Colour

#8CFFB9

#8CFFB9
Green
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#8CFFB9 is a green with RGB values 140, 255, 185 and HSL 143°, 100%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#8CFFB9#8CFFB9

HEX#8CFFB9

RGBrgb(140, 255, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 1, 0.7255

RGB percentages54.9%, 100%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(143.5, 100%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(143.5, 45.1%, 100%)

CMYK45.1%, 0%, 27.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,240,505

CSS custom property--colour: #8CFFB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80598WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.12:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#730046

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEEFB5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDE3BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Tritanopia#71FDECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 14 Light green · ΔE 14.6 Pale green · ΔE 15.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.2 Medium spring green · ΔE 25 Medium seagreen · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 13.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF8CD2

Analogous#98FF8C, #8CFFF3

Triadic#B98CFF, #FFB98C

Split complementary#F38CFF, #FF8C98

Tetradic#8C98FF, #FF8CD2, #FFF38C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2FFF7

Lighter +10%#BFFFD8

Darker −10%#59FF9A

Darker −20%#26FF7B

Darker −30%#00F25F

Darker −40%#00BF4B

More saturated +25%#8CFFB9

Less saturated −25%#9AF1BC

Channel breakdown

R140

G255

B185

Red140 (54.9%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue143.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8C · G FF · B B9

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