Information about #518D15 color

#518D15 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #518D15 is classified in the Register under the Chartreuse Color Family, with High Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(81, 141, 21) — 31.8% red, 55.3% green, 8.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 0 / 47 / 45. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A strongly colored yellow-green, #518D15 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Bitter Lime (#648C11). Slightly further away sit Kakapo (#5C9625) and Avocado (#568203).

The recipe behind #518D15 is rgb(81, 141, 21), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #518D15 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#518D15 color variations

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

#518D15 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 #518D15

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

Bitter Lime color link
Bitter Lime

#648C11

Kakapo color link
Kakapo

#5C9625

Avocado color link
Avocado

#568203

NvidiaCoin color link
NvidiaCoin

#5A8C00

Vida Loca color link
Vida Loca

#5F9228

Grass Green color link
Grass Green

#3F9B0B

Limeade color link
Limeade

#5F9727

La Palma color link
La Palma

#428929

Mossy Green color link
Mossy Green

#638B27

Sap Green color link
Sap Green

#507D2A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#518D15
  • RGB81, 141, 21
  • CMYK24, 0, 47, 45
  • CSSrgb(81, 141, 21)
  • HSL90°, 74%, 32%
  • HSL Precise90°, 74.074%, 31.765%
  • HSV90°, 85%, 55%
  • HSB90°, 85%, 55%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.553
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.082
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.553, 0.082)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.553, 0.082, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.553, 0.082)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB8.2%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID518D15
  • DECIMAL ID5344533
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01