Recognised as Colour

#05DE55

#05DE55
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#05DE55 is a green with RGB values 5, 222, 85 and HSL 142°, 96%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#05DE55

RGBrgb(5, 222, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8706, 0.3333

RGB percentages2%, 87.1%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(142.1, 95.6%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(142.1, 97.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK97.7%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer384,597

CSS custom property--colour: #05DE55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#FA21AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C946no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDBB61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00D9C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 11 Spring green · ΔE 13.2 Medium spring green · ΔE 23 Pale green · ΔE 31.2 Light green · ΔE 32.1 Lawn green · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE058E

Analogous#22DE05, #05DEC2

Triadic#5505DE, #DE5505

Split complementary#C205DE, #DE0521

Tetradic#0521DE, #DE058E, #DEC205

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B2FDCE

Lighter +30%#80FCAE

Lighter +20%#4EFB8E

Lighter +10%#1CFA6E

Darker −10%#04AC42

Darker −20%#037A2F

Darker −30%#02481C

Darker −40%#011609

More saturated +25%#00E354

Less saturated −25%#21C25C

Channel breakdown

G222

B85

Red5 (2%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue142.12°

Saturation (HSL)95.59%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G DE · B 55

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