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Recognised as Colour

#96CD18

  • #96CD18
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#96CD18 is a green with RGB values 150, 205, 24 and HSL 78°, 79%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#96CD18#96CD18
HEX#96CD18
RGBrgb(150, 205, 24)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8039, 0.0941
RGB percentages58.8%, 80.4%, 9.4%
HSLhsl(78.2, 79%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(78.2, 88.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK26.8%, 0%, 88.3%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,882,904
CSS custom property--colour: #96CD18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50213WCAG 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 11.04:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#6932E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8BE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BB32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9CC3AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 6.6Green yellow · ΔE 21.8Limegreen · ΔE 29.1Lawn green · ΔE 32.6Chartreuse · ΔE 33.4Olivedrab · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4F18CD
Analogous#CDAA18, #3BCD18
Triadic#1896CD, #CD1896
Split complementary#183CCD, #A918CD
Tetradic#18CDA9, #4F18CD, #CD183C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4F7BA
Lighter +30%#D3F28C
Lighter +20%#C1EC5F
Lighter +10%#B0E731
Darker −10%#759F13
Darker −20%#53720D
Darker −30%#324408
Darker −40%#101603
More saturated +25%#9FE500
Less saturated −25%#8BB035

Channel breakdown

R150
G205
B24
Red150 (58.8%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue24 (9.4%)
Hue78.23°
Saturation (HSL)79.04%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 96 · G CD · B 18

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