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Recognised as Colour

#8CA74A

  • #8CA74A
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olivedrab

#8CA74A is a green with RGB values 140, 167, 74 and HSL 77°, 39%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#8CA74A#8CA74A
HEX#8CA74A
RGBrgb(140, 167, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6549, 0.2902
RGB percentages54.9%, 65.5%, 29%
HSLhsl(77.4, 38.6%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(77.4, 55.7%, 65.5%)
CMYK16.2%, 0%, 55.7%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,217,866
CSS custom property--colour: #8CA74A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#7358B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B09E41no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#AC9D50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#92A092no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 12.2Dark khaki · ΔE 18.2Olive · ΔE 21Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.3Yellow green · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 12.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#654AA7
Analogous#A7934A, #5EA74A
Triadic#4A8CA7, #A74A8C
Split complementary#4A5EA7, #934AA7
Tetradic#4AA793, #654AA7, #A74A5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4EBD2
Lighter +30%#CEDBAF
Lighter +20%#B9CC8B
Lighter +10%#A4BC68
Darker −10%#6E843A
Darker −20%#51602B
Darker −30%#333D1B
Darker −40%#151A0B
More saturated +25%#99C52C
Less saturated −25%#7F8968

Channel breakdown

R140
G167
B74
Red140 (54.9%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue77.42°
Saturation (HSL)38.59%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G A7 · B 4A

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