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Recognised as Colour

#008940

  • #008940
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#008940 is a green with RGB values 0, 137, 64 and HSL 148°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#008940#008940
HEX#008940
RGBrgb(0, 137, 64)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5373, 0.251
RGB percentages0%, 53.7%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(148, 100%, 26.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(148, 100%, 53.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 53.3%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer35,136
CSS custom property--colour: #008940;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18261WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.65:1
Contrast with white4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#FF76BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A7C3Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D7346no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Tritanopia#008778no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 13.6Forest green · ΔE 14.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.6Dark green · ΔE 18.7Green · ΔE 20.2Olivedrab · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 13.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#890049
Analogous#058900, #008984
Triadic#400089, #894000
Split complementary#850089, #890004
Tetradic#000589, #890049, #898400

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#56FFA5
Lighter +30%#23FF8A
Lighter +20%#00EF70
Lighter +10%#00BC58
Darker −10%#005628
Darker −20%#002310
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008940
Less saturated −25%#117841

Channel breakdown

R0
G137
B64
Red0 (0%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue148.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness26.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 89 · B 40

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