Recognised as Colour

#96CD6D

#96CD6D
Green
Light
Nearest: Light green

#96CD6D is a green with RGB values 150, 205, 109 and HSL 94°, 49%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#96CD6D#96CD6D

HEX#96CD6D

RGBrgb(150, 205, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.8039, 0.4275

RGB percentages58.8%, 80.4%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(94.4, 49%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(94.4, 46.8%, 80.4%)

CMYK26.8%, 0%, 46.8%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,882,989

CSS custom property--colour: #96CD6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#693292

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4C065no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCBC73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Tritanopia#97C6B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 16.1 Pale green · ΔE 19.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3 Yellow green · ΔE 24.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 25.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A46DCD

Analogous#C6CD6D, #6DCD74

Triadic#6D96CD, #CD6D96

Split complementary#746DCD, #CD6DC6

Tetradic#6DC6CD, #A46DCD, #CD746D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E8F4DF

Lighter +20%#CDE7B9

Lighter +10%#B1DA93

Darker −10%#7BC047

Darker −20%#629E36

Darker −30%#4B7829

Darker −40%#33521C

More saturated +25%#92E655

Less saturated −25%#9AB586

Channel breakdown

R150

G205

B109

Red150 (58.8%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue94.37°

Saturation (HSL)48.98%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 96 · G CD · B 6D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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