Recognised as Colour

#6B8E18

#6B8E18
Green
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#6B8E18 is a green with RGB values 107, 142, 24 and HSL 78°, 71%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

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HEX#6B8E18

RGBrgb(107, 142, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.5569, 0.0941

RGB percentages42%, 55.7%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(77.8, 71.1%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(77.8, 83.1%, 55.7%)

CMYK24.6%, 0%, 83.1%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,048,728

CSS custom property--colour: #6B8E18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.51:1

Contrast with white3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#9471E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#918225no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original

Tritanopia#708779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 3.6 Olive · ΔE 16.4 Forest green · ΔE 22.7 Green · ΔE 24.6 Dark green · ΔE 26.1 Yellow green · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 3.55, a close match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B188E

Analogous#8E7618, #308E18

Triadic#186B8E, #8E186B

Split complementary#18308E, #76188E

Tetradic#188E76, #3B188E, #8E1830

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CDEB87

Lighter +30%#BBE35C

Lighter +20%#A9DC30

Lighter +10%#8CBA1F

Darker −10%#4A6211

Darker −20%#293709

Darker −30%#080B02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#73A303

Less saturated −25%#63792D

Channel breakdown

R107

G142

B24

Red107 (42%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue77.8°

Saturation (HSL)71.08%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6B · G 8E · B 18

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