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Recognised as Colour

#B5E555

  • #B5E555
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#B5E555 is a green with RGB values 181, 229, 85 and HSL 80°, 73%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#B5E555#B5E555
HEX#B5E555
RGBrgb(181, 229, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.898, 0.3333
RGB percentages71%, 89.8%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(80, 73.5%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(80, 62.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK21%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,920,725
CSS custom property--colour: #B5E555;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.3:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#4A1AAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1D743no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAD460no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BCDBC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 9.5Green yellow · ΔE 25.7Pale green · ΔE 27.9Light green · ΔE 28Khaki · ΔE 33.2Limegreen · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8555E5
Analogous#E5CD55, #6DE555
Triadic#55B5E5, #E555B5
Split complementary#556DE5, #CD55E5
Tetradic#55E5CD, #8555E5, #E5556D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFF9DA
Lighter +20%#DCF3AD
Lighter +10%#C8EC81
Darker −10%#A2DE29
Darker −20%#84B81C
Darker −30%#648C15
Darker −40%#445F0F
More saturated +25%#BDFE3D
Less saturated −25%#ADCD6E

Channel breakdown

R181
G229
B85
Red181 (71%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue80°
Saturation (HSL)73.47%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR B5 · G E5 · B 55

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