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Recognised as Colour

#28E72E

  • #28E72E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#28E72E is a green with RGB values 40, 231, 46 and HSL 122°, 80%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#28E72E#28E72E
HEX#28E72E
RGBrgb(40, 231, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.9059, 0.1804
RGB percentages15.7%, 90.6%, 18%
HSLhsl(121.9, 79.9%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(121.9, 82.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK82.7%, 0%, 80.1%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,680,622
CSS custom property--colour: #28E72E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.56:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#D718D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECD000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8C346no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 15Lime · ΔE 17.8Lawn green · ΔE 18.8Chartreuse · ΔE 19.8Spring green · ΔE 24.5Green yellow · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 15.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E728E1
Analogous#82E728, #28E78E
Triadic#2E28E7, #E72E28
Split complementary#8E28E7, #E72881
Tetradic#2881E7, #E728E1, #E78E28

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0FBE0
Lighter +30%#B2F6B4
Lighter +20%#84F187
Lighter +10%#56EC5B
Darker −10%#16C61C
Darker −20%#119815
Darker −30%#0C6A0F
Darker −40%#073C08
More saturated +25%#10FF18
Less saturated −25%#46C94A

Channel breakdown

R40
G231
B46
Red40 (15.7%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue121.88°
Saturation (HSL)79.92%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 28 · G E7 · B 2E

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