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Recognised as Colour

#99FF9C

  • #99FF9C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale green

#99FF9C is a green with RGB values 153, 255, 156 and HSL 122°, 100%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale green.

Colour values

#99FF9C#99FF9C
HEX#99FF9C
RGBrgb(153, 255, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 1, 0.6118
RGB percentages60%, 100%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(121.8, 100%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(121.8, 40%, 100%)
CMYK40%, 0%, 38.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,092,444
CSS custom property--colour: #99FF9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.14:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#660063

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEE95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#F4E4A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8CFAE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale green · ΔE 1.5Light green · ΔE 6.2Medium spring green · ΔE 22.8Aquamarine · ΔE 28.7Spring green · ΔE 29.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale green (#98FB98)ΔE 1.52, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF99FC
Analogous#C9FF99, #99FFCF
Triadic#9C99FF, #FF9C99
Split complementary#CF99FF, #FF99C9
Tetradic#99C9FF, #FF99FC, #FFCF99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CCFFCE
Darker −10%#66FF6A
Darker −20%#33FF39
Darker −30%#00FF07
Darker −40%#00CC06
More saturated +25%#99FF9C
Less saturated −25%#A6F2A8

Channel breakdown

R153
G255
B156
Red153 (60%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue121.76°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G FF · B 9C

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