#538e28

Color #538e28

A moderately saturated dark green.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class lime-700 #497d00 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#538e28

RGB

rgb(83, 142, 40)

HSL

hsl(94.7, 56%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(94.7, 71.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 71.8%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(53.32, -37.11, 46)

LCH

lch(53.32, 59.1, 128.89)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.1469, 134.83)

HWB

hwb(94.7, 15.7%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#63288e

Analogous

#868e28

#538e28

#288e30

Triadic

#538e28

#28538e

#8e2853

Split-complementary

#538e28

#30288e

#8e2886

Tetradic

#538e28

#288e63

#63288e

#8e2853

Square

#538e28

#28868e

#63288e

#8e3028

Shades

Color #538e28 mixed toward black.

#457621

#375f1b

#2a4714

#1c2f0d

#0e1807

Tints

Color #538e28 mixed toward white.

#6cb934

#88cf54

#a6db7f

#c4e7aa

#e1f3d4

Tones

Color #538e28 mixed toward gray.

#548631

#567d39

#577542

#586c4a

#5a6453

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717251 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#6e6957 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#576568 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 25.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #538e28;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#538e28]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#538e28 (#538e28) is rgb(83, 142, 40) in RGB.

No, #538e28 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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