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Recognised as Colour

#27FF09

  • #27FF09
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lime

#27FF09 is a green with RGB values 39, 255, 9 and HSL 113°, 100%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#27FF09#27FF09
HEX#27FF09
RGBrgb(39, 255, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.1529, 1, 0.0353
RGB percentages15.3%, 100%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(112.7, 100%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(112.7, 96.5%, 100%)
CMYK84.7%, 0%, 96.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,621,193
CSS custom property--colour: #27FF09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.39:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#D800F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 75.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0D73Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00F7D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 2.1Lawn green · ΔE 16.5Chartreuse · ΔE 16.5Limegreen · ΔE 31.3Green yellow · ΔE 31.9Spring green · ΔE 36.5
Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 2.07, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E109FF
Analogous#A2FF09, #09FF66
Triadic#0927FF, #FF0927
Split complementary#6609FF, #FF09A2
Tetradic#09A2FF, #E109FF, #FF6609

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAFFD5
Lighter +30%#ADFFA2
Lighter +20%#81FF6F
Lighter +10%#54FF3C
Darker −10%#1AD500
Darker −20%#14A200
Darker −30%#0E6F00
Darker −40%#073C00
More saturated +25%#27FF09
Less saturated −25%#3EE028

Channel breakdown

R39
G255
B9
Red39 (15.3%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue112.68°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 27 · G FF · B 09

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