Recognised as Colour

#9BFB59

#9BFB59
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#9BFB59 is a green with RGB values 155, 251, 89 and HSL 96°, 95%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

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HEX#9BFB59

RGBrgb(155, 251, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.9843, 0.349

RGB percentages60.8%, 98.4%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(95.6, 95.3%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(95.6, 64.5%, 98.4%)

CMYK38.2%, 0%, 64.5%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,222,425

CSS custom property--colour: #9BFB59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.34:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#6404A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE844no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E067no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Tritanopia#99F2DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 15.7 Yellow green · ΔE 21.4 Limegreen · ΔE 22.2 Lawn green · ΔE 22.9 Chartreuse · ΔE 23.7 Pale green · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 15.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B959FB

Analogous#ECFB59, #59FB68

Triadic#599BFB, #FB599B

Split complementary#6859FB, #FB59EC

Tetradic#59ECFB, #B959FB, #FB6859

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5FFEE

Lighter +20%#D7FDBD

Lighter +10%#B9FC8B

Darker −10%#7DFA27

Darker −20%#62E806

Darker −30%#4DB704

Darker −40%#388503

More saturated +25%#9AFF55

Less saturated −25%#9FE66E

Channel breakdown

R155

G251

B89

Red155 (60.8%)

Green251 (98.4%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue95.56°

Saturation (HSL)95.29%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9B · G FB · B 59

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Colour harmonies

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