Recognised as Colour

#72D428

#72D428
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#72D428 is a green with RGB values 114, 212, 40 and HSL 94°, 68%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#72D428

RGBrgb(114, 212, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8314, 0.1569

RGB percentages44.7%, 83.1%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(94.2, 68.3%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(94.2, 81.1%, 83.1%)

CMYK46.2%, 0%, 81.1%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,525,416

CSS custom property--colour: #72D428;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.16:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#8D2BD7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCC200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFBA3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Tritanopia#6ECCB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 14.5 Yellow green · ΔE 17.5 Green yellow · ΔE 20.4 Lawn green · ΔE 23.9 Chartreuse · ΔE 25.1 Spring green · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 14.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A28D4

Analogous#C8D428, #28D434

Triadic#2872D4, #D42872

Split complementary#3428D4, #D428C8

Tetradic#28C8D4, #8A28D4, #D43428

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1F6D2

Lighter +30%#C5EEA7

Lighter +20%#AAE67C

Lighter +10%#8EDE51

Darker −10%#5BA920

Darker −20%#447E18

Darker −30%#2D5310

Darker −40%#162808

More saturated +25%#6EF408

Less saturated −25%#76B548

Channel breakdown

R114

G212

B40

Red114 (44.7%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue94.19°

Saturation (HSL)68.25%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G D4 · B 28

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