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Recognised as Colour

#8BCC99

  • #8BCC99
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#8BCC99 is a green with RGB values 139, 204, 153 and HSL 133°, 39%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#8BCC99#8BCC99
HEX#8BCC99
RGBrgb(139, 204, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8, 0.6
RGB percentages54.5%, 80%, 60%
HSLhsl(132.9, 38.9%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(132.9, 31.9%, 80%)
CMYK31.9%, 0%, 25%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,161,881
CSS custom property--colour: #8BCC99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50975WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.19:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#743366

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDC196no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2BA9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#81CABEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 8.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.2Aquamarine · ΔE 23Light green · ΔE 25.5Sea green · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC8BBE
Analogous#9ECC8B, #8BCCBA
Triadic#998BCC, #CC998B
Split complementary#BA8BCC, #CC8B9E
Tetradic#8B9ECC, #CC8BBE, #CCBA8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FBF6
Lighter +20%#D2EBD7
Lighter +10%#AEDCB8
Darker −10%#68BC7A
Darker −20%#4AA75E
Darker −30%#3A844A
Darker −40%#2A6136
More saturated +25%#76E18D
Less saturated −25%#A0B7A5

Channel breakdown

R139
G204
B153
Red139 (54.5%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue132.92°
Saturation (HSL)38.92%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G CC · B 99

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