Recognised as Colour

#5E8C15

#5E8C15
Green
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#5E8C15 is a green with RGB values 94, 140, 21 and HSL 83°, 74%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#5E8C15#5E8C15

HEX#5E8C15

RGBrgb(94, 140, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.549, 0.0824

RGB percentages36.9%, 54.9%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(83.2, 73.9%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(83.2, 85%, 54.9%)

CMYK32.9%, 0%, 85%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,196,245

CSS custom property--colour: #5E8C15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1

Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#A173EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#938100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D7E23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Tritanopia#618577no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 5.9 Forest green · ΔE 18.2 Green · ΔE 19.9 Olive · ΔE 20.8 Dark green · ΔE 22.4 Yellow green · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 5.9, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#43158C

Analogous#8C7F15, #238C15

Triadic#155E8C, #8C155E

Split complementary#15238C, #7F158C

Tetradic#158C7F, #43158C, #8C1522

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3EC81

Lighter +30%#ADE555

Lighter +20%#98DF28

Lighter +10%#7CB81C

Darker −10%#40600E

Darker −20%#223308

Darker −30%#050701

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#63A001

Less saturated −25%#597829

Channel breakdown

R94

G140

B21

Red94 (36.9%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue83.19°

Saturation (HSL)73.91%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5E · G 8C · B 15

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