Colour

#9EC78E

#9EC78E
Green
Light
Nearest: Dark seagreen

#9EC78E is a green with RGB values 158, 199, 142 and HSL 103°, 34%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

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HEX#9EC78E

RGBrgb(158, 199, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7804, 0.5569

RGB percentages62%, 78%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(103.2, 33.7%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(103.2, 28.6%, 78%)

CMYK20.6%, 0%, 28.6%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,405,774

CSS custom property--colour: #9EC78E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.01:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#613871

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBBE8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5BA91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9DC3B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 7.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.6 Medium seagreen · ΔE 26.3 Light green · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B78EC7

Analogous#BBC78E, #8EC79B

Triadic#8E9EC7, #C78E9E

Split complementary#9B8EC7, #C78EBB

Tetradic#8EBBC7, #B78EC7, #C79B8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6FAF4

Lighter +20%#D9E9D2

Lighter +10%#BBD8B0

Darker −10%#81B66C

Darker −20%#66A04F

Darker −30%#507E3E

Darker −40%#3A5C2D

More saturated +25%#95DC79

Less saturated −25%#A7B2A3

Channel breakdown

R158

G199

B142

Red158 (62%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue103.16°

Saturation (HSL)33.73%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9E · G C7 · B 8E

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Colour values

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