Information about #B5E16F color

#B5E16F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #B5E16F is classified in the Register under the Chartreuse Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 225, 111) — 71% red, 88.2% green, 43.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 17 / 0 / 45 / 12. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A strongly colored zesty chartreuse, #B5E16F has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Pale Olive Green (#B1D27B). Slightly further away sit Inchworm (#B2EC5D) and Anise (#A7D67D).

In RGB terms — rgb(181, 225, 111) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 14.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B5E16F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B5E16F color variations

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

#B5E16F 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 #B5E16F

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

Inchworm color link
Inchworm

#B2EC5D

Anise color link
Anise

#A7D67D

Greenish Tan color link
Greenish Tan

#BCCB7A

Sulu color link
Sulu

#C6EA80

June Bud color link
June Bud

#BDDA57

Poprock color link
Poprock

#C0C975

Pale Olive color link
Pale Olive

#B9CC81

Wild Willow color link
Wild Willow

#BECA60

Feijoa color link
Feijoa

#A5D785

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5E16F
  • RGB181, 225, 111
  • CMYK17, 0, 45, 12
  • CSSrgb(181, 225, 111)
  • HSL83°, 66%, 66%
  • HSL Precise83.158°, 65.517%, 65.882%
  • HSV83°, 51%, 88%
  • HSB83°, 51%, 88%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.882
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.435
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.882, 0.435)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.882, 0.435, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.882, 0.435)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB88.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB43.5%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB5E16F
  • DECIMAL ID11919727
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01