Colour

#05DE59

#05DE59
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#05DE59 is a green with RGB values 5, 222, 89 and HSL 143°, 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#05DE59

RGBrgb(5, 222, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.8706, 0.349

RGB percentages2%, 87.1%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(143.2, 95.6%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(143.2, 97.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK97.7%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer384,601

CSS custom property--colour: #05DE59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.6:1

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

Contrast with black11.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#FA21A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C94Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCBB64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00D9C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 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 text11.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 12.1 Spring green · ΔE 12.6 Medium spring green · ΔE 21.5 Pale green · ΔE 30 Light green · ΔE 30.8 Lawn green · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE058A

Analogous#1DDE05, #05DEC6

Triadic#5905DE, #DE5905

Split complementary#C605DE, #DE051D

Tetradic#051DDE, #DE058A, #DEC605

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B2FDCF

Lighter +30%#80FCB0

Lighter +20%#4EFB91

Lighter +10%#1CFA72

Darker −10%#04AC45

Darker −20%#037A31

Darker −30%#02481D

Darker −40%#011609

More saturated +25%#00E358

Less saturated −25%#21C25F

Channel breakdown

G222

B89

Red5 (2%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue143.23°

Saturation (HSL)95.59%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 05 · G DE · B 59

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