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Recognised as Colour

#6C8A23

  • #6C8A23
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olivedrab

#6C8A23 is a green with RGB values 108, 138, 35 and HSL 77°, 60%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#6C8A23#6C8A23
HEX#6C8A23
RGBrgb(108, 138, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.5412, 0.1373
RGB percentages42.4%, 54.1%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(77.5, 59.5%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(77.5, 74.6%, 54.1%)
CMYK21.7%, 0%, 74.6%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,113,251
CSS custom property--colour: #6C8A23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.3:1
Contrast with white3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#9375DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92810Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E7F2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#718376no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 2.9Olive · ΔE 15.3Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.3Forest green · ΔE 24.2Dark green · ΔE 25.5Green · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 2.87, a close match
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#41238A
Analogous#8A7423, #398A23
Triadic#236C8A, #8A236C
Split complementary#23398A, #74238A
Tetradic#238A74, #41238A, #8A2339

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDE495
Lighter +30%#BADA6C
Lighter +20%#A7CF44
Lighter +10%#8CB32D
Darker −10%#4C6119
Darker −20%#2C390E
Darker −30%#0C1004
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#75A00D
Less saturated −25%#637439

Channel breakdown

R108
G138
B35
Red108 (42.4%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue77.48°
Saturation (HSL)59.54%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6C · G 8A · B 23

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