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Recognised as Colour

#72E503

  • #72E503
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lawn green

#72E503 is a green with RGB values 114, 229, 3 and HSL 91°, 97%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lawn green.

Colour values

#72E503#72E503
HEX#72E503
RGBrgb(114, 229, 3)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.898, 0.0118
RGB percentages44.7%, 89.8%, 1.2%
HSLhsl(90.5, 97.4%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90.5, 98.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK50.2%, 0%, 98.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,529,731
CSS custom property--colour: #72E503;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#8D1AFC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDD100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFC733no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6CDCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lawn green · ΔE 10.9Chartreuse · ΔE 12.1Green yellow · ΔE 14.7Limegreen · ΔE 20.1Lime · ΔE 24.8Yellow green · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourLawn green (#7CFC00)ΔE 10.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7603E5
Analogous#E3E503, #03E505
Triadic#0372E5, #E50372
Split complementary#0503E5, #E503E3
Tetradic#03E3E5, #7603E5, #E50503

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9FEB6
Lighter +30%#BFFD84
Lighter +20%#A5FD51
Lighter +10%#8CFC1F
Darker −10%#59B302
Darker −20%#408002
Darker −30%#274E01
Darker −40%#0E1C00
More saturated +25%#72E800
Less saturated −25%#73C820

Channel breakdown

R114
G229
B3
Red114 (44.7%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue3 (1.2%)
Hue90.53°
Saturation (HSL)97.41%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G E5 · B 03

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