Recognised as Colour

#5AFF56

#5AFF56
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#5AFF56 is a green with RGB values 90, 255, 86 and HSL 119°, 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 Limegreen.

Colour values

#5AFF56#5AFF56

HEX#5AFF56

RGBrgb(90, 255, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 1, 0.3373

RGB percentages35.3%, 100%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(118.6, 100%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(118.6, 66.3%, 100%)

CMYK64.7%, 0%, 66.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,963,606

CSS custom property--colour: #5AFF56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74366WCAG 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 15.87:1

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

Contrast with black15.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#A500A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE83Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1DB66no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.2 from the original

Tritanopia#35F8DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.3 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 text15.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 18.1 Spring green · ΔE 19.1 Lawn green · ΔE 20 Chartreuse · ΔE 20.7 Lime · ΔE 21.8 Green yellow · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 18.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FB56FF

Analogous#AFFF56, #56FFA7

Triadic#565AFF, #FF565A

Split complementary#A656FF, #FF56AF

Tetradic#56AFFF, #FB56FF, #FFA756

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFFFEF

Lighter +20%#BEFFBC

Lighter +10%#8CFF89

Darker −10%#28FF23

Darker −20%#06EF00

Darker −30%#04BC00

Darker −40%#038900

More saturated +25%#5AFF56

Less saturated −25%#6EEA6B

Channel breakdown

R90

G255

B86

Red90 (35.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue118.58°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5A · G FF · B 56

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