Colour

#8BE12F

#8BE12F
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#8BE12F is a green with RGB values 139, 225, 47 and HSL 89°, 75%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#8BE12F#8BE12F

HEX#8BE12F

RGBrgb(139, 225, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.8824, 0.1843

RGB percentages54.5%, 88.2%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(89, 74.8%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(89, 79.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK38.2%, 0%, 79.1%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,167,151

CSS custom property--colour: #8BE12F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.91:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#741ED0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EACF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFC843no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Tritanopia#8CD8C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 14.4 Yellow green · ΔE 15.8 Limegreen · ΔE 20.5 Lawn green · ΔE 21.8 Chartreuse · ΔE 22.8 Pale green · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#852FE1

Analogous#E1DE2F, #32E12F

Triadic#2F8BE1, #E12F8B

Split complementary#2F32E1, #DE2FE1

Tetradic#2FE1DE, #852FE1, #E12F32

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEFBE1

Lighter +30%#D6F4B5

Lighter +20%#BDEE88

Lighter +10%#A4E75C

Darker −10%#71C11C

Darker −20%#579515

Darker −30%#3D680F

Darker −40%#233B09

More saturated +25%#8CFF11

Less saturated −25%#8AC34D

Channel breakdown

R139

G225

B47

Red139 (54.5%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue88.99°

Saturation (HSL)74.79%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G E1 · B 2F

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Colour values

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