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Recognised as Colour

#16DE09

  • #16DE09
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#16DE09 is a green with RGB values 22, 222, 9 and HSL 116°, 92%, 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 Limegreen.

Colour values

#16DE09#16DE09
HEX#16DE09
RGBrgb(22, 222, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.8706, 0.0353
RGB percentages8.6%, 87.1%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(116.3, 92.2%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(116.3, 95.9%, 87.1%)
CMYK90.1%, 0%, 95.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,498,633
CSS custom property--colour: #16DE09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.49:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#E921F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0BA34no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.5 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 text11.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 16.6Lime · ΔE 16.7Lawn green · ΔE 17.9Chartreuse · ΔE 18.9Green yellow · ΔE 29.1Spring green · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 16.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D109DE
Analogous#81DE09, #09DE66
Triadic#0916DE, #DE0916
Split complementary#6609DE, #DE0981
Tetradic#0981DE, #D109DE, #DE6709

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBFCB7
Lighter +30%#8DFA86
Lighter +20%#5FF855
Lighter +10%#31F624
Darker −10%#11AD07
Darker −20%#0C7C05
Darker −30%#074B03
Darker −40%#031A01
More saturated +25%#0EE700
Less saturated −25%#2FC126

Channel breakdown

R22
G222
B9
Red22 (8.6%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue116.34°
Saturation (HSL)92.21%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G DE · B 09

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