Recognised as Colour

#599B16

#599B16
Green
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#599B16 is a green with RGB values 89, 155, 22 and HSL 90°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

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HEX#599B16

RGBrgb(89, 155, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.6078, 0.0863

RGB percentages34.9%, 60.8%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(89.8, 75.1%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(89.8, 85.8%, 60.8%)

CMYK42.6%, 0%, 85.8%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,872,406

CSS custom property--colour: #599B16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.12:1

Contrast with white3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#A664E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A18E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#998927no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Tritanopia#599584no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 15.1 Forest green · ΔE 15.4 Green · ΔE 16.5 Yellow green · ΔE 21.9 Dark green · ΔE 25.8 Olive · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 15.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#58169B

Analogous#9B9A16, #179B16

Triadic#16599B, #9B1659

Split complementary#16179B, #9A169B

Tetradic#169B9A, #58169B, #9B1617

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BFEF8E

Lighter +30%#A6E961

Lighter +20%#8CE235

Lighter +10%#73C81C

Darker −10%#3F6E10

Darker −20%#264209

Darker −30%#0C1503

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#59B100

Less saturated −25%#59852C

Channel breakdown

R89

G155

B22

Red89 (34.9%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue89.77°

Saturation (HSL)75.14%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 59 · G 9B · B 16

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