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Recognised as Colour

#9ECC8B

  • #9ECC8B
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#9ECC8B is a green with RGB values 158, 204, 139 and HSL 102°, 39%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#9ECC8B#9ECC8B
HEX#9ECC8B
RGBrgb(158, 204, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8, 0.5451
RGB percentages62%, 80%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(102.5, 38.9%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(102.5, 31.9%, 80%)
CMYK22.5%, 0%, 31.9%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,407,051
CSS custom property--colour: #9ECC8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#613374

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1C287no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9BE8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9DC7BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 11.5Dark khaki · ΔE 22.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.4Light green · ΔE 23.2Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 11.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B98BCC
Analogous#BFCC8B, #8BCC99
Triadic#8B9ECC, #CC8B9E
Split complementary#998BCC, #CC8BBF
Tetradic#8BBFCC, #B98BCC, #CC998B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FBF5
Lighter +20%#D9EBD2
Lighter +10%#BCDCAE
Darker −10%#80BC68
Darker −20%#65A74A
Darker −30%#50843A
Darker −40%#3A612A
More saturated +25%#95E176
Less saturated −25%#A7B7A0

Channel breakdown

R158
G204
B139
Red158 (62%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue102.46°
Saturation (HSL)38.92%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G CC · B 8B

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