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Recognised as Colour

#17AD4E

  • #17AD4E
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#17AD4E is a green with RGB values 23, 173, 78 and HSL 142°, 77%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#17AD4E#17AD4E
HEX#17AD4E
RGBrgb(23, 173, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.6784, 0.3059
RGB percentages9%, 67.8%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(142, 76.5%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(142, 86.7%, 67.8%)
CMYK86.7%, 0%, 54.9%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,551,694
CSS custom property--colour: #17AD4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.12:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#E852B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AE9D45no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9F9255no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00AA98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 15.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.9Green · ΔE 20.5Light green · ΔE 26.7Limegreen · ΔE 27.3Sea green · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 15.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD1776
Analogous#2BAD17, #17AD99
Triadic#4E17AD, #AD4E17
Split complementary#9917AD, #AD172B
Tetradic#172BAD, #AD1776, #AD9917

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9EF2BD
Lighter +30%#71EC9E
Lighter +20%#44E67F
Lighter +10%#1DDA62
Darker −10%#11803A
Darker −20%#0B5325
Darker −30%#052611
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C448
Less saturated −25%#309555

Channel breakdown

R23
G173
B78
Red23 (9%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue142°
Saturation (HSL)76.53%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G AD · B 4E

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