Recognised as Colour

#56B226

#56B226
Green
Dark
Nearest: Limegreen

#56B226 is a green with RGB values 86, 178, 38 and HSL 99°, 65%, 42%. 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#56B226

RGBrgb(86, 178, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.698, 0.149

RGB percentages33.7%, 69.8%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(99.4, 64.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(99.4, 78.7%, 69.8%)

CMYK51.7%, 0%, 78.7%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,681,702

CSS custom property--colour: #56B226;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33959WCAG 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 7.79:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#A94DD9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8A200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AC9B36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Tritanopia#50AC98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 18.2 Yellow green · ΔE 19.3 Forest green · ΔE 19.5 Green · ΔE 20.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.3 Light green · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 18.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8226B2

Analogous#9CB226, #26B23C

Triadic#2656B2, #B22656

Split complementary#3C26B2, #B2269C

Tetradic#269CB2, #8226B2, #B23C26

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9EFB5

Lighter +30%#AAE68B

Lighter +20%#8BDD61

Lighter +10%#6DD437

Darker −10%#42881D

Darker −20%#2D5E14

Darker −30%#19340B

Darker −40%#050A02

More saturated +25%#4ECD0B

Less saturated −25%#5E9741

Channel breakdown

R86

G178

B38

Red86 (33.7%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue99.43°

Saturation (HSL)64.81%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 56 · G B2 · B 26

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