Colour

#17902B

#17902B
Green
Dark
Nearest: Forest green

#17902B is a green with RGB values 23, 144, 43 and HSL 130°, 72%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

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HEX#17902B

RGBrgb(23, 144, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.5647, 0.1686

RGB percentages9%, 56.5%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(129.9, 72.5%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(129.9, 84%, 56.5%)

CMYK84%, 0%, 70.1%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,544,235

CSS custom property--colour: #17902B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#E86FD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93821Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#867935no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Tritanopia#008C7Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 3.5 Green · ΔE 9.1 Dark green · ΔE 18.2 Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.8 Sea green · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 3.5, a close match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#90177C

Analogous#3F9017, #179068

Triadic#2B1790, #902B17

Split complementary#681790, #90173F

Tetradic#173F90, #90177C, #906817

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#87EC98

Lighter +30%#5BE572

Lighter +20%#2FDE4C

Lighter +10%#1EBC38

Darker −10%#10641E

Darker −20%#093811

Darker −30%#020C04

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#02A51D

Less saturated −25%#2C7B39

Channel breakdown

R23

G144

B43

Red23 (9%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue129.92°

Saturation (HSL)72.46%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G 90 · B 2B

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