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Recognised as Colour

#8BE97F

  • #8BE97F
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#8BE97F is a green with RGB values 139, 233, 127 and HSL 113°, 71%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#8BE97F#8BE97F
HEX#8BE97F
RGBrgb(139, 233, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9137, 0.498
RGB percentages54.5%, 91.4%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(113.2, 70.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(113.2, 45.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK40.3%, 0%, 45.5%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,169,279
CSS custom property--colour: #8BE97F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.06:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#741680

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EED977no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0D086no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#82E3D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 6.4Pale green · ΔE 7.5Medium spring green · ΔE 25Medium seagreen · ΔE 26.8Yellow green · ΔE 27.1Limegreen · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 6.43, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD7FE9
Analogous#C0E97F, #7FE9A8
Triadic#7F8BE9, #E97F8B
Split complementary#A87FE9, #E97FC0
Tetradic#7FC0E9, #DD7FE9, #E9A87F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAF8D6
Lighter +10%#B2F0AB
Darker −10%#64E253
Darker −20%#3CDA28
Darker −30%#2FB11E
Darker −40%#238517
More saturated +25%#7CFC6C
Less saturated −25%#9AD692

Channel breakdown

R139
G233
B127
Red139 (54.5%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue113.21°
Saturation (HSL)70.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8B · G E9 · B 7F

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