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Basil #579229

#579229 · rgb(87, 146, 41)

Basil is the color #579229. In RGB it is rgb(87, 146, 41) — 34% red, 57% green and 16% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 40% cyan, 0% magenta, 72% yellow and 43% black, and in HSL it sits at 94° hue, 56% saturation and 37% lightness. Basil is not a standard CSS color name; the nearest web color is Olive Drab (#6B8E23). The closest web-safe color is #669933.

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Basil color codes

Hex#579229
RGBrgb(87, 146, 41)
RGB %34%, 57%, 16%
HSLhsl(94, 56%, 37%)
HSV / HSBhsv(94, 72%, 57%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 72%, 43%)
OKLCHoklch(60% 0.149 134)
Closest web-safe#669933

Contrast

Contrast ratio of Basil against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 3.78:1 Black text — 5.55:1

Shades, tints & tones

Shades — toward black
Tints — toward white
Tones — toward gray

Color harmonies

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