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Recognised as Colour

#C7E55C

  • #C7E55C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#C7E55C is a green with RGB values 199, 229, 92 and HSL 73°, 72%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#C7E55C#C7E55C
HEX#C7E55C
RGBrgb(199, 229, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.898, 0.3608
RGB percentages78%, 89.8%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(73.1, 72.5%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(73.1, 59.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK13.1%, 0%, 59.8%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,100,380
CSS custom property--colour: #C7E55C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.79:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#381AA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2D94Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFD965no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D1DAC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 14.3Khaki · ΔE 26.4Light green · ΔE 30.4Pale green · ΔE 30.6Green yellow · ΔE 31.4Dark khaki · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 14.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7A5CE5
Analogous#E5BF5C, #83E55C
Triadic#5CC7E5, #E55CC7
Split complementary#5C83E5, #BF5CE5
Tetradic#5CE5BF, #7A5CE5, #E55C83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4FAE0
Lighter +20%#E5F3B4
Lighter +10%#D6EC88
Darker −10%#B8DE30
Darker −20%#9ABD1E
Darker −30%#769117
Darker −40%#526510
More saturated +25%#D4FD44
Less saturated −25%#BACD74

Channel breakdown

R199
G229
B92
Red199 (78%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue73.14°
Saturation (HSL)72.49%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C7 · G E5 · B 5C

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