Recognised as Colour

#9BE006

#9BE006
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#9BE006 is a green with RGB values 155, 224, 6 and HSL 79°, 95%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#9BE006#9BE006

HEX#9BE006

RGBrgb(155, 224, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8784, 0.0235

RGB percentages60.8%, 87.8%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(79, 94.8%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(79, 97.3%, 87.8%)

CMYK30.8%, 0%, 97.3%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,215,430

CSS custom property--colour: #9BE006;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.06:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#641FF9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBCF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CA30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A1D5BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 11.6 Yellow green · ΔE 16.8 Lawn green · ΔE 22.5 Chartreuse · ΔE 23.3 Limegreen · ΔE 28.7 Yellow · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 11.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B06E0

Analogous#E0B806, #2EE006

Triadic#069BE0, #E0069B

Split complementary#062EE0, #B806E0

Tetradic#06E0B8, #4B06E0, #E0062E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6FDB5

Lighter +30%#D6FC83

Lighter +20%#C5FA52

Lighter +10%#B4F920

Darker −10%#79AE05

Darker −20%#567D03

Darker −30%#344B02

Darker −40%#121901

More saturated +25%#9DE600

Less saturated −25%#90C323

Channel breakdown

R155

G224

Red155 (60.8%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue78.99°

Saturation (HSL)94.78%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9B · G E0 · B 06

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Colour values

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