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Recognised as Colour

#40DC6C

  • #40DC6C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#40DC6C is a green with RGB values 64, 220, 108 and HSL 137°, 69%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#40DC6C#40DC6C
HEX#40DC6C
RGBrgb(64, 220, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.8627, 0.4235
RGB percentages25.1%, 86.3%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(136.9, 69%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(136.9, 70.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK70.9%, 0%, 50.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,250,732
CSS custom property--colour: #40DC6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53359WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#BF2393

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEC962no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCBC74no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 15.9Spring green · ΔE 17.3Limegreen · ΔE 19.3Light green · ΔE 20.2Pale green · ΔE 20.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 15.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC40B0
Analogous#62DC40, #40DCBA
Triadic#6C40DC, #DC6C40
Split complementary#BA40DC, #DC4062
Tetradic#4062DC, #DC40B0, #DCBA40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECFCF1
Lighter +30%#C1F4D0
Lighter +20%#96ECAE
Lighter +10%#6BE48D
Darker −10%#24C551
Darker −20%#1C9A40
Darker −30%#146F2E
Darker −40%#0C441C
More saturated +25%#24F860
Less saturated −25%#5CC078

Channel breakdown

R64
G220
B108
Red64 (25.1%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue136.92°
Saturation (HSL)69.03%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 40 · G DC · B 6C

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