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Recognised as Colour

#03E506

  • #03E506
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lime

#03E506 is a green with RGB values 3, 229, 6 and HSL 121°, 97%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#03E506#03E506
HEX#03E506
RGBrgb(3, 229, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.898, 0.0235
RGB percentages1.2%, 89.8%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(120.8, 97.4%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120.8, 98.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 97.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer255,238
CSS custom property--colour: #03E506;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56071WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.21:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#FC1AF9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EACE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6C035no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73 from the original
Tritanopia#00DEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 12.7Lawn green · ΔE 17.1Chartreuse · ΔE 17.9Limegreen · ΔE 20.3Green yellow · ΔE 30Spring green · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E503E2
Analogous#71E503, #03E577
Triadic#0603E5, #E50603
Split complementary#7703E5, #E50371
Tetradic#0371E5, #E503E2, #E57703

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6FEB7
Lighter +30%#84FD85
Lighter +20%#51FD54
Lighter +10%#1FFC22
Darker −10%#02B305
Darker −20%#028003
Darker −30%#014E02
Darker −40%#001C01
More saturated +25%#00E803
Less saturated −25%#20C822

Channel breakdown

R3
G229
B6
Red3 (1.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue120.8°
Saturation (HSL)97.41%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G E5 · B 06

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