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Recognised as Colour

#556D26

  • #556D26
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#556D26 is a green with RGB values 85, 109, 38 and HSL 80°, 48%, 29%. 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

#556D26#556D26
HEX#556D26
RGBrgb(85, 109, 38)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.4275, 0.149
RGB percentages33.3%, 42.7%, 14.9%
HSLhsl(80.3, 48.3%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(80.3, 65.1%, 42.7%)
CMYK22%, 0%, 65.1%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,598,502
CSS custom property--colour: #556D26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.83:1
Contrast with white5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#AA92D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#73661Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#70652Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#59685Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 5.5Olivedrab · ΔE 19.8Olive · ΔE 24.1Dark green · ΔE 24.3Sea green · ΔE 26.1Forest green · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E266D
Analogous#6D6126, #326D26
Triadic#26556D, #6D2655
Split complementary#26316D, #61266D
Tetradic#266D62, #3E266D, #6D2632

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCD689
Lighter +30%#A6C963
Lighter +20%#90B940
Lighter +10%#729333
Darker −10%#384719
Darker −20%#1A210C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5B7F14
Less saturated −25%#4F5B38

Channel breakdown

R85
G109
B38
Red85 (33.3%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue38 (14.9%)
Hue80.28°
Saturation (HSL)48.3%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G 6D · B 26

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