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Recognised as Colour

#6B8E23

  • #6B8E23
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Named: Olivedrab

#6B8E23 is the CSS colour green with RGB values 107, 142, 35 and HSL 80°, 60%, 35%. 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

#6B8E23#6B8E23
HEX#6B8E23
RGBrgb(107, 142, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.5569, 0.1373
RGB percentages42%, 55.7%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(79.6, 60.5%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(79.6, 75.4%, 55.7%)
CMYK24.6%, 0%, 75.4%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,048,739
CSS custom property--colour: #6B8E23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.52:1
Contrast with white3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#9471DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96840Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#91822Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#708779no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 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 text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 0Olive · ΔE 17Forest green · ΔE 22.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.6Green · ΔE 24.9Dark green · ΔE 25.1
This is a named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)exact match
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableolivedrab

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#46238E
Analogous#8E7C23, #358E23
Triadic#236B8E, #8E236B
Split complementary#23358E, #7C238E
Tetradic#238E7C, #46238E, #8E2335

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCE598
Lighter +30%#B8DB6F
Lighter +20%#A4D146
Lighter +10%#8AB72D
Darker −10%#4C6519
Darker −20%#2D3C0F
Darker −30%#0F1305
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#73A40D
Less saturated −25%#637839

Channel breakdown

R107
G142
B35
Red107 (42%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue79.63°
Saturation (HSL)60.45%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G 8E · B 23

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