Recognised as Colour

#72DA4E

#72DA4E
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#72DA4E is a green with RGB values 114, 218, 78 and HSL 105°, 65%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#72DA4E

RGBrgb(114, 218, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8549, 0.3059

RGB percentages44.7%, 85.5%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(104.6, 65.4%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(104.6, 64.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK47.7%, 0%, 64.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,526,990

CSS custom property--colour: #72DA4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.85:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#8D25B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C83Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2BF5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Tritanopia#6AD3BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 14 Yellow green · ΔE 19.3 Pale green · ΔE 23.7 Light green · ΔE 23.9 Spring green · ΔE 26.3 Green yellow · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 13.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B64EDA

Analogous#B8DA4E, #4EDA70

Triadic#4E72DA, #DA4E72

Split complementary#704EDA, #DA4EB8

Tetradic#4EB8DA, #B64EDA, #DA704E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8FDF7

Lighter +30%#D7F4CD

Lighter +20%#B5ECA2

Lighter +10%#94E378

Darker −10%#54CB2A

Darker −20%#42A022

Darker −30%#317619

Darker −40%#1F4C10

More saturated +25%#65F533

Less saturated −25%#7FBF69

Channel breakdown

R114

G218

B78

Red114 (44.7%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue104.57°

Saturation (HSL)65.42%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G DA · B 4E

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Colour harmonies

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