Recognised as Colour

#8AD605

#8AD605
Green
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#8AD605 is a green with RGB values 138, 214, 5 and HSL 82°, 95%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#8AD605

RGBrgb(138, 214, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.8392, 0.0196

RGB percentages54.1%, 83.9%, 2%

HSLhsl(81.8, 95.4%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(81.8, 97.7%, 83.9%)

CMYK35.5%, 0%, 97.7%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,098,757

CSS custom property--colour: #8AD605;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53507WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.7:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#7529FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6BF2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Tritanopia#8DCCB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 14.9 Green yellow · ΔE 15.2 Lawn green · ΔE 23.3 Limegreen · ΔE 24.1 Chartreuse · ΔE 24.2 Yellow · ΔE 38

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 14.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5105D6

Analogous#D6B905, #22D605

Triadic#058AD6, #D6058A

Split complementary#0522D6, #B905D6

Tetradic#05D6B9, #5105D6, #D60522

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DFFDAA

Lighter +30%#CCFC78

Lighter +20%#B9FB46

Lighter +10%#A6FA14

Darker −10%#6AA404

Darker −20%#4A7203

Darker −30%#2A4002

Darker −40%#090F00

More saturated +25%#8BDB00

Less saturated −25%#83BB20

Channel breakdown

R138

G214

Red138 (54.1%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue81.82°

Saturation (HSL)95.43%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8A · G D6 · B 05

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