Recognised as Colour

#8AED11

#8AED11
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#8AED11 is a green with RGB values 138, 237, 17 and HSL 87°, 87%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

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HEX#8AED11

RGBrgb(138, 237, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.9294, 0.0667

RGB percentages54.1%, 92.9%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(87, 86.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(87, 92.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK41.8%, 0%, 92.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,104,657

CSS custom property--colour: #8AED11;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.2:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#7512EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD137no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8AE3CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81 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 text14.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 8.9 Lawn green · ΔE 11.5 Chartreuse · ΔE 12.3 Limegreen · ΔE 24.6 Yellow green · ΔE 25.9 Lime · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7411ED

Analogous#EDE211, #1CED11

Triadic#118AED, #ED118A

Split complementary#111CED, #E211ED

Tetradic#11EDE2, #7411ED, #ED111C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7FCCE

Lighter +30%#D0F89F

Lighter +20%#B9F56F

Lighter +10%#A1F140

Darker −10%#6EBD0E

Darker −20%#538E0A

Darker −30%#375E07

Darker −40%#1B2F03

More saturated +25%#8CFE00

Less saturated −25%#87CD31

Channel breakdown

R138

G237

B17

Red138 (54.1%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue87°

Saturation (HSL)86.61%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8A · G ED · B 11

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Colour harmonies

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