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Recognised as Colour

#8ED21E

  • #8ED21E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#8ED21E is a green with RGB values 142, 210, 30 and HSL 83°, 75%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#8ED21E#8ED21E
HEX#8ED21E
RGBrgb(142, 210, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8235, 0.1176
RGB percentages55.7%, 82.4%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(82.7, 75%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(82.7, 85.7%, 82.4%)
CMYK32.4%, 0%, 85.7%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,359,902
CSS custom property--colour: #8ED21E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#712DE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCC200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3BD36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Tritanopia#92C8B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 9.4Green yellow · ΔE 18.9Limegreen · ΔE 24.7Lawn green · ΔE 28.3Chartreuse · ΔE 29.2Olivedrab · ΔE 36.3
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#621ED2
Analogous#D2BC1E, #34D21E
Triadic#1E8ED2, #D21E8E
Split complementary#1E34D2, #BC1ED2
Tetradic#1ED2BC, #621ED2, #D21E34

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4F7C5
Lighter +30%#CFF099
Lighter +20%#BAEA6C
Lighter +10%#A6E43F
Darker −10%#70A518
Darker −20%#527911
Darker −30%#334C0B
Darker −40%#151F04
More saturated +25%#95F000
Less saturated −25%#87B43C

Channel breakdown

R142
G210
B30
Red142 (55.7%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue82.67°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G D2 · B 1E

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