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Colour

#559D6B

  • #559D6B
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#559D6B is a green with RGB values 85, 157, 107 and HSL 138°, 30%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#559D6B#559D6B
HEX#559D6B
RGBrgb(85, 157, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.6157, 0.4196
RGB percentages33.3%, 61.6%, 42%
HSLhsl(138.3, 29.8%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(138.3, 45.9%, 61.6%)
CMYK45.9%, 0%, 31.8%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,610,859
CSS custom property--colour: #559D6B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.42:1
Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#AA6294

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9368no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#938B6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#469B90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 9.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.3Light seagreen · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D5587
Analogous#639D55, #559D8F
Triadic#6B559D, #9D6B55
Split complementary#8F559D, #9D5563
Tetradic#55639D, #9D5587, #9D8F55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5E9DB
Lighter +30%#B4D7BF
Lighter +20%#93C5A2
Lighter +10%#72B386
Darker −10%#437C54
Darker −20%#315B3E
Darker −30%#1F3A27
Darker −40%#0D1911
More saturated +25%#37BB5F
Less saturated −25%#737F77

Channel breakdown

R85
G157
B107
Red85 (33.3%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue138.33°
Saturation (HSL)29.75%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G 9D · B 6B

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