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Recognised as Colour

#9ED79C

  • #9ED79C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#9ED79C is a green with RGB values 158, 215, 156 and HSL 118°, 42%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#9ED79C#9ED79C
HEX#9ED79C
RGBrgb(158, 215, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8431, 0.6118
RGB percentages62%, 84.3%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(118, 42.4%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(118, 27.4%, 84.3%)
CMYK26.5%, 0%, 27.4%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,409,884
CSS custom property--colour: #9ED79C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.65:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#612863

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DACC98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1C79Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#99D3C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 11.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.2Light green · ΔE 22.2Aquamarine · ΔE 23.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 24.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 11.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D59CD7
Analogous#BBD79C, #9CD7B8
Triadic#9C9ED7, #D79C9E
Split complementary#B89CD7, #D79CBB
Tetradic#9CBBD7, #D59CD7, #D7B89C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5F4E5
Lighter +10%#C2E6C0
Darker −10%#7AC878
Darker −20%#57BA53
Darker −30%#429B3F
Darker −40%#327730
More saturated +25%#8EE88B
Less saturated −25%#AEC6AD

Channel breakdown

R158
G215
B156
Red158 (62%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue117.97°
Saturation (HSL)42.45%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G D7 · B 9C

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