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Recognised as Colour

#8CF00A

  • #8CF00A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#8CF00A is a green with RGB values 140, 240, 10 and HSL 86°, 92%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#8CF00A#8CF00A
HEX#8CF00A
RGBrgb(140, 240, 10)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9412, 0.0392
RGB percentages54.9%, 94.1%, 3.9%
HSLhsl(86.1, 92%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86.1, 95.8%, 94.1%)
CMYK41.7%, 0%, 95.8%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,236,490
CSS custom property--colour: #8CF00A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.58:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#730FF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FADC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#EDD436no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original
Tritanopia#8CE6CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 8.6Lawn green · ΔE 10.1Chartreuse · ΔE 10.9Limegreen · ΔE 26.1Yellow green · ΔE 27.5Lime · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E0AF0
Analogous#F0E10A, #19F00A
Triadic#0A8CF0, #F00A8C
Split complementary#0A19F0, #E10AF0
Tetradic#0AF0E1, #6E0AF0, #F00A19

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6FDC9
Lighter +30%#D0FB98
Lighter +20%#B9F967
Lighter +10%#A3F736
Darker −10%#6FBF08
Darker −20%#538E06
Darker −30%#365D04
Darker −40%#1A2C02
More saturated +25%#8DFA00
Less saturated −25%#88D129

Channel breakdown

R140
G240
B10
Red140 (54.9%)
Green240 (94.1%)
Blue10 (3.9%)
Hue86.09°
Saturation (HSL)92%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G F0 · B 0A

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