Recognised as Colour

#74DB05

#74DB05
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#74DB05 is a green with RGB values 116, 219, 5 and HSL 89°, 96%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

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HEX#74DB05

RGBrgb(116, 219, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8588, 0.0196

RGB percentages45.5%, 85.9%, 2%

HSLhsl(88.9, 95.5%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(88.9, 97.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK47%, 0%, 97.7%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,658,245

CSS custom property--colour: #74DB05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1

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

Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#8B24FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C030no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original

Tritanopia#71D2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.1 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 15.5 Lawn green · ΔE 16.4 Chartreuse · ΔE 17.6 Limegreen · ΔE 18.4 Yellow green · ΔE 22.6 Lime · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 15.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C05DB

Analogous#DBD705, #09DB05

Triadic#0574DB, #DB0574

Split complementary#0509DB, #D705DB

Tetradic#05DBD7, #6C05DB, #DB0509

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7FDAF

Lighter +30%#BFFC7D

Lighter +20%#A6FB4B

Lighter +10%#8EFA19

Darker −10%#5AA904

Darker −20%#3F7703

Darker −30%#254502

Darker −40%#0A1400

More saturated +25%#74E000

Less saturated −25%#73BF21

Channel breakdown

R116

G219

Red116 (45.5%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue88.88°

Saturation (HSL)95.54%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 74 · G DB · B 05

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Colour values

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