Colour

#505B21

#505B21
Green
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#505B21 is a green with RGB values 80, 91, 33 and HSL 71°, 47%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#505B21

RGBrgb(80, 91, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.3569, 0.1294

RGB percentages31.4%, 35.7%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(71.4, 46.8%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(71.4, 63.7%, 35.7%)

CMYK12.1%, 0%, 63.7%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,266,209

CSS custom property--colour: #505B21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.34:1

Contrast with white7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#AFA4DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#61561Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#605625no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Tritanopia#55564Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 7.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.6 Olive · ΔE 29.7 Dark green · ΔE 31.5 Sea green · ΔE 32 Dim grey · ΔE 35

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C215B

Analogous#5B4921, #335B21

Triadic#21505B, #5B2150

Split complementary#21335B, #49215B

Tetradic#215B49, #2C215B, #5B2133

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BECF79

Lighter +30%#ACC154

Lighter +20%#92A63C

Lighter +10%#71802F

Darker −10%#2F3613

Darker −20%#0E1006

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5A6B12

Less saturated −25%#464C31

Channel breakdown

R80

G91

B33

Red80 (31.4%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue71.38°

Saturation (HSL)46.77%

Lightness24.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 50 · G 5B · B 21

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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