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Recognised as Colour

#56FF5A

  • #56FF5A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Spring green

#56FF5A is a green with RGB values 86, 255, 90 and HSL 121°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Spring green.

Colour values

#56FF5A#56FF5A
HEX#56FF5A
RGBrgb(86, 255, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.3373, 1, 0.3529
RGB percentages33.7%, 100%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(121.4, 100%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(121.4, 66.3%, 100%)
CMYK66.3%, 0%, 64.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,701,466
CSS custom property--colour: #56FF5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.85:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#A900A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE845no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0DA69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.9 from the original
Tritanopia#29F8DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Spring green · ΔE 17.4Limegreen · ΔE 17.8Lawn green · ΔE 21.7Chartreuse · ΔE 22.4Lime · ΔE 22.9Green yellow · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourSpring green (#00FF7F)ΔE 17.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF56FB
Analogous#A7FF56, #56FFAF
Triadic#5A56FF, #FF5A56
Split complementary#AF56FF, #FF56A6
Tetradic#56A6FF, #FF56FB, #FFAF56

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFFFEF
Lighter +20%#BCFFBE
Lighter +10%#89FF8C
Darker −10%#23FF28
Darker −20%#00EF06
Darker −30%#00BC04
Darker −40%#008903
More saturated +25%#56FF5A
Less saturated −25%#6BEA6E

Channel breakdown

R86
G255
B90
Red86 (33.7%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue121.42°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 56 · G FF · B 5A

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