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Recognised as Colour

#8CF300

  • #8CF300
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lawn green

#8CF300 is a green with RGB values 140, 243, 0 and HSL 85°, 100%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lawn green.

Colour values

#8CF300#8CF300
HEX#8CF300
RGBrgb(140, 243, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9529, 0
RGB percentages54.9%, 95.3%, 0%
HSLhsl(85.4, 100%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(85.4, 100%, 95.3%)
CMYK42.4%, 0%, 100%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,237,248
CSS custom property--colour: #8CF300;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.94:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#730CFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FDDF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0D735no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original
Tritanopia#8CE9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lawn green · ΔE 8.4Chartreuse · ΔE 9Green yellow · ΔE 9.1Lime · ΔE 26.4Limegreen · ΔE 27.3Yellow green · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourLawn green (#7CFC00)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6700F3
Analogous#F3E000, #13F300
Triadic#008CF3, #F3008C
Split complementary#0013F3, #E100F3
Tetradic#00F3E0, #6700F3, #F30012

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4FFC0
Lighter +30%#CFFF8D
Lighter +20%#B9FF5A
Lighter +10%#A3FF27
Darker −10%#6FC000
Darker −20%#518D00
Darker −30%#345A00
Darker −40%#162700
More saturated +25%#8CF300
Less saturated −25%#87D51E

Channel breakdown

R140
G243
B0
Red140 (54.9%)
Green243 (95.3%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue85.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G F3 · B 00

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