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Recognised as Colour

#A5E53B

  • #A5E53B
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#A5E53B is a green with RGB values 165, 229, 59 and HSL 83°, 77%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#A5E53B#A5E53B
HEX#A5E53B
RGBrgb(165, 229, 59)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.898, 0.2314
RGB percentages64.7%, 89.8%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(82.6, 76.6%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82.6, 74.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK27.9%, 0%, 74.2%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,872,123
CSS custom property--colour: #A5E53B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.87:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#5A1AC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0D514no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7D14Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AADBC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 10.7Green yellow · ΔE 15.7Limegreen · ΔE 27.7Lawn green · ΔE 28Chartreuse · ΔE 28.8Pale green · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 10.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B3BE5
Analogous#E5D03B, #50E53B
Triadic#3BA5E5, #E53BA5
Split complementary#3B50E5, #D03BE5
Tetradic#3BE5D0, #7B3BE5, #E53B50

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8FDEF
Lighter +30%#E3F7C2
Lighter +20%#CEF195
Lighter +10%#BAEB68
Darker −10%#8DD11C
Darker −20%#6FA416
Darker −30%#507710
Darker −40%#324A0A
More saturated +25%#ABFF21
Less saturated −25%#9EC957

Channel breakdown

R165
G229
B59
Red165 (64.7%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue82.59°
Saturation (HSL)76.58%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A5 · G E5 · B 3B

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