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Recognised as Colour

#515A27

  • #515A27
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#515A27 is a green with RGB values 81, 90, 39 and HSL 71°, 40%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#515A27#515A27
HEX#515A27
RGBrgb(81, 90, 39)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.3529, 0.1529
RGB percentages31.8%, 35.3%, 15.3%
HSLhsl(70.6, 39.5%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(70.6, 56.7%, 35.3%)
CMYK10%, 0%, 56.7%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,331,495
CSS custom property--colour: #515A27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.39:1
Contrast with white7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#AEA5D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#605522no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F562Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#55554Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 9.3Dim grey · ΔE 31.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.1Sea green · ΔE 32.4Olivedrab · ΔE 32.7Olive · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 9.29, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#30275A
Analogous#5A4A27, #375A27
Triadic#27515A, #5A2751
Split complementary#27375A, #4A275A
Tetradic#275A4A, #30275A, #5A2737

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDC984
Lighter +30%#AABA60
Lighter +20%#91A146
Lighter +10%#717E36
Darker −10%#313618
Darker −20%#111308
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B6A17
Less saturated −25%#474A37

Channel breakdown

R81
G90
B39
Red81 (31.8%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue39 (15.3%)
Hue70.59°
Saturation (HSL)39.53%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 51 · G 5A · B 27

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