Recognised as Colour

#8CE020

#8CE020
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#8CE020 is a green with RGB values 140, 224, 32 and HSL 86°, 76%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#8CE020#8CE020

HEX#8CE020

RGBrgb(140, 224, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.8784, 0.1255

RGB percentages54.9%, 87.8%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(86.3, 75.6%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(86.3, 85.7%, 87.8%)

CMYK37.5%, 0%, 85.7%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,232,416

CSS custom property--colour: #8CE020;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.8:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#731FDF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EACE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFC83Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original

Tritanopia#8ED6BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 12.6 Yellow green · ΔE 17 Lawn green · ΔE 20.2 Chartreuse · ΔE 21.1 Limegreen · ΔE 22.3 Lime · ΔE 35.8

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 12.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7420E0

Analogous#E0D420, #2CE020

Triadic#208CE0, #E0208C

Split complementary#202CE0, #D420E0

Tetradic#20E0D4, #7420E0, #E0202C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8F9D3

Lighter +30%#D1F3A6

Lighter +20%#BAEC7A

Lighter +10%#A3E64D

Darker −10%#70B419

Darker −20%#548713

Darker −30%#385A0D

Darker −40%#1C2E06

More saturated +25%#90FF01

Less saturated −25%#88C040

Channel breakdown

R140

G224

B32

Red140 (54.9%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue86.25°

Saturation (HSL)75.59%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G E0 · B 20

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Colour values

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