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Recognised as Colour

#A5BC8E

  • #A5BC8E
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#A5BC8E is a green with RGB values 165, 188, 142 and HSL 90°, 26%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#A5BC8E#A5BC8E
HEX#A5BC8E
RGBrgb(165, 188, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.7373, 0.5569
RGB percentages64.7%, 73.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(90, 25.6%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90, 24.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK12.2%, 0%, 24.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,861,710
CSS custom property--colour: #A5BC8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.18:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#5A4371

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1B68Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDB490no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A7B8B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 8.2Dark khaki · ΔE 20Tan · ΔE 21.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.2Wheat · ΔE 24Burlywood · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A58EBC
Analogous#BCBC8E, #8EBC8E
Triadic#8EA5BC, #BC8EA5
Split complementary#8E8EBC, #BC8EBC
Tetradic#8EBCBC, #A58EBC, #BC8E8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F5EE
Lighter +20%#D8E2CE
Lighter +10%#BFCFAE
Darker −10%#8BA96E
Darker −20%#728F55
Darker −30%#596F42
Darker −40%#3F4F2F
More saturated +25%#A5D377
Less saturated −25%#A5A5A4

Channel breakdown

R165
G188
B142
Red165 (64.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue90°
Saturation (HSL)25.56%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A5 · G BC · B 8E

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