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Spotless Limetta

#395e2f
Notes

Spotless Limetta (#395E2F) is a deep green with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (107°, 33%, 28%) places it in the balanced band at a dark lightness. It works well as a headline, icon, or deep background in an otherwise light layout, pairing cleanly with cream, bone, and warm neutrals. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#395e2f
RGB
rgb(57, 94, 47)
HSL
hsl(107, 33%, 28%)
HWB
hwb(107 18% 63%)
OKLCH
oklch(44.1% 0.085 139.2)
P3
color(display-p3 0.2565 0.3649 0.2050)
HSV
hsv(107, 50%, 37%)
LAB
lab(36.14% -23.43 22.78)
LCH
lch(36.14% 32.68 135.81)
CMYK
cmyk(39%, 0%, 50%, 63%)

Etymology

Spotless
adjective

Old English spott (spot) plus suffix -less. As a color modifier, spotless implies a clear-and-unmarked quality where the hue carries no contaminating speck or stain. Sits at the crisp-and-clean end of the grid, parallel to pristine and unblemished in usage.

Limetta
noun

The Italian name for bergamotCitrus bergamia — the tart citrus fruit cultivated in Calabria for the essential oil that flavors Earl Grey tea and eau de Cologne. The color refers to a fresh-cut bergamot at peak ripeness: a saturated, slightly cool yellow-green with the matte finish of citrus rind. Cooler than limone.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#395e2f
Original
#60572b
Protanopia
#5b5432
Deuteranopia
#375b53
Tritanopia
#535353
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon White
7.46:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon Black
2.82:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##395E2F
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.2565 0.3649 0.2050)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.085

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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