Recognised as Colour

#78DF1F

#78DF1F
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#78DF1F is a green with RGB values 120, 223, 31 and HSL 92°, 76%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#78DF1F#78DF1F

HEX#78DF1F

RGBrgb(120, 223, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8745, 0.1216

RGB percentages47.1%, 87.5%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(92.2, 75.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(92.2, 86.1%, 87.5%)

CMYK46.2%, 0%, 86.1%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,921,439

CSS custom property--colour: #78DF1F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.37:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#8720E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7CC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DAC43Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original

Tritanopia#75D6BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 15.2 Lawn green · ΔE 17.1 Limegreen · ΔE 17.3 Chartreuse · ΔE 18.3 Yellow green · ΔE 21.7 Lime · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 15.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#861FDF

Analogous#D8DF1F, #1FDF26

Triadic#1F78DF, #DF1F78

Split complementary#261FDF, #DF1FD8

Tetradic#1FD8DF, #861FDF, #DF261F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4F9D1

Lighter +30%#C9F2A5

Lighter +20%#AEEC78

Lighter +10%#93E64B

Darker −10%#60B219

Darker −20%#488513

Darker −30%#30590C

Darker −40%#182C06

More saturated +25%#76FE00

Less saturated −25%#7ABF3F

Channel breakdown

R120

G223

B31

Red120 (47.1%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue92.19°

Saturation (HSL)75.59%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 78 · G DF · B 1F

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