Colour

#00DE42

#00DE42
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#00DE42 is a green with RGB values 0, 222, 66 and HSL 138°, 100%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#00DE42#00DE42

HEX#00DE42

RGBrgb(0, 222, 66)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8706, 0.2588

RGB percentages0%, 87.1%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(137.8, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(137.8, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer56,898

CSS custom property--colour: #00DE42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.53:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#FF21BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C829no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70 from the original

Deuteranopia#CEBA52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00D8BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 9 Spring green · ΔE 17.7 Lime · ΔE 27.1 Lawn green · ΔE 27.5 Chartreuse · ΔE 28.6 Medium spring green · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE009C

Analogous#2DDE00, #00DEB1

Triadic#4200DE, #DE4200

Split complementary#B100DE, #DE002D

Tetradic#002DDE, #DE009C, #DEB100

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ABFFC4

Lighter +30%#78FFA0

Lighter +20%#45FF7C

Lighter +10%#12FF58

Darker −10%#00AB33

Darker −20%#007824

Darker −30%#004515

Darker −40%#001205

More saturated +25%#00DE42

Less saturated −25%#1CC24D

Channel breakdown

G222

B66

Red0 (0%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue137.84°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G DE · B 42

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