Colour

#556A40

#556A40
Green
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#556A40 is a green with RGB values 85, 106, 64 and HSL 90°, 25%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#556A40#556A40

HEX#556A40

RGBrgb(85, 106, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.4157, 0.251

RGB percentages33.3%, 41.6%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(90, 24.7%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(90, 39.6%, 41.6%)

CMYK19.8%, 0%, 39.6%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,597,760

CSS custom property--colour: #556A40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1261WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1

Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#AA95BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E653Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B6342no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Tritanopia#56675Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 9.9 Sea green · ΔE 25.5 Dim grey · ΔE 26.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.4 Gray · ΔE 28.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55406A

Analogous#6A6A40, #406A40

Triadic#40556A, #6A4055

Split complementary#40406A, #6A406A

Tetradic#406A6A, #55406A, #6A4040

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BBCCAA

Lighter +30%#A2B98A

Lighter +20%#88A56B

Lighter +10%#6F8A53

Darker −10%#3C4A2D

Darker −20%#222A1A

Darker −30%#090B06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#557F2B

Less saturated −25%#555555

Channel breakdown

R85

G106

B64

Red85 (33.3%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue90°

Saturation (HSL)24.71%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G 6A · B 40

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Colour values

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