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Recognised as Colour

#1C8E17

  • #1C8E17
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#1C8E17 is a green with RGB values 28, 142, 23 and HSL 117°, 72%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#1C8E17#1C8E17
HEX#1C8E17
RGBrgb(28, 142, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.5569, 0.0902
RGB percentages11%, 55.7%, 9%
HSLhsl(117.5, 72.1%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(117.5, 83.8%, 55.7%)
CMYK80.3%, 0%, 83.8%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,871,383
CSS custom property--colour: #1C8E17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.93:1
Contrast with white4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#E371E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#918000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#857726no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Tritanopia#008979no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 5.3Green · ΔE 5.3Dark green · ΔE 19.2Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3Limegreen · ΔE 28.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 5.27, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89178E
Analogous#588E17, #178E4D
Triadic#171C8E, #8E171C
Split complementary#4E178E, #8E1757
Tetradic#17578E, #89178E, #8E4D17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8AEB86
Lighter +30%#60E45A
Lighter +20%#35DD2E
Lighter +10%#25BA1E
Darker −10%#136210
Darker −20%#0B3609
Darker −30%#020A02
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#09A302
Less saturated −25%#2F792C

Channel breakdown

R28
G142
B23
Red28 (11%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue117.48°
Saturation (HSL)72.12%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1C · G 8E · B 17

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