Colour

#9BF9B9

#9BF9B9
Green
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#9BF9B9 is a green with RGB values 155, 249, 185 and HSL 139°, 89%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#9BF9B9#9BF9B9

HEX#9BF9B9

RGBrgb(155, 249, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.9765, 0.7255

RGB percentages60.8%, 97.6%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(139.1, 88.7%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(139.1, 37.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK37.8%, 0%, 25.7%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,222,009

CSS custom property--colour: #9BF9B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.64:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#640646

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9EBB5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAE1BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Tritanopia#89F7E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 13.2 Light green · ΔE 16.3 Pale green · ΔE 17.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.9 Medium seagreen · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 13.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F99BDB

Analogous#ACF99B, #9BF9E8

Triadic#B99BF9, #F9B99B

Split complementary#E89BF9, #F99BAC

Tetradic#9BACF9, #F99BDB, #F9E89B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFFFC

Lighter +10%#CBFCDB

Darker −10%#6BF697

Darker −20%#3BF376

Darker −30%#0EED55

Darker −40%#0BBD44

More saturated +25%#95FFB7

Less saturated −25%#A8ECBE

Channel breakdown

R155

G249

B185

Red155 (60.8%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue139.15°

Saturation (HSL)88.68%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9B · G F9 · B B9

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