Recognised as Colour

#8CD606

#8CD606
Green
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#8CD606 is a green with RGB values 140, 214, 6 and HSL 81°, 95%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#8CD606

RGBrgb(140, 214, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8392, 0.0235

RGB percentages54.9%, 83.9%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(81.3, 94.5%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(81.3, 97.2%, 83.9%)

CMYK34.6%, 0%, 97.2%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,229,830

CSS custom property--colour: #8CD606;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.74:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#7329F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6C02Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Tritanopia#90CCB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 14.4 Green yellow · ΔE 15.3 Lawn green · ΔE 23.8 Limegreen · ΔE 24.7 Chartreuse · ΔE 24.7 Yellow · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5006D6

Analogous#D6B806, #24D606

Triadic#068CD6, #D6068C

Split complementary#0624D6, #B806D6

Tetradic#06D6B8, #5006D6, #D60624

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0FDAB

Lighter +30%#CDFB7A

Lighter +20%#BBFA48

Lighter +10%#A8F817

Darker −10%#6CA405

Darker −20%#4B7303

Darker −30%#2B4102

Darker −40%#0A1000

More saturated +25%#8EDC00

Less saturated −25%#84BB22

Channel breakdown

R140

G214

Red140 (54.9%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue81.35°

Saturation (HSL)94.55%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G D6 · B 06

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