What color is #22FF00?

#22FF00 is a vivid green known as Green Screen. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Green Screen?

The RGB value is 34, 255, 0: 34 red, 255 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Green Screen?

The complementary color is #DD00FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #22FF00?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.37:1 and white text 1.37:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Green Screen color: hex code #22FF00

#22FF00 rgb(34, 255, 0)

Shades of green

Green Screen has the hex code #22FF00. It is a vivid green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 13.3% red, 100% green and 0% blue (34, 255, 0).

Its hue angle is 112°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 87% cyan, 0% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 15.37:1).

Green Screen (#22FF00) color codes

HEX	`#22FF00`
RGB	`rgb(34, 255, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(13.3%, 100%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(112, 100%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(112, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(87%, 0%, 100%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(87.9, -84.68, 83.38)`
CIE LCH	`lch(87.9, 118.84, 135.44)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(36.417, 71.855, 11.95)`
Decimal	`2293504`
Short hex	`#2F0`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Green Screen, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #22FF00	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	15.37:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.37:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#22FF00 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.37:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	15.37:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #22FF00 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #22ff00; }
.text { color: #22ff00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #22ff00; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(34 255 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #22ff00, #00ff5e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #22FF00 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #22FF00?: #22FF00 is a vivid green known as Green Screen. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Green Screen?: The RGB value is 34, 255, 0: 34 red, 255 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Green Screen?: The complementary color is #DD00FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #22FF00?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.37:1 and white text 1.37:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.