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Recognised as Colour

#40DE8D

  • #40DE8D
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#40DE8D is a green with RGB values 64, 222, 141 and HSL 149°, 71%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#40DE8D#40DE8D
HEX#40DE8D
RGBrgb(64, 222, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.8706, 0.5529
RGB percentages25.1%, 87.1%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(149.2, 70.5%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(149.2, 71.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK71.2%, 0%, 36.5%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,251,277
CSS custom property--colour: #40DE8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.05:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#BF2172

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDCC88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9BF92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00DCC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 15.1Light green · ΔE 16.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.9Pale green · ΔE 18.6Aquamarine · ΔE 26.1Spring green · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 15.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE4091
Analogous#42DE40, #40DEDC
Triadic#8D40DE, #DE8D40
Split complementary#DC40DE, #DE4042
Tetradic#4042DE, #DE4091, #DEDC40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEFCF5
Lighter +30%#C2F5DB
Lighter +20%#97EDC1
Lighter +10%#6BE6A7
Darker −10%#23C873
Darker −20%#1B9D5A
Darker −30%#147141
Darker −40%#0C4628
More saturated +25%#24FA8C
Less saturated −25%#5CC28E

Channel breakdown

R64
G222
B141
Red64 (25.1%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue149.24°
Saturation (HSL)70.54%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 40 · G DE · B 8D

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