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Recognised as Colour

#55D615

  • #55D615
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#55D615 is a green with RGB values 85, 214, 21 and HSL 100°, 82%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#55D615#55D615
HEX#55D615
RGBrgb(85, 214, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.8392, 0.0824
RGB percentages33.3%, 83.9%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(100.1, 82.1%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(100.1, 90.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK60.3%, 0%, 90.2%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,625,365
CSS custom property--colour: #55D615;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.02:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#AA29EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDC200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDB835no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.6 from the original
Tritanopia#46CEB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 11.4Lawn green · ΔE 18.5Chartreuse · ΔE 19.8Green yellow · ΔE 22.3Lime · ΔE 26.9Yellow green · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 11.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9615D6
Analogous#B6D615, #15D635
Triadic#1555D6, #D61555
Split complementary#3515D6, #D615B6
Tetradic#15B6D6, #9615D6, #D63515

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2F9BE
Lighter +30%#B1F490
Lighter +20%#91F061
Lighter +10%#70EB33
Darker −10%#43A810
Darker −20%#30790C
Darker −30%#1E4B07
Darker −40%#0B1C03
More saturated +25%#4EEB00
Less saturated −25%#5FB932

Channel breakdown

R85
G214
B21
Red85 (33.3%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue100.1°
Saturation (HSL)82.13%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G D6 · B 15

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