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Colour

#17DC00

  • #17DC00
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#17DC00 is a green with RGB values 23, 220, 0 and HSL 114°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#17DC00#17DC00
HEX#17DC00
RGBrgb(23, 220, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.8627, 0
RGB percentages9%, 86.3%, 0%
HSLhsl(113.7, 100%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(113.7, 100%, 86.3%)
CMYK89.5%, 0%, 100%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,563,648
CSS custom property--colour: #17DC00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#E823FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1C600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEB931no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 16.4Lime · ΔE 17.1Lawn green · ΔE 17.9Chartreuse · ΔE 18.9Green yellow · ΔE 28.9Spring green · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 16.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C500DC
Analogous#85DC00, #00DC57
Triadic#0017DC, #DC0017
Split complementary#5700DC, #DC0085
Tetradic#0085DC, #C500DC, #DC5700

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2FFA9
Lighter +30%#84FF76
Lighter +20%#57FF43
Lighter +10%#29FF10
Darker −10%#12A900
Darker −20%#0C7600
Darker −30%#074300
Darker −40%#021000
More saturated +25%#17DC00
Less saturated −25%#2DC11C

Channel breakdown

R23
G220
B0
Red23 (9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue113.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G DC · B 00

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