Recognised as Colour

#70DE28

#70DE28
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#70DE28 is a green with RGB values 112, 222, 40 and HSL 96°, 73%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#70DE28#70DE28

HEX#70DE28

RGBrgb(112, 222, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.8706, 0.1569

RGB percentages43.9%, 87.1%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(96.3, 73.4%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(96.3, 82%, 87.1%)

CMYK49.5%, 0%, 82%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,396,904

CSS custom property--colour: #70DE28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.17:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#8F21D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C23Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Tritanopia#6AD6BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 14.3 Green yellow · ΔE 17.7 Lawn green · ΔE 18.4 Chartreuse · ΔE 19.6 Yellow green · ΔE 22.4 Lime · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 14.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9628DE

Analogous#CBDE28, #28DE3B

Triadic#2870DE, #DE2870

Split complementary#3B28DE, #DE28CB

Tetradic#28CBDE, #9628DE, #DE3B28

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6F9D9

Lighter +30%#C8F2AD

Lighter +20%#ABEC80

Lighter +10%#8DE554

Darker −10%#59B71C

Darker −20%#448B15

Darker −30%#2E5E0F

Darker −40%#193208

More saturated +25%#6AFD09

Less saturated −25%#76BF47

Channel breakdown

R112

G222

B40

Red112 (43.9%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue96.26°

Saturation (HSL)73.39%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 70 · G DE · B 28

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