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Recognised as Colour

#72D469

  • #72D469
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#72D469 is a green with RGB values 114, 212, 105 and HSL 115°, 55%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#72D469#72D469
HEX#72D469
RGBrgb(114, 212, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8314, 0.4118
RGB percentages44.7%, 83.1%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(115, 55.4%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(115, 50.5%, 83.1%)
CMYK46.2%, 0%, 50.5%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,525,481
CSS custom property--colour: #72D469;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#8D2B96

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8C460no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBBB70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#67CEBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 12.2Pale green · ΔE 14.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.9Limegreen · ΔE 25.1Yellow green · ΔE 25.6Medium spring green · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 12.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB69D4
Analogous#A8D469, #69D495
Triadic#6972D4, #D46972
Split complementary#9569D4, #D469A8
Tetradic#69A8D4, #CB69D4, #D49569

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2F6E0
Lighter +20%#BDEBB8
Lighter +10%#97DF91
Darker −10%#4DC941
Darker −20%#3AA730
Darker −30%#2C7F25
Darker −40%#1E5819
More saturated +25%#5EEC51
Less saturated −25%#86BC81

Channel breakdown

R114
G212
B105
Red114 (44.7%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue114.95°
Saturation (HSL)55.44%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G D4 · B 69

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