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Recognised as Colour

#3C8A36

  • #3C8A36
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#3C8A36 is a green with RGB values 60, 138, 54 and HSL 116°, 44%, 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

#3C8A36#3C8A36
HEX#3C8A36
RGBrgb(60, 138, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.5412, 0.2118
RGB percentages23.5%, 54.1%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(115.7, 43.7%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(115.7, 60.9%, 54.1%)
CMYK56.5%, 0%, 60.9%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,967,542
CSS custom property--colour: #3C8A36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#C375C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D7E2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#83773Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Tritanopia#318678no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 11.4Dark green · ΔE 15.8Sea green · ΔE 17.2Green · ΔE 17.2Olivedrab · ΔE 18.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 11.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84368A
Analogous#668A36, #368A5A
Triadic#363C8A, #8A363C
Split complementary#5A368A, #8A3666
Tetradic#36668A, #84368A, #8A5A36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1DFAD
Lighter +30%#8ED188
Lighter +20%#6BC264
Lighter +10%#4CAF44
Darker −10%#2C6528
Darker −20%#1C4119
Darker −30%#0C1C0B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#27A21E
Less saturated −25%#51724E

Channel breakdown

R60
G138
B54
Red60 (23.5%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue115.71°
Saturation (HSL)43.75%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 3C · G 8A · B 36

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