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Recognised as Colour

#117C12

  • #117C12
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#117C12 is a green with RGB values 17, 124, 18 and HSL 121°, 76%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#117C12#117C12
HEX#117C12
RGBrgb(17, 124, 18)
RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.4863, 0.0706
RGB percentages6.7%, 48.6%, 7.1%
HSLhsl(120.6, 75.9%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120.6, 86.3%, 48.6%)
CMYK86.3%, 0%, 85.5%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,145,874
CSS custom property--colour: #117C12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#EE83ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F6F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Deuteranopia#746820no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#007869no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 5.7Green · ΔE 6.2Dark green · ΔE 10.6Olivedrab · ΔE 22.7Sea green · ΔE 27.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7C117B
Analogous#467C11, #117C48
Triadic#12117C, #7C1211
Split complementary#48117C, #7C1145
Tetradic#11467C, #7C117B, #7C4811

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6EEB6F
Lighter +30%#41E543
Lighter +20%#1DD61F
Lighter +10%#17A919
Darker −10%#0B4F0B
Darker −20%#052205
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008D01
Less saturated −25%#236A23

Channel breakdown

R17
G124
B18
Red17 (6.7%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue18 (7.1%)
Hue120.56°
Saturation (HSL)75.89%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 11 · G 7C · B 12

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