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Recognised as Colour

#99BC97

  • #99BC97
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#99BC97 is a green with RGB values 153, 188, 151 and HSL 117°, 22%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#99BC97#99BC97
HEX#99BC97
RGBrgb(153, 188, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7373, 0.5922
RGB percentages60%, 73.7%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(116.8, 21.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(116.8, 19.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK18.6%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,075,287
CSS custom property--colour: #99BC97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.99:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#664368

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEB595no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8B199no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#96BAB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 5.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.7Dark grey · ΔE 24.4Silver · ΔE 24.6Cadetblue · ΔE 25.2Tan · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 5.83, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA97BC
Analogous#ACBC97, #97BCA8
Triadic#9799BC, #BC9799
Split complementary#A897BC, #BC97AC
Tetradic#97ACBC, #BA97BC, #BCA897

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F8F4
Lighter +20%#D6E4D5
Lighter +10%#B7D0B6
Darker −10%#7BA878
Darker −20%#60905D
Darker −30%#4B7149
Darker −40%#365235
More saturated +25%#86D182
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R153
G188
B151
Red153 (60%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue116.76°
Saturation (HSL)21.64%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G BC · B 97

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