · B 40

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