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Recognised as Colour

#9EE38E

  • #9EE38E
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light green

#9EE38E is a green with RGB values 158, 227, 142 and HSL 109°, 60%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light green.

Colour values

#9EE38E#9EE38E
HEX#9EE38E
RGBrgb(158, 227, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8902, 0.5569
RGB percentages62%, 89%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(108.7, 60.3%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(108.7, 37.4%, 89%)
CMYK30.4%, 0%, 37.4%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,412,942
CSS custom property--colour: #9EE38E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.83:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#611C71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8D688no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDCF93no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9ADECEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light green · ΔE 9.5Pale green · ΔE 13.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 24.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.7Aquamarine · ΔE 27.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight green (#90EE90)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D38EE3
Analogous#C8E38E, #8EE3A8
Triadic#8E9EE3, #E38E9E
Split complementary#A98EE3, #E38EC8
Tetradic#8EC8E3, #D38EE3, #E3A88E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F7E0
Lighter +10%#C1EDB7
Darker −10%#7BD965
Darker −20%#58CF3C
Darker −30%#43AD2B
Darker −40%#338421
More saturated +25%#93F57C
Less saturated −25%#A9D1A0

Channel breakdown

R158
G227
B142
Red158 (62%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue108.71°
Saturation (HSL)60.28%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G E3 · B 8E

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