Colour

#32CD32

#32CD32
Green
Dark
Named: Limegreen

#32CD32 is the CSS colour green with RGB values 50, 205, 50 and HSL 120°, 61%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#32CD32#32CD32

HEX#32CD32

RGBrgb(50, 205, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.8039, 0.1961

RGB percentages19.6%, 80.4%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(120, 60.8%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(120, 75.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK75.6%, 0%, 75.6%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,329,330

CSS custom property--colour: #32CD32;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.91:1

Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#CD32CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1B90Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0AE43no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00C7B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 0 Spring green · ΔE 23.6 Lawn green · ΔE 28.6 Yellow green · ΔE 29.8 Chartreuse · ΔE 29.9 Green yellow · ΔE 31.7

This is a named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)exact match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usablelimegreen

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CD32CD

Analogous#80CD32, #32CD80

Triadic#3232CD, #CD3232

Split complementary#8032CD, #CD3280

Tetradic#3280CD, #CD32CD, #CD8032

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6F5D6

Lighter +30%#ADEBAD

Lighter +20%#84E184

Lighter +10%#5BD75B

Darker −10%#28A428

Darker −20%#1E7B1E

Darker −30%#145214

Darker −40%#0A290A

More saturated +25%#12ED12

Less saturated −25%#52AD52

Channel breakdown

R50

G205

B50

Red50 (19.6%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue120°

Saturation (HSL)60.78%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 32 · G CD · B 32

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Colour values

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