Colour

#40DF20

#40DF20
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#40DF20 is a green with RGB values 64, 223, 32 and HSL 110°, 75%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#40DF20#40DF20

HEX#40DF20

RGBrgb(64, 223, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.8745, 0.1255

RGB percentages25.1%, 87.5%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(109.9, 74.9%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(109.9, 85.7%, 87.5%)

CMYK71.3%, 0%, 85.7%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,251,424

CSS custom property--colour: #40DF20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.79:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#BF20DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5CA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3BD3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.7 from the original

Tritanopia#10D8BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 12.6 Lawn green · ΔE 17.2 Chartreuse · ΔE 18.4 Lime · ΔE 20.8 Green yellow · ΔE 25.3 Spring green · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BF20DF

Analogous#9FDF20, #20DF60

Triadic#2040DF, #DF2040

Split complementary#5F20DF, #DF20A0

Tetradic#209FDF, #BF20DF, #DF6020

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9F9D2

Lighter +30%#B3F2A6

Lighter +20%#8CEC79

Lighter +10%#66E54D

Darker −10%#33B21A

Darker −20%#268613

Darker −30%#1A590D

Darker −40%#0D2D06

More saturated +25%#2BFF00

Less saturated −25%#55BF40

Channel breakdown

R64

G223

B32

Red64 (25.1%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue109.95°

Saturation (HSL)74.9%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 40 · G DF · B 20

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