Recognised as Colour

#72DF36

#72DF36
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#72DF36 is a green with RGB values 114, 223, 54 and HSL 99°, 73%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#72DF36#72DF36

HEX#72DF36

RGBrgb(114, 223, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.8745, 0.2118

RGB percentages44.7%, 87.5%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(98.7, 72.5%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(98.7, 75.8%, 87.5%)

CMYK48.9%, 0%, 75.8%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,528,246

CSS custom property--colour: #72DF36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.32:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#8D20C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CC09no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C348no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original

Tritanopia#6BD7BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 12.9 Green yellow · ΔE 19.4 Yellow green · ΔE 21.1 Lawn green · ΔE 21.3 Chartreuse · ΔE 22.5 Spring green · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 12.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A336DF

Analogous#C6DF36, #36DF4E

Triadic#3672DF, #DF3672

Split complementary#4E36DF, #DF36C6

Tetradic#36C6DF, #A336DF, #DF4E36

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDFBE6

Lighter +30%#CFF4BA

Lighter +20%#B0ED8E

Lighter +10%#91E662

Darker −10%#59C31F

Darker −20%#459718

Darker −30%#316B11

Darker −40%#1D3F0A

More saturated +25%#6AFC19

Less saturated −25%#7AC253

Channel breakdown

R114

G223

B54

Red114 (44.7%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue98.7°

Saturation (HSL)72.53%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 72 · G DF · B 36

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