Recognised as Colour

#518B3C

#518B3C
Green
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#518B3C is a green with RGB values 81, 139, 60 and HSL 104°, 40%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

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HEX#518B3C

RGBrgb(81, 139, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.5451, 0.2353

RGB percentages31.8%, 54.5%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(104.1, 39.7%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(104.1, 56.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK41.7%, 0%, 56.8%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,344,060

CSS custom property--colour: #518B3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.11:1

Contrast with white4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#797979

Inverted#AE74C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8F8034no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#877B42no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Tritanopia#4E8779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 15.3 Sea green · ΔE 16.7 Forest green · ΔE 17.7 Dark green · ΔE 19.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.5 Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#763C8B

Analogous#788B3C, #3C8B4F

Triadic#3C518B, #8B3C51

Split complementary#4F3C8B, #8B3C78

Tetradic#3C788B, #763C8B, #8B4F3C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C0DFB4

Lighter +30%#A1CF91

Lighter +20%#83C06D

Lighter +10%#66AF4B

Darker −10%#3C672D

Darker −20%#27441D

Darker −30%#13200E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#45A423

Less saturated −25%#5D7255

Channel breakdown

R81

G139

B60

Red81 (31.8%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue104.05°

Saturation (HSL)39.7%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 51 · G 8B · B 3C

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