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Recognised as Colour

#5AE12B

  • #5AE12B
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#5AE12B is a green with RGB values 90, 225, 43 and HSL 105°, 75%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#5AE12B#5AE12B
HEX#5AE12B
RGBrgb(90, 225, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.8824, 0.1686
RGB percentages35.3%, 88.2%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(104.5, 75.2%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(104.5, 80.9%, 88.2%)
CMYK60%, 0%, 80.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,955,883
CSS custom property--colour: #5AE12B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.24:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#A51ED4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8CC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7C142no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Tritanopia#49D9C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 11.6Lawn green · ΔE 17.1Chartreuse · ΔE 18.3Green yellow · ΔE 21.6Lime · ΔE 24.8Spring green · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 11.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B22BE1
Analogous#B5E12B, #2BE157
Triadic#2B5AE1, #E12B5A
Split complementary#572BE1, #E12BB5
Tetradic#2BB5E1, #B22BE1, #E1572B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5FADE
Lighter +30%#C2F4B1
Lighter +20%#A0EE84
Lighter +10%#7DE758
Darker −10%#45BE1B
Darker −20%#359115
Darker −30%#25650E
Darker −40%#143808
More saturated +25%#4BFF0D
Less saturated −25%#69C349

Channel breakdown

R90
G225
B43
Red90 (35.3%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue104.51°
Saturation (HSL)75.21%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G E1 · B 2B

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