Colour

#99CC8A

#99CC8A
Green
Light
Nearest: Dark seagreen

#99CC8A is a green with RGB values 153, 204, 138 and HSL 106°, 39%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#99CC8A#99CC8A

HEX#99CC8A

RGBrgb(153, 204, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8, 0.5412

RGB percentages60%, 80%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(106.4, 39.3%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(106.4, 32.4%, 80%)

CMYK25%, 0%, 32.4%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,079,370

CSS custom property--colour: #99CC8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.36:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#663375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0C286no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8BD8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Tritanopia#97C8BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 12.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.6 Light green · ΔE 21.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 12.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BD8ACC

Analogous#BACC8A, #8ACC9C

Triadic#8A99CC, #CC8A99

Split complementary#9C8ACC, #CC8ABA

Tetradic#8ABACC, #BD8ACC, #CC9C8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6FAF5

Lighter +20%#D7EBD1

Lighter +10%#B8DBAE

Darker −10%#7ABD66

Darker −20%#5EA749

Darker −30%#4A8439

Darker −40%#36602A

More saturated +25%#8EE175

Less saturated −25%#A4B79F

Channel breakdown

R153

G204

B138

Red153 (60%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue106.36°

Saturation (HSL)39.29%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G CC · B 8A

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