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Recognised as Colour

#8DF42C

  • #8DF42C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#8DF42C is a green with RGB values 141, 244, 44 and HSL 91°, 90%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#8DF42C#8DF42C
HEX#8DF42C
RGBrgb(141, 244, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.9569, 0.1725
RGB percentages55.3%, 95.7%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(90.9, 90.1%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90.9, 82%, 95.7%)
CMYK42.2%, 0%, 82%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,303,084
CSS custom property--colour: #8DF42C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#720BD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FEE000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0D845no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8CEAD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 8.9Lawn green · ΔE 11.5Chartreuse · ΔE 12.4Limegreen · ΔE 23.5Yellow green · ΔE 26.1Lime · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#932CF4
Analogous#F1F42C, #2CF42F
Triadic#2C8DF4, #F42C8D
Split complementary#2F2CF4, #F42CF1
Tetradic#2CF1F4, #932CF4, #F42F2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FEEE
Lighter +30%#DCFCBD
Lighter +20%#C1F98D
Lighter +10%#A7F75C
Darker −10%#73E10C
Darker −20%#5AB109
Darker −30%#428007
Darker −40%#295004
More saturated +25%#8DFF21
Less saturated −25%#8ED848

Channel breakdown

R141
G244
B44
Red141 (55.3%)
Green244 (95.7%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue90.9°
Saturation (HSL)90.09%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8D · G F4 · B 2C

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