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Recognised as Colour

#455C27

  • #455C27
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#455C27 is a green with RGB values 69, 92, 39 and HSL 86°, 40%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#455C27#455C27
HEX#455C27
RGBrgb(69, 92, 39)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.3608, 0.1529
RGB percentages27.1%, 36.1%, 15.3%
HSLhsl(86, 40.5%, 25.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86, 57.6%, 36.1%)
CMYK25%, 0%, 57.6%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,545,575
CSS custom property--colour: #455C27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.46:1
Contrast with white7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#BAA3D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#605622no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D542Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#475850no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 6.9Sea green · ΔE 27.1Dark green · ΔE 28.7Olivedrab · ΔE 30.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.2Olive · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E275C
Analogous#5C5927, #2A5C27
Triadic#27455C, #5C2745
Split complementary#272A5C, #59275C
Tetradic#275C59, #3E275C, #5C272A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACCB84
Lighter +30%#94BC60
Lighter +20%#7BA445
Lighter +10%#608036
Darker −10%#2A3818
Darker −20%#0F1409
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#476C17
Less saturated −25%#434C37

Channel breakdown

R69
G92
B39
Red69 (27.1%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue39 (15.3%)
Hue86.04°
Saturation (HSL)40.46%
Lightness25.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 45 · G 5C · B 27

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