Recognised as Colour

#8EA244

#8EA244
Green
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#8EA244 is a green with RGB values 142, 162, 68 and HSL 73°, 41%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#8EA244#8EA244

HEX#8EA244

RGBrgb(142, 162, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.6353, 0.2667

RGB percentages55.7%, 63.5%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(72.8, 40.9%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(72.8, 58%, 63.5%)

CMYK12.3%, 0%, 58%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,347,652

CSS custom property--colour: #8EA244;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.4:1

Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#715DBB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB993Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A99A4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original

Tritanopia#959A8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 11.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 17.1 Olive · ΔE 17.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26 Dark seagreen · ΔE 29.1 Khaki · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 11.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5844A2

Analogous#A28744, #5FA244

Triadic#448EA2, #A2448E

Split complementary#445FA2, #8744A2

Tetradic#44A287, #5844A2, #A2445F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2E9C9

Lighter +30%#CED9A6

Lighter +20%#BBCA82

Lighter +10%#A7BB5E

Darker −10%#6F7E35

Darker −20%#4F5A26

Darker −30%#303617

Darker −40%#101208

More saturated +25%#9FBF27

Less saturated −25%#7D8561

Channel breakdown

R142

G162

B68

Red142 (55.7%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue72.77°

Saturation (HSL)40.87%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8E · G A2 · B 44

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#8EA244

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else