Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#06C857

  • #06C857
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#06C857 is a green with RGB values 6, 200, 87 and HSL 145°, 94%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#06C857#06C857
HEX#06C857
RGBrgb(6, 200, 87)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.7843, 0.3412
RGB percentages2.4%, 78.4%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(145.1, 94.2%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(145.1, 97%, 78.4%)
CMYK97%, 0%, 56.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer444,503
CSS custom property--colour: #06C857;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.41:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#F937A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAB54Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7A860no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 17.2Medium spring green · ΔE 21Spring green · ΔE 21.1Forest green · ΔE 25.8Light green · ΔE 25.8Pale green · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 17.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C80677
Analogous#16C806, #06C8B8
Triadic#5706C8, #C85706
Split complementary#B806C8, #C80616
Tetradic#0616C8, #C80677, #C8B806

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9EFCC5
Lighter +30%#6CFBA8
Lighter +20%#3BF98A
Lighter +10%#09F86D
Darker −10%#059641
Darker −20%#03652C
Darker −30%#023316
Darker −40%#000201
More saturated +25%#00CE56
Less saturated −25%#20AE5B

Channel breakdown

R6
G200
B87
Red6 (2.4%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue145.05°
Saturation (HSL)94.17%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 06 · G C8 · B 57

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “06c857” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.