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Harlequin is the name of the colour that is halfway between green and chartreuse green on the Colour wheel. On color plate 17 in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Colour, the colour harlequin is shown as being on the colour wheel precisely halfway between green and yellow-green (the colour which was formerly called yellow-green is now called chartreuse green).

The first recorded use of harlequin as a color name in English was in 1923.

Tones of harlequin color comparison chart

Name Color HEX Code Red Green Blue Hue Sat Lum
Light Harlequin #9FFF7F 159 255 127 105° 100% 75%
Brilliant Harlequin #7FFF55 127 255 85 105° 100% 67%
Bright Green (Green Hulk Buster) #66FF00 102 255 0 096° 100% 50%
Harlequin #3FFF00 63 255 0 105° 100% 50%
Pastel Green #77DD77 119 221 119 120° 60% 67%
Malachite #0BDA51 11 218 81 120° 60% 67%
Rich Harlequin #3AE500 58 229 0 105° 100% 45%
Lime Green (web color) #32CD32 50 205 50 120° 61% 50%
Deep Harlequin #33CC00 51 204 0 105° 100% 40%
Dark Pastel Green #03C03C 3 192 60 138° 97% 38%
Apple Green #4CBB17 76 187 23 101° 78% 41%
Usumbara Chameleon Harlequin #50B708 80 183 8 095° 92% 37%
Islamic Green #009900 0 153 0 120° 100% 30%
India Green #138808 19 136 8 115° 89% 28%
Medium Harlequin #44944A 68 148 74 125° 37% 42%
Forest Green (web color) #228B22 34 139 34 120° 61% 34%
Napier (Original British Racing Green) #3B7E00 59 126 0 092° 100% 25%
Sap Green #507D2A 80 125 42 093° 50% 33%
Fern Green #4F7942 79 121 66 106° 29% 37%

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