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Recognised as Colour

#1C9517

  • #1C9517
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Green

#1C9517 is a green with RGB values 28, 149, 23 and HSL 118°, 73%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green.

Colour values

#1C9517#1C9517
HEX#1C9517
RGBrgb(28, 149, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.5843, 0.0902
RGB percentages11%, 58.4%, 9%
HSLhsl(117.6, 73.3%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(117.6, 84.6%, 58.4%)
CMYK81.2%, 0%, 84.6%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,873,175
CSS custom property--colour: #1C9517;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#E36AE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#998600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C7D28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00907Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green · ΔE 8.3Forest green · ΔE 8.9Dark green · ΔE 23Limegreen · ΔE 24.7Olivedrab · ΔE 26.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourGreen (#008000)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#901795
Analogous#5B9517, #179551
Triadic#171C95, #95171C
Split complementary#511795, #95175B
Tetradic#175B95, #901795, #955117

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8FED8B
Lighter +30%#64E65F
Lighter +20%#39DF33
Lighter +10%#24C11E
Darker −10%#146910
Darker −20%#0B3D09
Darker −30%#031003
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#08AB02
Less saturated −25%#30802D

Channel breakdown

R28
G149
B23
Red28 (11%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue117.62°
Saturation (HSL)73.26%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 1C · G 95 · B 17

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