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Recognised as Colour

#78DC24

  • #78DC24
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Limegreen

#78DC24 is a green with RGB values 120, 220, 36 and HSL 93°, 72%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Limegreen.

Colour values

#78DC24#78DC24
HEX#78DC24
RGBrgb(120, 220, 36)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8627, 0.1412
RGB percentages47.1%, 86.3%, 14.1%
HSLhsl(92.6, 72.4%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(92.6, 83.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK45.5%, 0%, 83.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,920,676
CSS custom property--colour: #78DC24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.06:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#8723DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4C900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7C13Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Tritanopia#75D3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Limegreen · ΔE 16.4Green yellow · ΔE 16.5Lawn green · ΔE 19.5Yellow green · ΔE 19.7Chartreuse · ΔE 20.6Lime · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourLimegreen (#32CD32)ΔE 16.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8824DC
Analogous#D4DC24, #24DC2C
Triadic#2478DC, #DC2478
Split complementary#2C24DC, #DC24D4
Tetradic#24D4DC, #8824DC, #DC2C24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4F8D4
Lighter +30%#C9F1A8
Lighter +20%#AEEA7C
Lighter +10%#93E350
Darker −10%#60B11C
Darker −20%#488515
Darker −30%#30590E
Darker −40%#182D07
More saturated +25%#75FC04
Less saturated −25%#7BBC44

Channel breakdown

R120
G220
B36
Red120 (47.1%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue36 (14.1%)
Hue92.61°
Saturation (HSL)72.44%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G DC · B 24

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