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Recognised as Colour

#40E500

  • #40E500
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lawn green

#40E500 is a green with RGB values 64, 229, 0 and HSL 103°, 100%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lawn green.

Colour values

#40E500#40E500
HEX#40E500
RGBrgb(64, 229, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.898, 0
RGB percentages25.1%, 89.8%, 0%
HSLhsl(103.2, 100%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(103.2, 100%, 89.8%)
CMYK72.1%, 0%, 100%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,252,928
CSS custom property--colour: #40E500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.43:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#BF1AFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBCF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9C233no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.9 from the original
Tritanopia#0EDDC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lawn green · ΔE 13Chartreuse · ΔE 14Lime · ΔE 15.5Limegreen · ΔE 19Green yellow · ΔE 24.8Spring green · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourLawn green (#7CFC00)ΔE 12.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A500E5
Analogous#B3E500, #00E532
Triadic#0040E5, #E50040
Split complementary#3200E5, #E500B3
Tetradic#00B3E5, #A500E5, #E53200

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8FFB2
Lighter +30%#A3FF7F
Lighter +20%#7EFF4C
Lighter +10%#59FF19
Darker −10%#32B200
Darker −20%#237F00
Darker −30%#154C00
Darker −40%#071900
More saturated +25%#40E500
Less saturated −25%#4DC81D

Channel breakdown

R64
G229
B0
Red64 (25.1%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue103.23°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 40 · G E5 · B 00

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