Colour

#55DD11

#55DD11
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#55DD11 is a green with RGB values 85, 221, 17 and HSL 100°, 86%, 47%. 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

#55DD11#55DD11

HEX#55DD11

HEX (short)#5D1

RGBrgb(85, 221, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.8667, 0.0667

RGB percentages33.3%, 86.7%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(100, 85.7%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(100, 92.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK61.5%, 0%, 92.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,627,153

CSS custom property--colour: #55DD11;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.74:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#AA22EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3BE35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original

Tritanopia#44D5BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.7 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 text11.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 14.1 Lawn green · ΔE 15 Chartreuse · ΔE 16.3 Green yellow · ΔE 21.3 Lime · ΔE 23.1 Yellow green · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 14.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9911DD

Analogous#BBDD11, #11DD33

Triadic#1155DD, #DD1155

Split complementary#3311DD, #DD11BB

Tetradic#11BBDD, #9911DD, #DD3311

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3FAC0

Lighter +30%#B3F790

Lighter +20%#92F361

Lighter +10%#71EF32

Darker −10%#43AE0D

Darker −20%#317E0A

Darker −30%#1E4F06

Darker −40%#0C2002

More saturated +25%#4FEE00

Less saturated −25%#5FBF2F

Channel breakdown

R85

G221

B17

Red85 (33.3%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue100°

Saturation (HSL)85.71%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 55 · G DD · B 11

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