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Recognised as Colour

#66E12A

  • #66E12A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#66E12A is a green with RGB values 102, 225, 42 and HSL 100°, 75%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#66E12A#66E12A
HEX#66E12A
RGBrgb(102, 225, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.4, 0.8824, 0.1647
RGB percentages40%, 88.2%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(100.3, 75.3%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(100.3, 81.3%, 88.2%)
CMYK54.7%, 0%, 81.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,742,314
CSS custom property--colour: #66E12A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.37:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#991ED5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9C341no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5BD9C0no 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 text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 12.9Lawn green · ΔE 16.8Chartreuse · ΔE 18.1Green yellow · ΔE 19.3Yellow green · ΔE 26.1Lime · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 12.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A52AE1
Analogous#C2E12A, #2AE149
Triadic#2A66E1, #E12A66
Split complementary#492AE1, #E12AC2
Tetradic#2AC2E1, #A52AE1, #E1492A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6FADD
Lighter +30%#C6F4B0
Lighter +20%#A6EE83
Lighter +10%#86E757
Darker −10%#50BD1B
Darker −20%#3D9114
Darker −30%#2A640E
Darker −40%#173708
More saturated +25%#5CFF0C
Less saturated −25%#70C348

Channel breakdown

R102
G225
B42
Red102 (40%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue100.33°
Saturation (HSL)75.31%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 66 · G E1 · B 2A

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