Recognised as Colour

#68DA2A

#68DA2A
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#68DA2A is a green with RGB values 104, 218, 42 and HSL 99°, 70%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#68DA2A

RGBrgb(104, 218, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8549, 0.1647

RGB percentages40.8%, 85.5%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(98.9, 70.4%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(98.9, 80.7%, 85.5%)

CMYK52.3%, 0%, 80.7%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,871,594

CSS custom property--colour: #68DA2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53253WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.65:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#9725D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3BD40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original

Tritanopia#60D2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 11.8 Green yellow · ΔE 20.3 Lawn green · ΔE 20.3 Chartreuse · ΔE 21.6 Yellow green · ΔE 22.6 Spring green · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9C2ADA

Analogous#C0DA2A, #2ADA44

Triadic#2A68DA, #DA2A68

Split complementary#442ADA, #DA2AC0

Tetradic#2AC0DA, #9C2ADA, #DA442A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3F8D8

Lighter +30%#C4F1AC

Lighter +20%#A6E981

Lighter +10%#87E255

Darker −10%#53B21F

Darker −20%#3F8717

Darker −30%#2A5B10

Darker −40%#163008

More saturated +25%#5FF90B

Less saturated −25%#71BB49

Channel breakdown

R104

G218

B42

Red104 (40.8%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue98.86°

Saturation (HSL)70.4%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 68 · G DA · B 2A

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