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Recognised as Colour

#55DE41

  • #55DE41
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#55DE41 is a green with RGB values 85, 222, 65 and HSL 112°, 70%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#55DE41#55DE41
HEX#55DE41
RGBrgb(85, 222, 65)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.8706, 0.2549
RGB percentages33.3%, 87.1%, 25.5%
HSLhsl(112.4, 70.4%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(112.4, 70.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK61.7%, 0%, 70.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,627,457
CSS custom property--colour: #55DE41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#AA21BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3CA27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3BF51no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Tritanopia#3ED7BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 6.6Spring green · ΔE 21.9Lawn green · ΔE 24.6Chartreuse · ΔE 25.8Green yellow · ΔE 26.4Yellow green · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 6.64, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA41DE
Analogous#A4DE41, #41DE7B
Triadic#4155DE, #DE4155
Split complementary#7C41DE, #DE41A3
Tetradic#41A4DE, #CA41DE, #DE7B41

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1FCEF
Lighter +30%#CAF5C3
Lighter +20%#A3ED98
Lighter +10%#7CE66C
Darker −10%#38C923
Darker −20%#2C9E1B
Darker −30%#207214
Darker −40%#14470C
More saturated +25%#40FA25
Less saturated −25%#6AC25D

Channel breakdown

R85
G222
B65
Red85 (33.3%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue65 (25.5%)
Hue112.36°
Saturation (HSL)70.4%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 55 · G DE · B 41

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