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Recognised as Colour

#5B8960

  • #5B8960
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#5B8960 is a green with RGB values 91, 137, 96 and HSL 127°, 20%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#5B8960#5B8960
HEX#5B8960
RGBrgb(91, 137, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.5373, 0.3765
RGB percentages35.7%, 53.7%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(126.5, 20.2%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(126.5, 33.6%, 53.7%)
CMYK33.6%, 0%, 29.9%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,998,944
CSS custom property--colour: #5B8960;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#A4769F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A815Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#837C62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#55877Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 15.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.2Cadetblue · ΔE 26.4Teal · ΔE 26.4Dark cyan · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 15.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#895B84
Analogous#6D895B, #5B8977
Triadic#605B89, #89605B
Split complementary#775B89, #895B6D
Tetradic#5B6D89, #895B84, #89775B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0E0D2
Lighter +30%#B1CCB4
Lighter +20%#93B797
Lighter +10%#74A379
Darker −10%#476A4B
Darker −20%#324C35
Darker −30%#1E2D20
Darker −40%#0A0E0A
More saturated +25%#3FA54A
Less saturated −25%#727272

Channel breakdown

R91
G137
B96
Red91 (35.7%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue126.52°
Saturation (HSL)20.18%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G 89 · B 60

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