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Recognised as Colour

#9FF97C

  • #9FF97C
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale green

#9FF97C is a green with RGB values 159, 249, 124 and HSL 103°, 91%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale green.

Colour values

#9FF97C#9FF97C
HEX#9FF97C
RGBrgb(159, 249, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.9765, 0.4863
RGB percentages62.4%, 97.6%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(103.2, 91.2%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(103.2, 50.2%, 97.6%)
CMYK36.1%, 0%, 50.2%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,484,092
CSS custom property--colour: #9FF97C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.32:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#600683

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE871no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3E084no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9BF2DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 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 text16.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale green · ΔE 12.7Light green · ΔE 15Yellow green · ΔE 23.3Limegreen · ΔE 27.2Spring green · ΔE 28.3Medium spring green · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale green (#98FB98)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D67CF9
Analogous#DEF97C, #7CF997
Triadic#7C9FF9, #F97C9F
Split complementary#987CF9, #F97CDD
Tetradic#7CDDF9, #D67CF9, #F9977C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6FDDE
Lighter +10%#C3FBAD
Darker −10%#7BF74B
Darker −20%#58F51A
Darker −30%#42D20A
Darker −40%#33A207
More saturated +25%#9CFF76
Less saturated −25%#A7E88D

Channel breakdown

R159
G249
B124
Red159 (62.4%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue103.2°
Saturation (HSL)91.24%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9F · G F9 · B 7C

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