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Recognised as Colour

#8CB18B

  • #8CB18B
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#8CB18B is a green with RGB values 140, 177, 139 and HSL 118°, 20%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#8CB18B#8CB18B
HEX#8CB18B
RGBrgb(140, 177, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6941, 0.5451
RGB percentages54.9%, 69.4%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(118.4, 19.6%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(118.4, 21.5%, 69.4%)
CMYK20.9%, 0%, 21.5%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,220,491
CSS custom property--colour: #8CB18B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#734E74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3AA89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADA68Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#89AFA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 5.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.8Cadetblue · ΔE 24.1Dark grey · ΔE 25.3Sea green · ΔE 26.5Dark khaki · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 5.73, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B08BB1
Analogous#9FB18B, #8BB19D
Triadic#8B8CB1, #B18B8C
Split complementary#9D8BB1, #B18B9F
Tetradic#8B9FB1, #B08BB1, #B19D8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7EFE6
Lighter +20%#C8DAC8
Lighter +10%#AAC6A9
Darker −10%#6E9C6D
Darker −20%#578056
Darker −30%#426142
Darker −40%#2E432D
More saturated +25%#75C973
Less saturated −25%#9E9E9E

Channel breakdown

R140
G177
B139
Red140 (54.9%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue118.42°
Saturation (HSL)19.59%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G B1 · B 8B

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