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Recognised as Colour

#12E917

  • #12E917
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lime

#12E917 is a green with RGB values 18, 233, 23 and HSL 121°, 86%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#12E917#12E917
HEX#12E917
RGBrgb(18, 233, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.9137, 0.0902
RGB percentages7.1%, 91.4%, 9%
HSLhsl(121.4, 85.7%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(121.4, 92.3%, 91.4%)
CMYK92.3%, 0%, 90.1%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,239,319
CSS custom property--colour: #12E917;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.69:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#ED16E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EED200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAC43Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 12.3Lawn green · ΔE 16.9Chartreuse · ΔE 17.7Limegreen · ΔE 20.4Spring green · ΔE 29.5Green yellow · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 12.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E912E4
Analogous#78E912, #12E983
Triadic#1712E9, #E91712
Split complementary#8312E9, #E91278
Tetradic#1278E9, #E912E4, #E98312

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCFBCD
Lighter +30%#9DF79F
Lighter +20%#6DF470
Lighter +10%#3EF042
Darker −10%#0EBA12
Darker −20%#0B8A0E
Darker −30%#075B09
Darker −40%#032C04
More saturated +25%#00FB06
Less saturated −25%#31CA35

Channel breakdown

R18
G233
B23
Red18 (7.1%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue121.4°
Saturation (HSL)85.66%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 12 · G E9 · B 17

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