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Recognised as Colour

#05CE12

  • #05CE12
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#05CE12 is a green with RGB values 5, 206, 18 and HSL 124°, 95%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#05CE12#05CE12
HEX#05CE12
RGBrgb(5, 206, 18)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8078, 0.0706
RGB percentages2%, 80.8%, 7.1%
HSLhsl(123.9, 95.3%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(123.9, 97.6%, 80.8%)
CMYK97.6%, 0%, 91.3%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer380,434
CSS custom property--colour: #05CE12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#FA31ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3B900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1AD32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 9.3Lawn green · ΔE 23.6Chartreuse · ΔE 24.8Lime · ΔE 24.9Spring green · ΔE 27.4Green yellow · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 9.32, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE05C1
Analogous#5DCE05, #05CE76
Triadic#1205CE, #CE1205
Split complementary#7605CE, #CE055D
Tetradic#055DCE, #CE05C1, #CE7605

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2FDA8
Lighter +30%#70FC79
Lighter +20%#3FFA4B
Lighter +10%#0DF91C
Darker −10%#049C0E
Darker −20%#036A09
Darker −30%#013905
Darker −40%#000701
More saturated +25%#00D30E
Less saturated −25%#1FB429

Channel breakdown

R5
G206
B18
Red5 (2%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue18 (7.1%)
Hue123.88°
Saturation (HSL)95.26%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G CE · B 12

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