Recognised as Colour

#538D12

#538D12
Green
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#538D12 is a green with RGB values 83, 141, 18 and HSL 88°, 77%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

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HEX#538D12

RGBrgb(83, 141, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.5529, 0.0706

RGB percentages32.5%, 55.3%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(88.3, 77.4%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(88.3, 87.2%, 55.3%)

CMYK41.1%, 0%, 87.2%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,475,602

CSS custom property--colour: #538D12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.19:1

Contrast with white4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#AC72ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#938100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7D22no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Tritanopia#538778no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 10.3 Forest green · ΔE 14.2 Green · ΔE 15.5 Dark green · ΔE 20.6 Olive · ΔE 25.3 Yellow green · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4C128D

Analogous#8D8A12, #158D12

Triadic#12538D, #8D1253

Split complementary#12168D, #89128D

Tetradic#128D89, #4C128D, #8D1216

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B9EE7D

Lighter +30%#A0E94F

Lighter +20%#88E322

Lighter +10%#6EBA18

Darker −10%#38600C

Darker −20%#1E3306

Darker −30%#030501

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#549F00

Less saturated −25%#527926

Channel breakdown

R83

G141

B18

Red83 (32.5%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue88.29°

Saturation (HSL)77.36%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 53 · G 8D · B 12

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