Colour

#59955B

#59955B
Green
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#59955B is a green with RGB values 89, 149, 91 and HSL 122°, 25%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#59955B#59955B

HEX#59955B

RGBrgb(89, 149, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.5843, 0.3569

RGB percentages34.9%, 58.4%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(122, 25.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(122, 40.3%, 58.4%)

CMYK40.3%, 0%, 38.9%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,870,939

CSS custom property--colour: #59955B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.87:1

Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#A66AA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978B57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E855Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Tritanopia#529286no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 10.3 Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#955993

Analogous#759559, #599579

Triadic#5B5995, #955B59

Split complementary#795995, #955975

Tetradic#597595, #955993, #957959

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4E6D5

Lighter +30%#B4D3B5

Lighter +20%#95BF96

Lighter +10%#75AC76

Darker −10%#467547

Darker −20%#335534

Darker −30%#203520

Darker −40%#0D150D

More saturated +25%#3BB33F

Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R89

G149

B91

Red89 (34.9%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue122°

Saturation (HSL)25.21%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 59 · G 95 · B 5B

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