#188708

sRGB · 24 / 135 / 8

#188708 belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 24 red, 135 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 112.4° lands in the green region. Its 88.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 28.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.66:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 24, 135, 8
HSL: 112.44°, 88.81%, 28.04%
HSV / HSB: 112.44°, 94.07%, 52.94%
CMYK (approx.): 82.22%, 0.00%, 94.07%, 47.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 9.084, 17.539, 3.136
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 48.932, -51.274, 50.648
WCAG relative luminance: 0.17540
24-bit decimal: 1607432

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #188708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.51:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 4.66:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#770887 sits half a turn (180°) from #188708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#188708 #770887

Analogous

#578708 and #088738 sit 30° to either side of #188708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#578708 #188708 #088738

Triadic

#188708, #081887 and #870818 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#188708 #081887 #870818

Split complementary

Start at #188708 and look across the wheel. #380887 and #870857 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#188708 #380887 #870857

Square

Starting with #188708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #085787, #770887, then #873808. Across the square, #188708 pairs with #770887, and #085787 with #873808.

#188708 #085787 #770887 #873808

Tetradic

#188708 and #770887 are opposites, as are #088777 and #870818. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#188708 #088777 #770887 #870818

Tints

Mixing #188708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #469F39, keeps 80% of the original. By #D1E7CE, the mixture is 80% white.

#188708 #469F39 #74B76B #A3CF9C #D1E7CE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #188708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #136C06, keeps 80% of the original. By #051B02, the mixture is 80% black.

#188708 #136C06 #0E5105 #0A3603 #051B02 #000000

Tones

Mixing #188708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #2D8620, keeps 80% of the original. By #6B8168, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#188708 #2D8620 #428438 #568350 #6B8168 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#188708

RGB

rgb(24 135 8)

HSL

hsl(112.441 88.811% 28.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #188708;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#188708 uses 24 red, 135 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 9.4%

Green 52.9%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #188708 is 82.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 94.1% yellow and 47.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 82.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 94.1%

Black 47.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #118800. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #180 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #188708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #009900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #118800 Nearest web-safe · #009900

Gradient to complement

#188708 #28721D #385D32 #484848 #57325D #671D72 #770887

Color vision previews

Compare how #188708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#8A7900

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#7F711E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#008372

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#727D00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6D7918

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#228446

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#747474

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#567E54

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00913 G 0.24228 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.24913 G 0.52156 B 0.15130

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.05053 G 0.23454 B 0.01991

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.305 y 0.589 Y 17.539

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 90.588 M % 47.059 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00011000 10000111 00001000