Recognised as Colour

#28E511

#28E511
Green
Light
Nearest: Lime

#28E511 is a green with RGB values 40, 229, 17 and HSL 113°, 86%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

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HEX#28E511

RGBrgb(40, 229, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.898, 0.0667

RGB percentages15.7%, 89.8%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(113.5, 86.2%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(113.5, 92.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK82.5%, 0%, 92.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,680,081

CSS custom property--colour: #28E511;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5653WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.31:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#D71AEE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBCE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7C137no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00DEC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 14.5 Lawn green · ΔE 15.9 Chartreuse · ΔE 16.9 Limegreen · ΔE 18.5 Green yellow · ΔE 27.9 Spring green · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 14.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CE11E5

Analogous#92E511, #11E564

Triadic#1128E5, #E51128

Split complementary#6411E5, #E51192

Tetradic#1192E5, #CE11E5, #E56411

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CDFBC7

Lighter +30%#A2F798

Lighter +20%#77F468

Lighter +10%#4DF039

Darker −10%#20B60D

Darker −20%#17860A

Darker −30%#0F5706

Darker −40%#072703

More saturated +25%#1BF600

Less saturated −25%#40C630

Channel breakdown

R40

G229

B17

Red40 (15.7%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue113.49°

Saturation (HSL)86.18%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 28 · G E5 · B 11

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