Recognised as Colour

#9DF221

#9DF221
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#9DF221 is a green with RGB values 157, 242, 33 and HSL 84°, 89%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#9DF221#9DF221

HEX#9DF221

RGBrgb(157, 242, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.949, 0.1294

RGB percentages61.6%, 94.9%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(84.4, 88.9%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(84.4, 86.4%, 94.9%)

CMYK35.1%, 0%, 86.4%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,351,137

CSS custom property--colour: #9DF221;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.16:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#620DDE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDDF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2D93Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A0E7CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 4.8 Lawn green · ΔE 15.3 Chartreuse · ΔE 15.9 Yellow green · ΔE 23.4 Limegreen · ΔE 27.9 Lime · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 4.82, a close match

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7621F2

Analogous#F2DF21, #34F221

Triadic#219DF2, #F2219D

Split complementary#2134F2, #DF21F2

Tetradic#21F2DF, #7621F2, #F22134

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2FDE2

Lighter +30%#DDFAB2

Lighter +20%#C8F881

Lighter +10%#B2F551

Darker −10%#83D40C

Darker −20%#65A30A

Darker −30%#477307

Darker −40%#294304

More saturated +25%#9FFF14

Less saturated −25%#98D53E

Channel breakdown

R157

G242

B33

Red157 (61.6%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue84.4°

Saturation (HSL)88.94%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9D · G F2 · B 21

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