Recognised as Colour

#59FF5A

#59FF5A
Green
Light
Nearest: Spring green

#59FF5A is a green with RGB values 89, 255, 90 and HSL 120°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Spring green.

Colour values

#59FF5A#59FF5A

HEX#59FF5A

RGBrgb(89, 255, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 1, 0.3529

RGB percentages34.9%, 100%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(120.4, 100%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(120.4, 65.1%, 100%)

CMYK65.1%, 0%, 64.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,898,074

CSS custom property--colour: #59FF5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#A600A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE845no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DB69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.8 from the original

Tritanopia#31F8DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Spring green · ΔE 17.6 Limegreen · ΔE 17.7 Lawn green · ΔE 21.4 Chartreuse · ΔE 22.2 Lime · ΔE 23.2 Green yellow · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourSpring green (#00FF7F)ΔE 17.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF59FE

Analogous#ABFF59, #59FFAD

Triadic#5A59FF, #FF5A59

Split complementary#AD59FF, #FF59AB

Tetradic#59ABFF, #FF59FE, #FFAD59

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2FFF2

Lighter +20%#BFFFBF

Lighter +10%#8CFF8D

Darker −10%#26FF27

Darker −20%#00F201

Darker −30%#00BF01

Darker −40%#008C01

More saturated +25%#59FF5A

Less saturated −25%#6EEA6F

Channel breakdown

R89

G255

B90

Red89 (34.9%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue120.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 59 · G FF · B 5A

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