Information about #C5E771 color

#C5E771 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #C5E771 belongs to the Chartreuse Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(197, 231, 113) (77.3% red, 90.6% green, 44.3% blue), or CMYK 13 / 0 / 46 / 9 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#C5E771 presents itself as a energetic, saturated chartreuse — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Sulu (#C6EA80). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Curiosity (#D3E568) and RCAP GREEN (#D5E868).

In RGB terms — rgb(197, 231, 113) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #C5E771 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 15.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.4:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#C5E771 color variations

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

#C5E771 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 #C5E771

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

Sulu color link
Sulu

#C6EA80

Curiosity color link
Curiosity

#D3E568

RCAP GREEN color link
RCAP GREEN

#D5E868

RCAP Yellow color link
RCAP Yellow

#D6E868

Sublime color link
Sublime

#CDE65D

Hypnotic color link
Hypnotic

#D1E182

Pale Lime color link
Pale Lime

#BEFD73

Tiger Lily color link
Tiger Lily

#DDE574

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C5E771
  • RGB197, 231, 113
  • CMYK13, 0, 46, 9
  • CSSrgb(197, 231, 113)
  • HSL77°, 71%, 67%
  • HSL Precise77.288°, 71.084%, 67.451%
  • HSV77°, 51%, 91%
  • HSB77°, 51%, 91%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.906
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.443
  • GLSLvec3(0.773, 0.906, 0.443)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.773, 0.906, 0.443, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.773, 0.906, 0.443)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB90.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB44.3%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDC5E771
  • DECIMAL ID12969841
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01