Colour

#00FF55

#00FF55
Green
Light
Nearest: Spring green

#00FF55 is a green with RGB values 0, 255, 85 and HSL 140°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Spring green.

Colour values

#00FF55#00FF55

HEX#00FF55

HEX (short)#0F5

RGBrgb(0, 255, 85)

RGB (0–1)0, 1, 0.3333

RGB percentages0%, 100%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(140, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(140, 100%, 100%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 66.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer65,365

CSS custom property--colour: #00FF55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.44:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#FF00AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE73Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD765no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76 from the original

Tritanopia#00F9DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Spring green · ΔE 18.4 Lime · ΔE 19 Limegreen · ΔE 21.8 Lawn green · ΔE 24.8 Chartreuse · ΔE 25.4 Medium spring green · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourSpring green (#00FF7F)ΔE 18.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF00AA

Analogous#2BFF00, #00FFD5

Triadic#5500FF, #FF5500

Split complementary#D400FF, #FF002B

Tetradic#002AFF, #FF00AA, #FFD500

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCFFDD

Lighter +30%#99FFBB

Lighter +20%#66FF99

Lighter +10%#33FF77

Darker −10%#00CC44

Darker −20%#009933

Darker −30%#006622

Darker −40%#003311

More saturated +25%#00FF55

Less saturated −25%#20DF60

Channel breakdown

G255

B85

Red0 (0%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue140°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G FF · B 55

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