Information about #516C01 color

#516C01 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#516C01 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Full Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(81, 108, 1) — 31.8% red, 42.4% green, 0.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 0 / 42 / 58. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#516C01 is a intensely saturated yellow-green that stays on the darker end of the scale. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Mud Green (#606602). Slightly further away sit Deep Apple Green (#4E5900) and Deep Olive (#595900).

The recipe behind #516C01 is rgb(81, 108, 1), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #516C01: 6.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for black. No one has named #516C01 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#516C01 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#516C01 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #516C01

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#516C01
  • RGB81, 108, 1
  • CMYK11, 0, 42, 58
  • CSSrgb(81, 108, 1)
  • HSL75°, 98%, 21%
  • HSL Precise75.14°, 98.165%, 21.373%
  • HSV75°, 99%, 42%
  • HSB75°, 99%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.004
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.424, 0.004)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.424, 0.004, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.424, 0.004)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0.4%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID516C01
  • DECIMAL ID5336065
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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