Colour

#00DC00

#00DC00
Green
Light
Nearest: Lime

#00DC00 is a green with RGB values 0, 220, 0 and HSL 120°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#00DC00#00DC00

HEX#00DC00

RGBrgb(0, 220, 0)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8627, 0

RGB percentages0%, 86.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(120, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(120, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 100%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer56,320

CSS custom property--colour: #00DC00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.24:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#FF23FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CEB831no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00D5BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 16.7 Limegreen · ΔE 16.9 Lawn green · ΔE 18.5 Chartreuse · ΔE 19.5 Spring green · ΔE 29.8 Green yellow · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 16.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DC00DC

Analogous#6EDC00, #00DC6E

Triadic#0000DC, #DC0000

Split complementary#6E00DC, #DC006E

Tetradic#006EDC, #DC00DC, #DC6E00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A9FFA9

Lighter +30%#76FF76

Lighter +20%#43FF43

Lighter +10%#10FF10

Darker −10%#00A900

Darker −20%#007600

Darker −30%#004300

Darker −40%#001000

More saturated +25%#00DC00

Less saturated −25%#1CC11C

Channel breakdown

G220

Red0 (0%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue120°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G DC · B 00

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