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Recognised as Colour

#8BCD8E

  • #8BCD8E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#8BCD8E is a green with RGB values 139, 205, 142 and HSL 123°, 40%, 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

#8BCD8E#8BCD8E
HEX#8BCD8E
RGBrgb(139, 205, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8039, 0.5569
RGB percentages54.5%, 80.4%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(122.7, 39.8%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(122.7, 32.2%, 80.4%)
CMYK32.2%, 0%, 30.7%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,162,126
CSS custom property--colour: #8BCD8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.22:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#743271

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFC28Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5BB91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#84CABCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 12.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.7Light green · ΔE 20.2Pale green · ΔE 24.5Aquamarine · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 12.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD8BCA
Analogous#A9CD8B, #8BCDAF
Triadic#8E8BCD, #CD8E8B
Split complementary#AF8BCD, #CD8BA9
Tetradic#8BA9CD, #CD8BCA, #CDAF8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6FBF6
Lighter +20%#D2ECD3
Lighter +10%#AFDCB1
Darker −10%#67BE6B
Darker −20%#49A94D
Darker −30%#3A853D
Darker −40%#2A622D
More saturated +25%#76E27B
Less saturated −25%#A0B8A1

Channel breakdown

R139
G205
B142
Red139 (54.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue122.73°
Saturation (HSL)39.76%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G CD · B 8E

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