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Recognised as Colour

#28D90C

  • #28D90C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#28D90C is a green with RGB values 40, 217, 12 and HSL 112°, 90%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#28D90C#28D90C
HEX#28D90C
RGBrgb(40, 217, 12)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.851, 0.0471
RGB percentages15.7%, 85.1%, 4.7%
HSLhsl(111.8, 89.5%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(111.8, 94.5%, 85.1%)
CMYK81.6%, 0%, 94.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,677,004
CSS custom property--colour: #28D90C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.02:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#D726F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEC300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCB733no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 13.6Lawn green · ΔE 18.5Chartreuse · ΔE 19.7Lime · ΔE 20Green yellow · ΔE 27.9Spring green · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 13.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD0CD9
Analogous#8ED90C, #0CD957
Triadic#0C28D9, #D90C28
Split complementary#560CD9, #D90C8F
Tetradic#0C8FD9, #BD0CD9, #D9570C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFFBB6
Lighter +30%#95F886
Lighter +20%#6BF655
Lighter +10%#41F325
Darker −10%#1FA909
Darker −20%#167807
Darker −30%#0D4804
Darker −40%#041801
More saturated +25%#1FE500
Less saturated −25%#3DBC29

Channel breakdown

R40
G217
B12
Red40 (15.7%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue12 (4.7%)
Hue111.8°
Saturation (HSL)89.52%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 28 · G D9 · B 0C

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