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Recognised as Colour

#559D56

  • #559D56
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#559D56 is a green with RGB values 85, 157, 86 and HSL 121°, 30%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#559D56#559D56
HEX#559D56
RGBrgb(85, 157, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.6157, 0.3373
RGB percentages33.3%, 61.6%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(120.8, 29.8%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120.8, 45.9%, 61.6%)
CMYK45.9%, 0%, 45.2%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,610,838
CSS custom property--colour: #559D56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.34:1
Contrast with white3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#AA62A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A09151no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#958B5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#4C998Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 12.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 13.8Forest green · ΔE 20.6Olivedrab · ΔE 22Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.8Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 12.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D559C
Analogous#789D55, #559D7A
Triadic#56559D, #9D5655
Split complementary#7A559D, #9D5578
Tetradic#55789D, #9D559C, #9D7A55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5E9D6
Lighter +30%#B4D7B5
Lighter +20%#93C594
Lighter +10%#72B373
Darker −10%#437C44
Darker −20%#315B32
Darker −30%#1F3A20
Darker −40%#0D190E
More saturated +25%#37BB39
Less saturated −25%#737F73

Channel breakdown

R85
G157
B86
Red85 (33.3%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue120.83°
Saturation (HSL)29.75%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G 9D · B 56

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