Colour

#8BE50F

#8BE50F
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#8BE50F is a green with RGB values 139, 229, 15 and HSL 85°, 88%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

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HEX#8BE50F

RGBrgb(139, 229, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.898, 0.0588

RGB percentages54.5%, 89.8%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(85.2, 87.7%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(85.2, 93.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK39.3%, 0%, 93.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,168,143

CSS custom property--colour: #8BE50F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61562WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.31:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#741AF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3CB35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Tritanopia#8CDBC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 9.9 Lawn green · ΔE 15.8 Chartreuse · ΔE 16.7 Yellow green · ΔE 21.6 Limegreen · ΔE 23.8 Lime · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#690FE5

Analogous#E5D40F, #20E50F

Triadic#0F8BE5, #E50F8B

Split complementary#0F20E5, #D40FE5

Tetradic#0FE5D4, #690FE5, #E50F20

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4FBC5

Lighter +30%#CEF895

Lighter +20%#B8F565

Lighter +10%#A2F235

Darker −10%#6EB50C

Darker −20%#518509

Darker −30%#345506

Darker −40%#172602

More saturated +25%#8DF400

Less saturated −25%#86C72E

Channel breakdown

R139

G229

B15

Red139 (54.5%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue85.23°

Saturation (HSL)87.7%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G E5 · B 0F

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