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Recognised as Colour

#8EC90F

  • #8EC90F
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#8EC90F is a green with RGB values 142, 201, 15 and HSL 79°, 86%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#8EC90F#8EC90F
HEX#8EC90F
RGBrgb(142, 201, 15)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.7882, 0.0588
RGB percentages55.7%, 78.8%, 5.9%
HSLhsl(79, 86.1%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(79, 92.5%, 78.8%)
CMYK29.4%, 0%, 92.5%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,357,583
CSS custom property--colour: #8EC90F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.51:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#7136F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4BA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCB62Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#93BFABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 7.5Green yellow · ΔE 22.4Limegreen · ΔE 27.6Lawn green · ΔE 32.1Chartreuse · ΔE 33Olivedrab · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A0FC9
Analogous#C9A70F, #31C90F
Triadic#0F8EC9, #C90F8E
Split complementary#0F31C9, #A70FC9
Tetradic#0FC9A7, #4A0FC9, #C90F31

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0F9AB
Lighter +30%#CFF57C
Lighter +20%#BDF24C
Lighter +10%#ACEE1D
Darker −10%#6C9A0B
Darker −20%#4B6A08
Darker −30%#293B04
Darker −40%#080B01
More saturated +25%#93D800
Less saturated −25%#84AE2A

Channel breakdown

R142
G201
B15
Red142 (55.7%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue15 (5.9%)
Hue79.03°
Saturation (HSL)86.11%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G C9 · B 0F

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