Recognised as Colour

#06DE06

#06DE06
Green
Light
Nearest: Lime

#06DE06 is a green with RGB values 6, 222, 6 and HSL 120°, 95%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#06DE06#06DE06

HEX#06DE06

RGBrgb(6, 222, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.8706, 0.0235

RGB percentages2.4%, 87.1%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(120, 94.7%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(120, 97.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK97.3%, 0%, 97.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer450,054

CSS custom property--colour: #06DE06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#F921F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0BA33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00D7BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 16.2 Limegreen · ΔE 17.2 Lawn green · ΔE 18.2 Chartreuse · ΔE 19.2 Spring green · ΔE 29.5 Green yellow · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 16.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE06DE

Analogous#72DE06, #06DE72

Triadic#0606DE, #DE0606

Split complementary#7206DE, #DE0672

Tetradic#0672DE, #DE06DE, #DE7206

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B3FDB3

Lighter +30%#81FC81

Lighter +20%#50FA50

Lighter +10%#1EF91E

Darker −10%#05AC05

Darker −20%#037B03

Darker −30%#024902

Darker −40%#011701

More saturated +25%#00E400

Less saturated −25%#23C223

Channel breakdown

G222

Red6 (2.4%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue120°

Saturation (HSL)94.74%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 06 · G DE · B 06

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Colour values

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