Recognised as Colour

#9EFA59

#9EFA59
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#9EFA59 is a green with RGB values 158, 250, 89 and HSL 94°, 94%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#9EFA59#9EFA59

HEX#9EFA59

RGBrgb(158, 250, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.9804, 0.349

RGB percentages62%, 98%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(94.3, 94.2%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(94.3, 64.4%, 98%)

CMYK36.8%, 0%, 64.4%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,418,777

CSS custom property--colour: #9EFA59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.27:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#6105A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE744no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E066no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Tritanopia#9DF1D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 15.7 Yellow green · ΔE 20.3 Limegreen · ΔE 22.8 Lawn green · ΔE 23.8 Chartreuse · ΔE 24.6 Pale green · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 15.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B559FA

Analogous#EFFA59, #59FA64

Triadic#599EFA, #FA599E

Split complementary#6459FA, #FA59EF

Tetradic#59EFFA, #B559FA, #FA6459

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5FEEE

Lighter +20%#D8FDBC

Lighter +10%#BBFB8B

Darker −10%#81F927

Darker −20%#67E607

Darker −30%#50B505

Darker −40%#3A8304

More saturated +25%#9DFF54

Less saturated −25%#A1E56E

Channel breakdown

R158

G250

B89

Red158 (62%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue94.29°

Saturation (HSL)94.15%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9E · G FA · B 59

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