Recognised as Colour

#8CD50F

#8CD50F
Green
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#8CD50F is a green with RGB values 140, 213, 15 and HSL 82°, 87%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#8CD50F

RGBrgb(140, 213, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8353, 0.0588

RGB percentages54.9%, 83.5%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(82.1, 86.8%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(82.1, 93%, 83.5%)

CMYK34.3%, 0%, 93%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,229,583

CSS custom property--colour: #8CD50F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.64:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#732AF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5BF30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Tritanopia#90CBB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 13.2 Green yellow · ΔE 16.1 Limegreen · ΔE 24.4 Lawn green · ΔE 24.8 Chartreuse · ΔE 25.7 Yellow · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 13.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#580FD5

Analogous#D5BB0F, #29D50F

Triadic#0F8CD5, #D50F8C

Split complementary#0F29D5, #BB0FD5

Tetradic#0FD5BB, #580FD5, #D50F29

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1FAB6

Lighter +30%#CDF786

Lighter +20%#BAF357

Lighter +10%#A6F027

Darker −10%#6DA50C

Darker −20%#4D7608

Darker −30%#2E4605

Darker −40%#0F1602

More saturated +25%#90E400

Less saturated −25%#85B92C

Channel breakdown

R140

G213

B15

Red140 (54.9%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue82.12°

Saturation (HSL)86.84%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G D5 · B 0F

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Colour values

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