Recognised as Colour

#17F900

#17F900
Green
Light
Nearest: Lime

#17F900 is a green with RGB values 23, 249, 0 and HSL 114°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

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HEX#17F900

RGBrgb(23, 249, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.9765, 0

RGB percentages9%, 97.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(114.5, 100%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(114.5, 100%, 97.6%)

CMYK90.8%, 0%, 100%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,571,072

CSS custom property--colour: #17F900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.59:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#E806FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D139no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00F1D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 3.3 Lawn green · ΔE 16.5 Chartreuse · ΔE 16.7 Limegreen · ΔE 29.5 Green yellow · ΔE 31.9 Spring green · ΔE 35.5

Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 3.26, a close match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E200F9

Analogous#94F900, #00F965

Triadic#0017F9, #F90017

Split complementary#6500F9, #F90094

Tetradic#0094F9, #E200F9, #F96500

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CBFFC6

Lighter +30%#9DFF93

Lighter +20%#6FFF60

Lighter +10%#40FF2D

Darker −10%#12C600

Darker −20%#0E9300

Darker −30%#096000

Darker −40%#042D00

More saturated +25%#17F900

Less saturated −25%#30DA1F

Channel breakdown

R23

G249

Red23 (9%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue114.46°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G F9 · B 00

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