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Recognised as Colour

#257C17

  • #257C17
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#257C17 is a green with RGB values 37, 124, 23 and HSL 112°, 69%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#257C17#257C17
HEX#257C17
RGBrgb(37, 124, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.4863, 0.0902
RGB percentages14.5%, 48.6%, 9%
HSLhsl(111.7, 68.7%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(111.7, 81.5%, 48.6%)
CMYK70.2%, 0%, 81.5%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,456,599
CSS custom property--colour: #257C17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.28:1
Contrast with white5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#DA83E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F7000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#756923no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#127869no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 7.2Green · ΔE 9.3Dark green · ΔE 9.6Olivedrab · ΔE 19.7Sea green · ΔE 25.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 7.22, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E177C
Analogous#577C17, #177C3C
Triadic#17257C, #7C1725
Split complementary#3C177C, #7C1757
Tetradic#17577C, #6E177C, #7C3C17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#88E679
Lighter +30%#62DE4E
Lighter +20%#3FD227
Lighter +10%#32A71F
Darker −10%#18510F
Darker −20%#0B2607
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#188E05
Less saturated −25%#326A29

Channel breakdown

R37
G124
B23
Red37 (14.5%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue111.68°
Saturation (HSL)68.71%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 25 · G 7C · B 17

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