Recognised as Colour

#8BEA21

#8BEA21
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#8BEA21 is a green with RGB values 139, 234, 33 and HSL 88°, 83%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

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HEX#8BEA21

RGBrgb(139, 234, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.9176, 0.1294

RGB percentages54.5%, 91.8%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(88.4, 82.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(88.4, 85.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK40.6%, 0%, 85.9%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,169,441

CSS custom property--colour: #8BEA21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.89:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#7415DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7CF3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Tritanopia#8BE0C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 9.6 Lawn green · ΔE 14.7 Chartreuse · ΔE 15.6 Yellow green · ΔE 22.5 Limegreen · ΔE 22.7 Lime · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8021EA

Analogous#EAE421, #27EA21

Triadic#218BEA, #EA218B

Split complementary#2127EA, #E421EA

Tetradic#21EAE4, #8021EA, #EA2127

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECFCDB

Lighter +30%#D4F7AD

Lighter +20%#BCF37E

Lighter +10%#A3EE50

Darker −10%#71C513

Darker −20%#56970E

Darker −30%#3C680A

Darker −40%#213A05

More saturated +25%#8CFF0C

Less saturated −25%#89CC3F

Channel breakdown

R139

G234

B33

Red139 (54.5%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue88.36°

Saturation (HSL)82.72%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8B · G EA · B 21

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