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Recognised as Colour

#055E2D

  • #055E2D
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#055E2D is a green with RGB values 5, 94, 45 and HSL 147°, 90%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#055E2D#055E2D
HEX#055E2D
RGBrgb(5, 94, 45)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.3686, 0.1765
RGB percentages2%, 36.9%, 17.6%
HSLhsl(147, 89.9%, 19.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(147, 94.7%, 36.9%)
CMYK94.7%, 0%, 52.1%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer351,789
CSS custom property--colour: #055E2D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.94:1
Contrast with white7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#FAA1D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E5529no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#554E31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005C52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 17.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21Dark green · ΔE 21.7Forest green · ΔE 31.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 33.3Teal · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 17.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E0536
Analogous#0A5E05, #055E59
Triadic#2D055E, #5E2D05
Split complementary#59055E, #5E050A
Tetradic#050A5E, #5E0536, #5E5905

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3AF58E
Lighter +30%#0DEF73
Lighter +20%#0ABF5B
Lighter +10%#088E44
Darker −10%#022E16
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00632C
Less saturated −25%#11522E

Channel breakdown

R5
G94
B45
Red5 (2%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue45 (17.6%)
Hue146.97°
Saturation (HSL)89.9%
Lightness19.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 5E · B 2D

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