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Recognised as Colour

#3BC40C

  • #3BC40C
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#3BC40C is a green with RGB values 59, 196, 12 and HSL 105°, 88%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#3BC40C#3BC40C
HEX#3BC40C
RGBrgb(59, 196, 12)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.7686, 0.0471
RGB percentages23.1%, 76.9%, 4.7%
HSLhsl(104.7, 88.5%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(104.7, 93.9%, 76.9%)
CMYK69.9%, 0%, 93.9%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,916,812
CSS custom property--colour: #3BC40C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.09:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#C43BF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9B100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAA62Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.3 from the original
Tritanopia#1CBDA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 7.4Lawn green · ΔE 25.9Chartreuse · ΔE 27.2Yellow green · ΔE 27.4Green yellow · ΔE 28.9Spring green · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#950CC4
Analogous#97C40C, #0CC439
Triadic#0C3BC4, #C40C3B
Split complementary#390CC4, #C40C97
Tetradic#0C97C4, #950CC4, #C4390C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9F9A3
Lighter +30%#94F673
Lighter +20%#70F343
Lighter +10%#4BF112
Darker −10%#2D9409
Darker −20%#1E6406
Darker −30%#103403
Darker −40%#010400
More saturated +25%#35D000
Less saturated −25%#48AA26

Channel breakdown

R59
G196
B12
Red59 (23.1%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue12 (4.7%)
Hue104.67°
Saturation (HSL)88.46%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3B · G C4 · B 0C

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