Recognised as Colour

#8EA72E

#8EA72E
Green
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#8EA72E is a green with RGB values 142, 167, 46 and HSL 72°, 57%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

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HEX#8EA72E

RGBrgb(142, 167, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.6549, 0.1804

RGB percentages55.7%, 65.5%, 18%

HSLhsl(72.4, 56.8%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(72.4, 72.5%, 65.5%)

CMYK15%, 0%, 72.5%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,348,910

CSS custom property--colour: #8EA72E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#7158D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B19D18no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AE9D38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#969E8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 12.3 Olive · ΔE 17.7 Yellow green · ΔE 20.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.2 Forest green · ΔE 30.3 Khaki · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 12.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#472EA7

Analogous#A7842E, #51A72E

Triadic#2E8EA7, #A72E8E

Split complementary#2E51A7, #842EA7

Tetradic#2EA784, #472EA7, #A72E51

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0EBB6

Lighter +30%#CFE08E

Lighter +20%#BED566

Lighter +10%#ADCA3E

Darker −10%#6C7F23

Darker −20%#4A5718

Darker −30%#282F0D

Darker −40%#060702

More saturated +25%#9EC213

Less saturated −25%#7E8C49

Channel breakdown

R142

G167

B46

Red142 (55.7%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue72.4°

Saturation (HSL)56.81%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 8E · G A7 · B 2E

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