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Recognised as Colour

#8EF230

  • #8EF230
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#8EF230 is a green with RGB values 142, 242, 48 and HSL 91°, 88%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#8EF230#8EF230
HEX#8EF230
RGBrgb(142, 242, 48)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.949, 0.1882
RGB percentages55.7%, 94.9%, 18.8%
HSLhsl(90.9, 88.2%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90.9, 80.2%, 94.9%)
CMYK41.3%, 0%, 80.2%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,368,112
CSS custom property--colour: #8EF230;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.89:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#710DCF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FCDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#EED647no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8DE8CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 9.2Lawn green · ΔE 13.5Chartreuse · ΔE 14.4Limegreen · ΔE 22.6Yellow green · ΔE 24.2Lime · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9430F2
Analogous#EFF230, #30F233
Triadic#308EF2, #F2308E
Split complementary#3330F2, #F230EF
Tetradic#30EFF2, #9430F2, #F23330

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FEF0
Lighter +30%#DDFBC0
Lighter +20%#C2F890
Lighter +10%#A8F560
Darker −10%#74E10E
Darker −20%#5BB10B
Darker −30%#438108
Darker −40%#2A5105
More saturated +25%#8EFF23
Less saturated −25%#8FD64C

Channel breakdown

R142
G242
B48
Red142 (55.7%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue48 (18.8%)
Hue90.93°
Saturation (HSL)88.18%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 8E · G F2 · B 30

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