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Recognised as Colour

#156F37

  • #156F37
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#156F37 is a green with RGB values 21, 111, 55 and HSL 143°, 68%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#156F37#156F37
HEX#156F37
RGBrgb(21, 111, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.4353, 0.2157
RGB percentages8.2%, 43.5%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(142.7, 68.2%, 25.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(142.7, 81.1%, 43.5%)
CMYK81.1%, 0%, 50.5%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,404,727
CSS custom property--colour: #156F37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.25:1
Contrast with white6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#EA90C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#706533no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#655E3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#006D62no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11.4Dark green · ΔE 19Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.2Forest green · ΔE 25.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 26.1Green · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6F154D
Analogous#206F15, #156F64
Triadic#37156F, #6F3715
Split complementary#64156F, #6F1520
Tetradic#15206F, #6F154D, #6F6415

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6DE399
Lighter +30%#42DB7C
Lighter +20%#25C561
Lighter +10%#1D9A4C
Darker −10%#0D4422
Darker −20%#05190D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#058033
Less saturated −25%#265F3B

Channel breakdown

R21
G111
B55
Red21 (8.2%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue142.67°
Saturation (HSL)68.18%
Lightness25.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 15 · G 6F · B 37

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