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Recognised as Colour

#08E609

  • #08E609
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lime

#08E609 is a green with RGB values 8, 230, 9 and HSL 120°, 93%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lime.

Colour values

#08E609#08E609
HEX#08E609
RGBrgb(8, 230, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.902, 0.0353
RGB percentages3.1%, 90.2%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(120.3, 93.3%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120.3, 96.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK96.5%, 0%, 96.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer583,177
CSS custom property--colour: #08E609;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56665WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.33:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#F719F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBCF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7C136no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73 from the original
Tritanopia#00DFC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lime · ΔE 12.5Lawn green · ΔE 16.9Chartreuse · ΔE 17.8Limegreen · ΔE 20.5Green yellow · ΔE 29.9Spring green · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourLime (#00FF00)ΔE 12.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E608E5
Analogous#76E608, #08E678
Triadic#0908E6, #E60908
Split complementary#7808E6, #E60876
Tetradic#0876E6, #E608E5, #E67808

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDFDBE
Lighter +30%#8CFB8D
Lighter +20%#5BF95B
Lighter +10%#29F82A
Darker −10%#06B507
Darker −20%#058305
Darker −30%#035203
Darker −40%#012101
More saturated +25%#00EE01
Less saturated −25%#26C826

Channel breakdown

R8
G230
B9
Red8 (3.1%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue120.27°
Saturation (HSL)93.28%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 08 · G E6 · B 09

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