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Recognised as Colour

#515C2D

  • #515C2D
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#515C2D is a green with RGB values 81, 92, 45 and HSL 74°, 34%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#515C2D#515C2D
HEX#515C2D
RGBrgb(81, 92, 45)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.3608, 0.1765
RGB percentages31.8%, 36.1%, 17.6%
HSLhsl(74, 34.3%, 26.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(74, 51.1%, 36.1%)
CMYK12%, 0%, 51.1%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,332,013
CSS custom property--colour: #515C2D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#AEA3D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#615729no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#605730no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#555851no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 9.6Dim grey · ΔE 29.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.8Sea green · ΔE 31.2Gray · ΔE 32.8Olivedrab · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#382D5C
Analogous#5C502D, #395C2D
Triadic#2D515C, #5C2D51
Split complementary#2D3A5C, #4F2D5C
Tetradic#2D5C4F, #382D5C, #5C2D3A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAC78E
Lighter +30%#A5B76B
Lighter +20%#8DA04F
Lighter +10%#6F7E3E
Darker −10%#333A1C
Darker −20%#15180B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5A6D1C
Less saturated −25%#484B3E

Channel breakdown

R81
G92
B45
Red81 (31.8%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue45 (17.6%)
Hue74.04°
Saturation (HSL)34.31%
Lightness26.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 51 · G 5C · B 2D

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