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Recognised as Colour

#55DC44

  • #55DC44
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#55DC44 is a green with RGB values 85, 220, 68 and HSL 113°, 68%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#55DC44#55DC44
HEX#55DC44
RGBrgb(85, 220, 68)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.8627, 0.2667
RGB percentages33.3%, 86.3%, 26.7%
HSLhsl(113.3, 68.5%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(113.3, 69.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK61.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,626,948
CSS custom property--colour: #55DC44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.71:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#AA23BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1C82Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BD53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.8 from the original
Tritanopia#3ED5BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 6.4Spring green · ΔE 21.5Lawn green · ΔE 26.5Yellow green · ΔE 26.8Green yellow · ΔE 27.6Chartreuse · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB44DC
Analogous#A1DC44, #44DC7F
Triadic#4455DC, #DC4455
Split complementary#7F44DC, #DC44A1
Tetradic#44A1DC, #CB44DC, #DC7F44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1FCF0
Lighter +30%#CAF4C5
Lighter +20%#A3EC9A
Lighter +10%#7CE46F
Darker −10%#38C825
Darker −20%#2C9D1D
Darker −30%#207215
Darker −40%#14470D
More saturated +25%#3FF828
Less saturated −25%#6BC060

Channel breakdown

R85
G220
B68
Red85 (33.3%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue68 (26.7%)
Hue113.29°
Saturation (HSL)68.47%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G DC · B 44

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