#263D22

sRGB · 38 / 61 / 34

#263D22 belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 38 red, 61 green and 34 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 111.1° lands in the green region. Its 28.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 18.6% 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 (11.84:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 38, 61, 34
HSL: 111.11°, 28.42%, 18.63%
HSV / HSB: 111.11°, 44.26%, 23.92%
CMYK (approx.): 37.70%, 0.00%, 44.26%, 76.08%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 2.757, 3.865, 2.114
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 23.220, -15.429, 13.869
WCAG relative luminance: 0.03865
24-bit decimal: 2506018

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 #263D22 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 · 1.77:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 11.84:1

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. 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

#39223D sits half a turn (180°) from #263D22 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.

#263D22 #39223D

Analogous

#343D22 and #223D2B sit 30° to either side of #263D22. 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.

#343D22 #263D22 #223D2B

Triadic

#263D22, #22263D and #3D2226 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#263D22 #22263D #3D2226

Split complementary

Start at #263D22 and look across the wheel. #2B223D and #3D2234 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#263D22 #2B223D #3D2234

Square

Starting with #263D22, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #22343D, #39223D, then #3D2B22. Across the square, #263D22 pairs with #39223D, and #22343D with #3D2B22.

#263D22 #22343D #39223D #3D2B22

Tetradic

#263D22 and #39223D are opposites, as are #223D39 and #3D2226. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#263D22 #223D39 #39223D #3D2226

Tints

Mixing #263D22 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #51644E, keeps 80% of the original. By #D4D8D3, the mixture is 80% white.

#263D22 #51644E #7D8B7A #A8B1A7 #D4D8D3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #263D22 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1E311B, keeps 80% of the original. By #080C07, the mixture is 80% black.

#263D22 #1E311B #172514 #0F180E #080C07 #000000

Tones

Mixing #263D22 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #384A35, keeps 80% of the original. By #6E736D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#263D22 #384A35 #4A5848 #5C655A #6E736D #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

#263D22

RGB

rgb(38 61 34)

HSL

hsl(111.111 28.421% 18.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #263D22;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#263D22 uses 38 red, 61 green and 34 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 14.9%

Green 23.9%

Blue 13.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #263D22 is 37.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 44.3% yellow and 76.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 37.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 44.3%

Black 76.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #224422. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #242 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #263D22 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #333333, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #224422 Nearest web-safe · #333333

Gradient to complement

#263D22 #293927 #2C342B #303030 #332B34 #362739 #39223D

Color vision previews

Compare how #263D22 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.

#3E3920

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.

#3B3724

Tritanopia

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

#243B36

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.

#373A21

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.

#363923

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#273C2A

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#373737

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.

#303A2E

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 0.01938 G 0.04667 B 0.01600

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 0.16889 G 0.23682 B 0.14408

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.02423 G 0.04576 B 0.01827

CIE xyY

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

x 0.316 y 0.442 Y 3.865

CMY

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

C % 85.098 M % 76.078 Y % 86.667

Binary RGB

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

00100110 00111101 00100010