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Recognised as Colour

#87ED09

  • #87ED09
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#87ED09 is a green with RGB values 135, 237, 9 and HSL 87°, 93%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#87ED09#87ED09
HEX#87ED09
RGBrgb(135, 237, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.9294, 0.0353
RGB percentages52.9%, 92.9%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(86.8, 92.7%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86.8, 96.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK43%, 0%, 96.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,908,041
CSS custom property--colour: #87ED09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.15:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#7812F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F7D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9D135no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Tritanopia#86E3CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 9.7Lawn green · ΔE 10.4Chartreuse · ΔE 11.3Limegreen · ΔE 24.7Yellow green · ΔE 27Lime · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6F09ED
Analogous#EDE109, #15ED09
Triadic#0987ED, #ED0987
Split complementary#0915ED, #E109ED
Tetradic#09EDE1, #6F09ED, #ED0915

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4FDC5
Lighter +30%#CDFB94
Lighter +20%#B6F963
Lighter +10%#9FF732
Darker −10%#6BBC07
Darker −20%#4F8B05
Darker −30%#335A03
Darker −40%#172802
More saturated +25%#88F600
Less saturated −25%#84CE28

Channel breakdown

R135
G237
B9
Red135 (52.9%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue86.84°
Saturation (HSL)92.68%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 87 · G ED · B 09

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