Recognised as Colour
#18EF9D
- #18EF9D
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Medium spring green
#18EF9D is a cyan with RGB values 24, 239, 157 and HSL 157°, 87%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.
Colour values
#18EF9D#18EF9D
HEX#18EF9D
RGBrgb(24, 239, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.9373, 0.6157
RGB percentages9.4%, 93.7%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(157.1, 87%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.1, 90%, 93.7%)
CMYK90%, 0%, 34.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,634,205
CSS custom property--colour: #18EF9D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.64362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.87:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#E71062
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#EF186A
Analogous#18EF31, #18D6EF
Triadic#9D18EF, #EF9D18
Split complementary#EF18D6, #EF3118
Tetradic#3118EF, #EF186A, #D6EF18
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R24
G239
B157
Red24 (9.4%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue157.12°
Saturation (HSL)87.04%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 18 · G EF · B 9D
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