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Recognised as Colour

#9EC889

  • #9EC889
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#9EC889 is a green with RGB values 158, 200, 137 and HSL 100°, 36%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#9EC889#9EC889
HEX#9EC889
RGBrgb(158, 200, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7843, 0.5373
RGB percentages62%, 78.4%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(100, 36.4%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(100, 31.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK21%, 0%, 31.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,406,025
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC889;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#613776

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDBF85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6BB8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9EC3B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 10.2Dark khaki · ΔE 20.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.7Light green · ΔE 25.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 10.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B389C8
Analogous#BDC889, #89C893
Triadic#899EC8, #C8899E
Split complementary#9489C8, #C889BD
Tetradic#89BEC8, #B389C8, #C89389

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F9F1
Lighter +20%#D7E8CF
Lighter +10%#BBD8AC
Darker −10%#81B866
Darker −20%#67A04B
Darker −30%#517E3A
Darker −40%#3A5B2A
More saturated +25%#97DE73
Less saturated −25%#A5B29F

Channel breakdown

R158
G200
B137
Red158 (62%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue100°
Saturation (HSL)36.42%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G C8 · B 89

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