Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#8BC500

  • #8BC500
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#8BC500 is a green with RGB values 139, 197, 0 and HSL 78°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#8BC500#8BC500
HEX#8BC500
RGBrgb(139, 197, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7725, 0
RGB percentages54.5%, 77.3%, 0%
HSLhsl(77.7, 100%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(77.7, 100%, 77.3%)
CMYK29.4%, 0%, 100%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,159,936
CSS custom property--colour: #8BC500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.08:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#743AFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFB600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8B228no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#91BBA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 8.1Green yellow · ΔE 23.4Limegreen · ΔE 28Olivedrab · ΔE 32.7Lawn green · ΔE 32.8Chartreuse · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 8.12, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A00C5
Analogous#C59D00, #28C500
Triadic#008BC5, #C5008B
Split complementary#0029C5, #9C00C5
Tetradic#00C59C, #3A00C5, #C50029

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFFF92
Lighter +30%#D0FF5F
Lighter +20%#C1FF2C
Lighter +10%#AFF800
Darker −10%#679200
Darker −20%#435F00
Darker −30%#1F2C00
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8BC500
Less saturated −25%#81AC19

Channel breakdown

R139
G197
B0
Red139 (54.5%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue77.66°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G C5 · B 00

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “8bc500” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.