#27770E

sRGB: 39 / 119 / 14

Distant whispers awaken with sunrise
Hidden pathways unfold through ancient forests
Lost whispers transcend the limits of dreams

#27770E belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 39 red, 119 green and 14 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 105.7° lands in the green region. Its 78.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 26.1% 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 (5.63:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 39, 119, 14
HSL: 105.71°, 78.95%, 26.08%
HSV / HSB: 105.71°, 88.24%, 46.67%
CMYK (approx.): 67.23%, 0.00%, 88.24%, 53.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 7.512, 13.656, 2.655
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 43.736, -42.903, 44.997
WCAG relative luminance: 0.13657
24-bit decimal: 2586382

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 #27770E 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: 3.73:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 5.63:1

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.

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

#5E0E77 sits half a turn (180°) from #27770E 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.

#27770E #5E0E77

Analogous

#5B770E and #0E7729 sit 30° to either side of #27770E. 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.

#5B770E #27770E #0E7729

Triadic

#27770E, #0E2777 and #770E27 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#27770E #0E2777 #770E27

Split complementary

Start at #27770E and look across the wheel. #2A0E77 and #770E5B sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#27770E #2A0E77 #770E5B

Square

Starting with #27770E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #0E5B77, #5E0E77, then #772A0E. Across the square, #27770E pairs with #5E0E77, and #0E5B77 with #772A0E.

#27770E #0E5B77 #5E0E77 #772A0E

Tetradic

#27770E and #5E0E77 are opposites, as are #0E775E and #770E27. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#27770E #0E775E #5E0E77 #770E27

Tints

Mixing #27770E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #52923E, keeps 80% of the original. By #D4E4CF, the mixture is 80% white.

#27770E #52923E #7DAD6E #A9C99F #D4E4CF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #27770E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1F5F0B, keeps 80% of the original. By #081803, the mixture is 80% black.

#27770E #1F5F0B #174708 #103006 #081803 #000000

Tones

Mixing #27770E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #397925, keeps 80% of the original. By #6E7E69, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#27770E #397925 #4B7B3C #5C7C52 #6E7E69 #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

#27770E

RGB

rgb(39 119 14)

HSL

hsl(105.714 78.947% 26.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #27770E;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#27770E uses 39 red, 119 green and 14 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 15.3%

Green 46.7%

Blue 5.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #27770E is 67.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 88.2% yellow and 53.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 67.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 88.2%

Black 53.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #227711. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #271 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #27770E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #336600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #227711 Nearest web-safe: #336600

Gradient to complement

#27770E #306620 #395431 #434343 #4C3154 #552066 #5E0E77

Color vision previews

Compare how #27770E 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.

#7B6B00

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.

#71651C

Tritanopia

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

#1A7365

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.

#666F04

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.

#626B18

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#2C753F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#676767

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.

#4F704B

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 0.02029 G 0.18447 B 0.00439

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 0.24638 G 0.46019 B 0.14145

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.04944 G 0.17902 B 0.01770

CIE xyY

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

x 0.315 y 0.573 Y 13.656

CMY

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

C % 84.706 M % 53.333 Y % 94.510

Binary RGB

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

00100111 01110111 00001110