Recognised as Colour

#9CD27C

#9CD27C
Green
Light
Nearest: Light green

#9CD27C is a green with RGB values 156, 210, 124 and HSL 98°, 49%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#9CD27C#9CD27C

HEX#9CD27C

RGBrgb(156, 210, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.8235, 0.4863

RGB percentages61.2%, 82.4%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(97.7, 48.9%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(97.7, 41%, 82.4%)

CMYK25.7%, 0%, 41%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,277,500

CSS custom property--colour: #9CD27C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.92:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#632D83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C676no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0C181no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Tritanopia#9CCCBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 15.6 Pale green · ΔE 19.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.1 Medium seagreen · ΔE 24.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.7 Khaki · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 15.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B27CD2

Analogous#C7D27C, #7CD287

Triadic#7C9CD2, #D27C9C

Split complementary#877CD2, #D27CC7

Tetradic#7CC7D2, #B27CD2, #D2877C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2F9EE

Lighter +20%#D5ECC8

Lighter +10%#B9DFA2

Darker −10%#7FC556

Darker −20%#66AD3B

Darker −30%#4F872E

Darker −40%#396121

More saturated +25%#96E866

Less saturated −25%#A2BC92

Channel breakdown

R156

G210

B124

Red156 (61.2%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue97.67°

Saturation (HSL)48.86%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9C · G D2 · B 7C

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