Recognised as Colour

#78D70E

#78D70E
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#78D70E is a green with RGB values 120, 215, 14 and HSL 88°, 88%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

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HEX#78D70E

RGBrgb(120, 215, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8431, 0.0549

RGB percentages47.1%, 84.3%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(88.4, 87.8%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(88.4, 93.5%, 84.3%)

CMYK44.2%, 0%, 93.5%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,919,374

CSS custom property--colour: #78D70E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.53:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#8728F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3BD31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Tritanopia#77CEB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 16.2 Limegreen · ΔE 18.4 Yellow green · ΔE 19.2 Lawn green · ΔE 19.6 Chartreuse · ΔE 20.8 Lime · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 16.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D0ED7

Analogous#D7D10E, #14D70E

Triadic#0E78D7, #D70E78

Split complementary#0E14D7, #D10ED7

Tetradic#0ED7D1, #6D0ED7, #D70E14

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAFAB7

Lighter +30%#C2F787

Lighter +20%#AAF457

Lighter +10%#92F127

Darker −10%#5DA70B

Darker −20%#437708

Darker −30%#284705

Darker −40%#0D1702

More saturated +25%#79E500

Less saturated −25%#76BA2B

Channel breakdown

R120

G215

B14

Red120 (47.1%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue88.36°

Saturation (HSL)87.77%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 78 · G D7 · B 0E

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