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Vibrant Brittany

#45aa33
Notes

Vibrant Brittany (#45AA33) is a true green with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (111°, 54%, 43%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#45aa33
RGB
rgb(69, 170, 51)
HSL
hsl(111, 54%, 43%)
HWB
hwb(111 20% 33%)
OKLCH
oklch(65.4% 0.182 140.9)
HSV
hsv(111, 70%, 67%)
LAB
lab(61.87% -51.61 50.31)
LCH
lch(61.87% 72.07 135.73)
CMYK
cmyk(59%, 0%, 70%, 33%)

Etymology

Vibrant
adjective

From the Latin vibrare, to shake — used as a color word since the seventeenth century for hues that read as alive and resonant. Vibrant orange, vibrant green: the implication is saturation combined with the optical impression of slight motion or energy. Sits at the bright-bucket center alongside vivid and lively.

Brittany
noun

The Celtic French peninsula — and the saturated green of Breton hillsides, triskel embroidery, and the Bretagne verte (green Brittany) of inland farmland. Brittany refers to a Breton hillside in spring: a saturated, slightly cool deep green with the matte finish of high-rainfall Atlantic pasture.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#45aa33
Original
#ae9b21
Protanopia
#a2923e
Deuteranopia
#37a592
Tritanopia
#8c8c8c
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.98:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
7.05:1

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