Recognised as Colour

#8CF91E

#8CF91E
Green
Light
Nearest: Lawn green

#8CF91E is a green with RGB values 140, 249, 30 and HSL 90°, 95%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lawn green.

Colour values

#8CF91E#8CF91E

HEX#8CF91E

RGBrgb(140, 249, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9765, 0.1176

RGB percentages54.9%, 97.6%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(89.9, 94.8%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(89.9, 88%, 97.6%)

CMYK43.8%, 0%, 88%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,238,814

CSS custom property--colour: #8CF91E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.68:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#7306E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DB3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original

Tritanopia#8AEFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lawn green · ΔE 7 Chartreuse · ΔE 7.7 Green yellow · ΔE 9.7 Lime · ΔE 24.7 Limegreen · ΔE 26.6 Yellow green · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourLawn green (#7CFC00)ΔE 7, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B1EF9

Analogous#F9F81E, #1EF91E

Triadic#1E8CF9, #F91E8C

Split complementary#1E1FF9, #F81EF9

Tetradic#1EF9F8, #8B1EF9, #F91E1F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2FEE5

Lighter +30%#D8FDB3

Lighter +20%#BFFC81

Lighter +10%#A5FA50

Darker −10%#72DE06

Darker −20%#59AC05

Darker −30%#3F7B03

Darker −40%#264902

More saturated +25%#8CFF18

Less saturated −25%#8CDC3B

Channel breakdown

R140

G249

B30

Red140 (54.9%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue89.86°

Saturation (HSL)94.81%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G F9 · B 1E

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Colour values

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