#245213

sRGB: 36 / 82 / 19

Distant whispers shimmer beneath moonlight
Gentle breezes tremble in empty gardens
Pale reflections linger beyond yesterday

#245213 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 36 red, 82 green and 19 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 103.8° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 62.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 19.8% 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 (9.16:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 36, 82, 19
HSL: 103.81°, 62.38%, 19.80%
HSV / HSB: 103.81°, 76.83%, 32.16%
CMYK (approx.): 56.10%, 0.00%, 76.83%, 67.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 3.862, 6.456, 1.659
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 30.536, -28.688, 30.658
WCAG relative luminance: 0.06457
24-bit decimal: 2380307

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 #245213 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: 2.29:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 9.16:1

Normal text: AAA
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.

Reference: 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

#411352 sits half a turn (180°) from #245213 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.

#245213 #411352

Analogous

#445213 and #135221 sit 30° to either side of #245213. 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.

#445213 #245213 #135221

Triadic

#245213, #132452 and #521324 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#245213 #132452 #521324

Split complementary

Start at #245213 and look across the wheel. #221352 and #521343 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#245213 #221352 #521343

Square

Starting with #245213, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #134352, #411352, then #522213. Across the square, #245213 pairs with #411352, and #134352 with #522213.

#245213 #134352 #411352 #522213

Tetradic

#245213 and #411352 are opposites, as are #135241 and #521324. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#245213 #135241 #411352 #521324

Tints

Mixing #245213 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #507542, keeps 80% of the original. By #D3DCD0, the mixture is 80% white.

#245213 #507542 #7C9771 #A7BAA1 #D3DCD0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #245213 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1D420F, keeps 80% of the original. By #071004, the mixture is 80% black.

#245213 #1D420F #16310B #0E2108 #071004 #000000

Tones

Mixing #245213 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #365B29, keeps 80% of the original. By #6E776A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#245213 #365B29 #49643F #5B6E54 #6E776A #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

#245213

RGB

rgb(36 82 19)

HSL

hsl(103.810 62.376% 19.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #245213;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#245213 uses 36 red, 82 green and 19 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 14.1%

Green 32.2%

Blue 7.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #245213 is 56.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 76.8% yellow and 67.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 56.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 76.8%

Black 67.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #225511. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #251 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #245213 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #336600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #225511 Nearest web-safe: #336600

Gradient to complement

#245213 #29481E #2E3D28 #333333 #37283D #3C1E48 #411352

Color vision previews

Compare how #245213 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.

#554A09

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.

#4F4619

Tritanopia

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

#204F46

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.

#484D10

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.

#454A17

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#27502D

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#484848

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.

#394D35

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.01764 G 0.08438 B 0.00651

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 0.18801 G 0.31742 B 0.11403

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.02949 G 0.08216 B 0.01234

CIE xyY

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

x 0.322 y 0.539 Y 6.456

CMY

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

C % 85.882 M % 67.843 Y % 92.549

Binary RGB

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

00100100 01010010 00010011