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Recognised as Colour

#6BD42E

  • #6BD42E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#6BD42E is a green with RGB values 107, 212, 46 and HSL 98°, 66%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#6BD42E#6BD42E
HEX#6BD42E
RGBrgb(107, 212, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8314, 0.1804
RGB percentages42%, 83.1%, 18%
HSLhsl(98, 65.9%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(98, 78.3%, 83.1%)
CMYK49.5%, 0%, 78.3%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,066,670
CSS custom property--colour: #6BD42E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#942BD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBC200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEB941no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Tritanopia#65CCB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 11.9Yellow green · ΔE 19.1Green yellow · ΔE 22.2Lawn green · ΔE 24.5Chartreuse · ΔE 25.8Spring green · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 11.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#972ED4
Analogous#BED42E, #2ED444
Triadic#2E6BD4, #D42E6B
Split complementary#442ED4, #D42EBE
Tetradic#2EBED4, #972ED4, #D4442E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3F7D7
Lighter +30%#C5EEAD
Lighter +20%#A7E583
Lighter +10%#89DD58
Darker −10%#55AC23
Darker −20%#40811B
Darker −30%#2B5712
Darker −40%#162D09
More saturated +25%#63F30E
Less saturated −25%#73B44E

Channel breakdown

R107
G212
B46
Red107 (42%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue97.95°
Saturation (HSL)65.87%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G D4 · B 2E

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