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Recognised as Colour

#8CFB1B

  • #8CFB1B
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lawn green

#8CFB1B is a green with RGB values 140, 251, 27 and HSL 90°, 97%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lawn green.

Colour values

#8CFB1B#8CFB1B
HEX#8CFB1B
RGBrgb(140, 251, 27)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.9843, 0.1059
RGB percentages54.9%, 98.4%, 10.6%
HSLhsl(89.7, 96.6%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(89.7, 89.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK44.2%, 0%, 89.2%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,239,323
CSS custom property--colour: #8CFB1B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.93:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#7304E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#F6DD3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8AF1D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lawn green · ΔE 5.9Chartreuse · ΔE 6.4Green yellow · ΔE 10.3Lime · ΔE 23.8Limegreen · ΔE 27.5Yellow green · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourLawn green (#7CFC00)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A1BFB
Analogous#FBFA1B, #1CFB1B
Triadic#1B8CFB, #FB1B8C
Split complementary#1B1CFB, #FA1BFB
Tetradic#1BFBFA, #8A1BFB, #FB1B1C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1FFE3
Lighter +30%#D8FEB1
Lighter +20%#BFFD7F
Lighter +10%#A5FC4D
Darker −10%#72DF04
Darker −20%#59AD03
Darker −30%#3F7B02
Darker −40%#254901
More saturated +25%#8CFF17
Less saturated −25%#8CDE38

Channel breakdown

R140
G251
B27
Red140 (54.9%)
Green251 (98.4%)
Blue27 (10.6%)
Hue89.73°
Saturation (HSL)96.55%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8C · G FB · B 1B

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