Information about #518E0F color

#518E0F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#518E0F falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(81, 142, 15) — 31.8% red, 55.7% green, 5.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 0 / 50 / 44. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#518E0F is a strongly colored yellow-green that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Avocado (#568203). Slightly further away sit Bitter Lime (#648C11) and Grass Green (#3F9B0B).

The recipe behind #518E0F is rgb(81, 142, 15), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #518E0F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#518E0F color variations

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

#518E0F 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 #518E0F

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#518E0F
  • RGB81, 142, 15
  • CMYK24, 0, 50, 44
  • CSSrgb(81, 142, 15)
  • HSL89°, 81%, 31%
  • HSL Precise88.819°, 80.892%, 30.784%
  • HSV89°, 89%, 56%
  • HSB89°, 89%, 56%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.059
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.557, 0.059)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.557, 0.059, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.557, 0.059)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.9%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID518E0F
  • DECIMAL ID5344783
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01