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Recognised as Colour

#516F20

  • #516F20
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#516F20 is a green with RGB values 81, 111, 32 and HSL 83°, 55%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#516F20#516F20
HEX#516F20
RGBrgb(81, 111, 32)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.4353, 0.1255
RGB percentages31.8%, 43.5%, 12.5%
HSLhsl(82.8, 55.2%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82.8, 71.2%, 43.5%)
CMYK27%, 0%, 71.2%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,336,864
CSS custom property--colour: #516F20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.76:1
Contrast with white5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#AE90DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#756714no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#716527no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#546A5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 9.7Olivedrab · ΔE 16.5Dark green · ΔE 20.8Olive · ΔE 22.8Sea green · ΔE 25.8Forest green · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E206F
Analogous#6F6620, #2A6F20
Triadic#20516F, #6F2051
Split complementary#202A6F, #65206F
Tetradic#206F65, #3E206F, #6F202A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8DB80
Lighter +30%#A2CF59
Lighter +20%#8BBE37
Lighter +10%#6E972B
Darker −10%#344715
Darker −20%#172009
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#55810E
Less saturated −25%#4D5D32

Channel breakdown

R81
G111
B32
Red81 (31.8%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue32 (12.5%)
Hue82.78°
Saturation (HSL)55.24%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 51 · G 6F · B 20

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