#427a12

Color #427a12

A vivid, highly saturated dark green.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 12.21 Nearest Tailwind class lime-700 #497d00 · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#427a12

RGB

rgb(66, 122, 18)

HSL

hsl(92.3, 74.3%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(92.3, 85.2%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 85.2%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(45.8, -35.85, 46.14)

LCH

lch(45.8, 58.43, 127.85)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.1428, 134.77)

HWB

hwb(92.3, 7.1%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4a127a

Analogous

#767a12

#427a12

#127a16

Triadic

#427a12

#12427a

#7a1242

Split-complementary

#427a12

#16127a

#7a1276

Tetradic

#427a12

#127a4a

#4a127a

#7a1242

Square

#427a12

#12767a

#4a127a

#7a1612

Shades

Color #427a12 mixed toward black.

#37660f

#2c510c

#213d09

#162906

#0b1403

Tints

Color #427a12 mixed toward white.

#5fb01a

#7ddf28

#9de75e

#beef94

#def7c9

Tones

Color #427a12 mixed toward gray.

#43721b

#436923

#44602c

#455735

#454f3d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f6040 · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#5c5847 · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#465457 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #427a12;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#427a12]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#427a12 (#427a12) is rgb(66, 122, 18) in RGB.

No, #427a12 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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