Recognised as Colour

#6AE155

#6AE155
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#6AE155 is a green with RGB values 106, 225, 85 and HSL 111°, 70%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#6AE155#6AE155

HEX#6AE155

RGBrgb(106, 225, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.8824, 0.3333

RGB percentages41.6%, 88.2%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(111, 70%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(111, 62.2%, 88.2%)

CMYK52.9%, 0%, 62.2%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,004,501

CSS custom property--colour: #6AE155;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5757WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.51:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#951EAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7CE45no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7C461no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5CDAC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 12.1 Spring green · ΔE 21.7 Pale green · ΔE 23.7 Yellow green · ΔE 23.7 Light green · ΔE 24.5 Medium spring green · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 12.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CC55E1

Analogous#B0E155, #55E186

Triadic#556AE1, #E1556A

Split complementary#8655E1, #E155B0

Tetradic#55B0E1, #CC55E1, #E18655

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DCF8D7

Lighter +20%#B6F0AC

Lighter +10%#90E980

Darker −10%#44D92A

Darker −20%#35B11F

Darker −30%#288518

Darker −40%#1B5A10

More saturated +25%#58FA3C

Less saturated −25%#7BC86E

Channel breakdown

R106

G225

B85

Red106 (41.6%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue111°

Saturation (HSL)70%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6A · G E1 · B 55

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