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Recognised as Colour

#66AE06

  • #66AE06
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#66AE06 is a green with RGB values 102, 174, 6 and HSL 86°, 93%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#66AE06#66AE06
HEX#66AE06
RGBrgb(102, 174, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.6824, 0.0235
RGB percentages40%, 68.2%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(85.7, 93.3%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(85.7, 96.6%, 68.2%)
CMYK41.4%, 0%, 96.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,729,222
CSS custom property--colour: #66AE06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.62:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#9951F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B69F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AC9A25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#66A693no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 14.5Limegreen · ΔE 23.6Green · ΔE 24.1Forest green · ΔE 24.2Olivedrab · ΔE 24.6Green yellow · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 14.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E06AE
Analogous#AEA206, #12AE06
Triadic#0666AE, #AE0666
Split complementary#0612AE, #A206AE
Tetradic#06AEA2, #4E06AE, #AE0612

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8FB85
Lighter +30%#B2F954
Lighter +20%#9CF723
Lighter +10%#83DF08
Darker −10%#497D04
Darker −20%#2C4B03
Darker −30%#0F1A01
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#67B400
Less saturated −25%#63981D

Channel breakdown

R102
G174
B6
Red102 (40%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue85.71°
Saturation (HSL)93.33%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 66 · G AE · B 06

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