Recognised as Colour

#55B307

#55B307
Green
Dark
Nearest: Limegreen

#55B307 is a green with RGB values 85, 179, 7 and HSL 93°, 92%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#55B307

RGBrgb(85, 179, 7)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.702, 0.0275

RGB percentages33.3%, 70.2%, 2.7%

HSLhsl(92.8, 92.5%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(92.8, 96.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK52.5%, 0%, 96.1%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,616,391

CSS custom property--colour: #55B307;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34187WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#AA4CF8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9A300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9B27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Tritanopia#4FAC98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 16.6 Yellow green · ΔE 18.7 Green · ΔE 24.1 Forest green · ΔE 24.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.6 Green yellow · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 16.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6507B3

Analogous#ABB307, #07B30F

Triadic#0755B3, #B30755

Split complementary#0F07B3, #B307AB

Tetradic#07ABB3, #6507B3, #B30F07

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BEFA8C

Lighter +30%#A2F95A

Lighter +20%#86F729

Lighter +10%#6CE409

Darker −10%#3E8205

Darker −20%#265103

Darker −30%#0F2001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#54BA00

Less saturated −25%#579C1E

Channel breakdown

R85

G179

Red85 (33.3%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue7 (2.7%)

Hue92.79°

Saturation (HSL)92.47%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G B3 · B 07

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