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Recognised as Colour

#8BB97B

  • #8BB97B
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#8BB97B is a green with RGB values 139, 185, 123 and HSL 105°, 31%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#8BB97B#8BB97B
HEX#8BB97B
RGBrgb(139, 185, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7255, 0.4824
RGB percentages54.5%, 72.5%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(104.5, 30.7%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(104.5, 33.5%, 72.5%)
CMYK24.9%, 0%, 33.5%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,156,987
CSS custom property--colour: #8BB97B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.32:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#744684

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDAF77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6AB7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#89B5A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 9.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 22Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.2Dark khaki · ΔE 22.3Sea green · ΔE 23.8Light green · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 9.34, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A97BB9
Analogous#AAB97B, #7BB98A
Triadic#7B8BB9, #B97B8B
Split complementary#8A7BB9, #B97BAA
Tetradic#7BAAB9, #A97BB9, #B98A7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3EEDF
Lighter +20%#C6DCBE
Lighter +10%#A8CB9C
Darker −10%#6EA75A
Darker −20%#588747
Darker −30%#426536
Darker −40%#2C4424
More saturated +25%#7FD262
Less saturated −25%#97A094

Channel breakdown

R139
G185
B123
Red139 (54.5%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue104.52°
Saturation (HSL)30.69%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G B9 · B 7B

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