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Recognised as Colour

#8ED74A

  • #8ED74A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#8ED74A is a green with RGB values 142, 215, 74 and HSL 91°, 64%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#8ED74A#8ED74A
HEX#8ED74A
RGBrgb(142, 215, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.8431, 0.2902
RGB percentages55.7%, 84.3%, 29%
HSLhsl(91.1, 63.8%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(91.1, 65.6%, 84.3%)
CMYK34%, 0%, 65.6%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,361,226
CSS custom property--colour: #8ED74A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.97:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#7128B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0C737no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5C156no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8FCFBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 10Limegreen · ΔE 22.9Light green · ΔE 24.4Pale green · ΔE 24.8Green yellow · ΔE 26.4Olivedrab · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#934AD7
Analogous#D4D74A, #4AD74D
Triadic#4A8ED7, #D74A8E
Split complementary#4C4AD7, #D74AD5
Tetradic#4AD5D7, #934AD7, #D74D4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FCF1
Lighter +30%#DCF3C7
Lighter +20%#C2E99E
Lighter +10%#A8E074
Darker −10%#74C32B
Darker −20%#5B9922
Darker −30%#426F19
Darker −40%#2A460F
More saturated +25%#8DF32E
Less saturated −25%#8FBB66

Channel breakdown

R142
G215
B74
Red142 (55.7%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue91.06°
Saturation (HSL)63.8%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G D7 · B 4A

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