Colour

#59DD32

#59DD32
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#59DD32 is a green with RGB values 89, 221, 50 and HSL 106°, 72%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#59DD32#59DD32

HEX#59DD32

RGBrgb(89, 221, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.8667, 0.1961

RGB percentages34.9%, 86.7%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(106.3, 71.5%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(106.3, 77.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK59.7%, 0%, 77.4%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,889,330

CSS custom property--colour: #59DD32;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54067WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#A622CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3C900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3BE46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original

Tritanopia#48D6BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 8.7 Lawn green · ΔE 20.6 Chartreuse · ΔE 21.8 Green yellow · ΔE 23.3 Spring green · ΔE 25.7 Yellow green · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 8.74, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B632DD

Analogous#AEDD32, #32DD61

Triadic#3259DD, #DD3259

Split complementary#6032DD, #DD32AF

Tetradic#32AFDD, #B632DD, #DD6132

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7FAE1

Lighter +30%#C3F3B5

Lighter +20%#A0EC89

Lighter +10%#7CE45E

Darker −10%#43BD1F

Darker −20%#349118

Darker −30%#246511

Darker −40%#14390A

More saturated +25%#49FB14

Less saturated −25%#69BF50

Channel breakdown

R89

G221

B50

Red89 (34.9%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue106.32°

Saturation (HSL)71.55%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 59 · G DD · B 32

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