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Recognised as Colour

#17B74A

  • #17B74A
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#17B74A is a green with RGB values 23, 183, 74 and HSL 139°, 78%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#17B74A#17B74A
HEX#17B74A
RGBrgb(23, 183, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.7176, 0.2902
RGB percentages9%, 71.8%, 29%
HSLhsl(139.1, 77.7%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(139.1, 87.4%, 71.8%)
CMYK87.4%, 0%, 59.6%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,554,250
CSS custom property--colour: #17B74A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.91:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#E848B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A63Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A99A53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original
Tritanopia#00B39Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 18.7Limegreen · ΔE 19.9Green · ΔE 22.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.5Medium spring green · ΔE 26.6Light green · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 18.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B71784
Analogous#34B717, #17B79A
Triadic#4A17B7, #B74A17
Split complementary#9A17B7, #B71734
Tetradic#1734B7, #B71784, #B79A17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A6F4BF
Lighter +30%#79EE9E
Lighter +20%#4CE87E
Lighter +10%#1EE35D
Darker −10%#118A38
Darker −20%#0C5C25
Darker −30%#062F13
Darker −40%#000201
More saturated +25%#00CE42
Less saturated −25%#319D53

Channel breakdown

R23
G183
B74
Red23 (9%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue139.13°
Saturation (HSL)77.67%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G B7 · B 4A

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