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Recognised as Colour

#72F421

  • #72F421
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lawn green

#72F421 is a green with RGB values 114, 244, 33 and HSL 97°, 91%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lawn green.

Colour values

#72F421#72F421
HEX#72F421
RGBrgb(114, 244, 33)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.9569, 0.1294
RGB percentages44.7%, 95.7%, 12.9%
HSLhsl(97, 90.6%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(97, 86.5%, 95.7%)
CMYK53.3%, 0%, 86.5%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,533,601
CSS custom property--colour: #72F421;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.68:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#8D0BDE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FCDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECD440no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Tritanopia#68EBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lawn green · ΔE 6.7Chartreuse · ΔE 7.9Green yellow · ΔE 16.1Lime · ΔE 19.5Limegreen · ΔE 22.1Yellow green · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourLawn green (#7CFC00)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A321F4
Analogous#DCF421, #21F43A
Triadic#2172F4, #F42172
Split complementary#3A21F4, #F421DB
Tetradic#21DBF4, #A321F4, #F43A21

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDFEE3
Lighter +30%#CFFBB3
Lighter +20%#B0F982
Lighter +10%#91F652
Darker −10%#59D70B
Darker −20%#45A708
Darker −30%#317606
Darker −40%#1D4603
More saturated +25%#6FFF16
Less saturated −25%#79D73E

Channel breakdown

R114
G244
B33
Red114 (44.7%)
Green244 (95.7%)
Blue33 (12.9%)
Hue96.97°
Saturation (HSL)90.56%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G F4 · B 21

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