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Recognised as Colour

#85E42B

  • #85E42B
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#85E42B is a green with RGB values 133, 228, 43 and HSL 91°, 77%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#85E42B#85E42B
HEX#85E42B
RGBrgb(133, 228, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8941, 0.1686
RGB percentages52.2%, 89.4%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(90.8, 77.4%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90.8, 81.1%, 89.4%)
CMYK41.7%, 0%, 81.1%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,774,699
CSS custom property--colour: #85E42B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60648WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.13:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#7A1BD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDD100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0CA42no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#84DBC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 13.2Lawn green · ΔE 18.3Chartreuse · ΔE 19.3Limegreen · ΔE 19.3Yellow green · ΔE 19.5Lime · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A2BE4
Analogous#E2E42B, #2BE42E
Triadic#2B85E4, #E42B85
Split complementary#2E2BE4, #E42BE1
Tetradic#2BE1E4, #8A2BE4, #E42E2B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDFBE0
Lighter +30%#D3F5B3
Lighter +20%#B9F085
Lighter +10%#9FEA58
Darker −10%#6CC319
Darker −20%#539613
Darker −30%#3A690D
Darker −40%#213B08
More saturated +25%#84FF10
Less saturated −25%#86C649

Channel breakdown

R133
G228
B43
Red133 (52.2%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue90.81°
Saturation (HSL)77.41%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 85 · G E4 · B 2B

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