Recognised as Colour

#78DA4E

#78DA4E
Green
Light
Nearest: Limegreen

#78DA4E is a green with RGB values 120, 218, 78 and HSL 102°, 65%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#78DA4E

RGBrgb(120, 218, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8549, 0.3059

RGB percentages47.1%, 85.5%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(102, 65.4%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(102, 64.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK45%, 0%, 64.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,920,206

CSS custom property--colour: #78DA4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.94:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#8725B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C83Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4C05Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Tritanopia#72D3BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 15.6 Yellow green · ΔE 17.6 Pale green · ΔE 23.4 Light green · ΔE 23.6 Green yellow · ΔE 27.1 Spring green · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 15.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B04EDA

Analogous#BEDA4E, #4EDA6A

Triadic#4E78DA, #DA4E78

Split complementary#6A4EDA, #DA4EBE

Tetradic#4EBEDA, #B04EDA, #DA6A4E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9FDF7

Lighter +30%#D9F4CD

Lighter +20%#B8ECA2

Lighter +10%#98E378

Darker −10%#5ACB2A

Darker −20%#48A022

Darker −30%#357619

Darker −40%#224C10

More saturated +25%#6DF533

Less saturated −25%#83BF69

Channel breakdown

R120

G218

B78

Red120 (47.1%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue102°

Saturation (HSL)65.42%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 78 · G DA · B 4E

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