Recognised as Colour

#509A27

#509A27
Green
Dark
Nearest: Forest green

#509A27 is a green with RGB values 80, 154, 39 and HSL 99°, 60%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

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HEX#509A27

RGBrgb(80, 154, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.6039, 0.1529

RGB percentages31.4%, 60.4%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(98.6, 59.6%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(98.6, 74.7%, 60.4%)

CMYK48.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,282,343

CSS custom property--colour: #509A27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1

Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#AF65D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F8D11no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#968733no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Tritanopia#4C9484no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 10.4 Green · ΔE 13.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 15.2 Dark green · ΔE 22.4 Yellow green · ΔE 26.1 Medium seagreen · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 10.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#71279A

Analogous#899A27, #279A38

Triadic#27509A, #9A2750

Split complementary#38279A, #9A2789

Tetradic#27899A, #71279A, #9A3827

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BDE8A5

Lighter +30%#9FDE7C

Lighter +20%#81D453

Lighter +10%#65C331

Darker −10%#3B711D

Darker −20%#264912

Darker −30%#112008

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#49B20F

Less saturated −25%#57823F

Channel breakdown

R80

G154

B39

Red80 (31.4%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue98.61°

Saturation (HSL)59.59%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 50 · G 9A · B 27

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

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