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Colour

#00FF00

  • #00FF00
  • Green
  • Light
  • Named: Lime

#00FF00 is the CSS colour green with RGB values 0, 255, 0 and HSL 120°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#00FF00#00FF00
HEX#00FF00
HEX (short)#0F0
RGBrgb(0, 255, 0)
RGB (0–1)0, 1, 0
RGB percentages0%, 100%, 0%
HSLhsl(120, 100%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120, 100%, 100%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 100%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer65,280
CSS custom property--colour: #00FF00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#FF00FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFD63Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 79.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00F7D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 0Chartreuse · ΔE 18.4Lawn green · ΔE 18.4Limegreen · ΔE 32.6Green yellow · ΔE 34Spring green · ΔE 37.3
This is a named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)exact match
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usablelime

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF00FF
Analogous#80FF00, #00FF80
Triadic#0000FF, #FF0000
Split complementary#8000FF, #FF0080
Tetradic#0080FF, #FF00FF, #FF8000

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCFFCC
Lighter +30%#99FF99
Lighter +20%#66FF66
Lighter +10%#33FF33
Darker −10%#00CC00
Darker −20%#009900
Darker −30%#006600
Darker −40%#003300
More saturated +25%#00FF00
Less saturated −25%#20DF20

Channel breakdown

R0
G255
B0
Red0 (0%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue120°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G FF · B 00

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