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Recognised as Colour

#59C809

  • #59C809
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#59C809 is a green with RGB values 89, 200, 9 and HSL 95°, 91%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#59C809#59C809
HEX#59C809
RGBrgb(89, 200, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.7843, 0.0353
RGB percentages34.9%, 78.4%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(94.9, 91.4%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(94.9, 95.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK55.5%, 0%, 95.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,883,913
CSS custom property--colour: #59C809;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.69:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#A637F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFB600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1AD2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Tritanopia#50C0AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 11.8Yellow green · ΔE 21.9Green yellow · ΔE 24.2Lawn green · ΔE 24.2Chartreuse · ΔE 25.5Green · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 11.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7809C8
Analogous#B8C809, #09C819
Triadic#0959C8, #C80959
Split complementary#1909C8, #C809B8
Tetradic#09B8C8, #7809C8, #C81909

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7FBA2
Lighter +30%#AAF971
Lighter +20%#8DF641
Lighter +10%#6FF410
Darker −10%#439707
Darker −20%#2E6605
Darker −30%#183602
Darker −40%#020500
More saturated +25%#58D100
Less saturated −25%#5DAE23

Channel breakdown

R89
G200
B9
Red89 (34.9%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue94.87°
Saturation (HSL)91.39%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G C8 · B 09

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