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Recognised as Colour

#6A7E42

  • #6A7E42
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6A7E42 is a green with RGB values 106, 126, 66 and HSL 80°, 31%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#6A7E42#6A7E42
HEX#6A7E42
RGBrgb(106, 126, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.4941, 0.2588
RGB percentages41.6%, 49.4%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(80, 31.3%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(80, 47.6%, 49.4%)
CMYK15.9%, 0%, 47.6%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,979,138
CSS custom property--colour: #6A7E42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#9581BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#84773Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#817745no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6E7970no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 7.8Olivedrab · ΔE 22.6Sea green · ΔE 24.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.9Dark khaki · ΔE 26.7Olive · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 7.8, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56427E
Analogous#7E7442, #4C7E42
Triadic#426A7E, #7E426A
Split complementary#424C7E, #74427E
Tetradic#427E74, #56427E, #7E424C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCD8B4
Lighter +30%#B5C693
Lighter +20%#9EB571
Lighter +10%#869F54
Darker −10%#4E5D30
Darker −20%#323B1F
Darker −30%#161A0D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#72962A
Less saturated −25%#62665A

Channel breakdown

R106
G126
B66
Red106 (41.6%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue80°
Saturation (HSL)31.25%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G 7E · B 42

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